Revenue Recovery
Flat-Rate Techs and Warranty Claim Hours
Why warranty pays fewer hours than your flat-rate techs flag, how actual time and punch time really work, and how to claim every hour the repair supports.
October 15, 20265 min read
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Revenue Recovery
Most missed warranty revenue is not one big miss. It is an adder nobody claimed and a short-pay nobody appealed. These posts cover where the money hides: underbilled labor, diagnostic time, sublet and rental allowances, and the warranty schedule entries that never got reconciled.
Revenue Recovery
Warranty Add-Ons Dealers Forget to Claim
Shop supplies, sublets, freight and one-time-use parts go unclaimed on warranty repairs. How to catch every allowable add-on before the claim goes out.
October 5, 202610 min read
Revenue Recovery
How to Appeal a Denied Warranty Claim
A denied warranty claim is not final. Read the denial code, gather the RO, tech notes and photos, and write a rebuttal that gets the OEM to pay the repair.
September 22, 202612 min read
Revenue Recovery
Warranty Claim Incentives That Backfire
Paying advisors, techs and admins for speed can cost you warranty dollars. How to tie incentives to accurate claims, net dollars paid and fewer resubmits.
August 27, 20269 min read
Revenue Recovery
Warranty Claim Time Management
Five steps eat most of the time between repair and warranty payment. Where the hours go, from write-up to resubmission, and how to shorten claim-to-cash.
August 24, 202612 min read
Revenue Recovery
How to File Repeat Repair Warranty Claims
OEMs look hard at repeat repairs and deny claims that cannot explain the second visit. How to write up and document a comeback so the claim gets paid.
July 31, 202610 min read
Revenue Recovery
Single-Point Dealer Warranty Automation
Single-point stores lose warranty dollars to the same rejections as big groups. Why claim help pays off for one rooftop, with no IT project to set up.
July 24, 202610 min read
Revenue Recovery
Get a Warranty Parts Markup Increase
If the OEM pays less than your retail parts markup, you lose gross on every warranty repair. Prove your markup with customer-pay ROs and file for it.
July 22, 202614 min read
Revenue Recovery
How to Submit a Warranty Labor Rate
Every warranty hour paid below your retail rate costs gross profit. How to pull a qualifying RO sample, calculate your retail rate and file for more.
June 30, 202612 min read