Jarrod Alexander from BG Automotive, Fort Collins, CO.

Jarrod shares his experience with his first-ever training seminar on becoming a 'LEAN' technician.

Key Talking Points:

• Technician to trainer at ASA ColoradoAlways strives to be efficient technician, servicing customers
• Started to have health issues- forced to slow down and work smarter not harder
• Owner signed Jarrod up to teach- always wanted to teach and felt honored
• Attended over 100 training classes as a participant
• Nervous and terrified for the first 15 minutes of first class then experience clicked in and felt very comfortable and natural- positive interaction with participants
• “How to be a lean technician”Finding the times when you’re losing 5-15 mins in between parts/work orders/overstepping sold diagnostic times
• Look forward through the process before you start- have systems and processes in place prior, preplanned
• Organize toolbox and environment around you to manage time- everything has a home
• Takes the support of the entire team to make it work
• The goal of the class was to have it interactive with the involvement of participants
• In an 8 hour day if you save 5-10mins an hour you end up with an extra 45 mins to do another job or inspection

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