Precision Coachworks Business Plan — Key Performance Indicators

The cycle time, utilisation, estimate accuracy and rework indicators reported weekly, with targets and why each matters.

Key Performance Indicators

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The following are the operating measures on which this business should be managed. Four of them — key-to-key cycle time by stage, utilisation against the binding constraint, rework rate by technician and debtor days by insurer — are reported weekly rather than monthly, and they are the same four metrics insurers monitor when they assess a panel listing.

Indicator

Definition

Target

Why it matters

Key-to-key cycle time by stage

Days from vehicle in to vehicle released, broken down by assessment, parts, strip, panel, paint, assembly and quality control

9.0 days by Year 5

The most valuable lever in the business. From 13.0 to 9.0 days adds 258 vehicles and R3562475 of EBITDA on identical capital

Floor and booth utilisation

Vehicles repaired divided by the binding capacity constraint

81% by Year 5

The floor binds in every year of this plan; below about 8.5 days the booth becomes the constraint

Debtor days by insurer

Trade receivables divided by revenue times 365, tracked per insurer

Below 52 days

R4175529 is tied up in the Year 5 debtor book — more than the second spray booth cost

Rework rate by technician

Rework hours divided by production hours, tracked by technician and job type

Below the 2.2% provision

Insurers monitor it. Comebacks cost cycle time twice: once on the rework and once on the reputation

Estimate accuracy

Final invoice divided by first estimate

Within tolerance

Supplementary claims are the single largest source of delay. Strip-and-assess-early is what controls it

Average repair value

Revenue divided by vehicles repaired

About R35 000

Driven by the structural to non-structural mix and the share of manufacturer-approved warranty work

Non-insurer share of volume

Private and fleet vehicles divided by total

About 16% at maturity

At premium rates. The margin defence against insurer rate pressure

Parts gross margin

Parts gross profit divided by parts revenue

23%

The variable management controls least. A six-point compression costs R914460 of Year 5 EBITDA

Debt service cover

EBITDA divided by interest and capital

Above 1.30x from Year 3

No principal falls before Year 4 under the three-year moratorium

Accreditation currency

SAMBRA grading, insurer listings and manufacturer approvals current

100%

A two-year Bureau Veritas certification cycle. A lapsed grading closes the panels