Where your dealership is quietly losing margin.
Most dealer P&Ls look strong. The margin still walks out. Mechanus IQ resolves the operating surface into six pillars, ranks the leakage by recoverable dollars, and installs the gates so the same problems do not return next quarter.
The six pillars
Pillar 01
MVP entryF&I Revenue & Compliance
Where front-line income gets compressed
Reserve compression, product-mix variance, cancellation drag, and handoff losses before BC RIA disclosure reshapes what you can earn.
Pillar 02
Sales & Desking Optimization
Where front-end gross quietly leaves the desk
Pricing inconsistency, trade valuation spread, approval friction, and desk-to-delivery leakage that compress front-end gross before anybody at the close table notices.
Pillar 03
Cash Flow & Funding Velocity
Where working capital quietly evaporates
Contract-in-transit drag, funding lag, missed receivables, and timing failures that erode working capital before month-end.
Pillar 04
Service & Warranty Recovery
Where unrealized claims bleed the back end
Unrealized claims, unpaid labor, missed remittance, and declining advisor yield that stay buried until the year-end variance.
Pillar 05
Inventory & Market Intelligence
Where aging and floorplan compound against gross
Aging curves, floorplan burden, stale stock behavior, and remarketing drag that degrade gross and carrying efficiency.
Pillar 06
Financial Structure & OEM Recovery
Where the biggest lever hides in plain sight
OEM program participation gaps, audit exposure, lender readiness, and capital structure issues that surface only under inspection.
Decision point
Start where the leakage is largest.
The mini-audit runs the diagnostic across all six pillars and returns a ranked list of the top recoverable opportunities with a dollar case on each. Typical turnaround is seven business days. If the paid engagement cannot surface recoverable margin within 90 days, the engagement is refunded.