| Car Wash operators are always looking for ways in | | | | chemical levels. Wash owners that never have to |
| which to both cut costs and save time. Most new Car | | | | worry about running out of chemical before a busy |
| Wash facilities start with both a monitoring system and | | | | weekend means they never have to worry about the |
| a video surveillance system from day one. Many | | | | associated losses of having to turn away business. |
| existing facilities are seeing the need to create | | | | Now you can go on vacation and know that if |
| accountability for not just criminals, customers, and | | | | chemical runs low your chemical distributor is also sent |
| employees. Monitoring systems keep honest people | | | | the same text message and will have a delivery sent |
| honest and helps eliminate shrinkage as well. | | | | out without you even making the call. |
| Video Surveillance - Be aware when your not there. | | | | Your Evening Status Report Delivered |
| Car Wash operators already know the value of | | | | Wash owners with Car Wash monitoring equipment |
| having a digital record of what happens at their wash | | | | tell me that they sleep easier at night because every |
| when they are not there and when employees ARE | | | | evening they get a text message to their phone that |
| there. Having cameras in each bay that can be | | | | gives them their car counts, daily totals, cash counts, |
| viewed from the comfort of your home office can | | | | credit card counts, and loyalty card counts. Knowing |
| help you sleep better at night knowing all is safe and | | | | whether you hit your number for the day was never |
| secure. Modern camera systems are now accessible | | | | possible before monitoring systems were installed. The |
| through a Internet connection at your wash which puts | | | | following morning a followup text message arrives to |
| you one click away from seeing your facility. | | | | the wash owners phone while sipping a cup of coffee |
| Settling Customer Disputes | | | | with the full report for the previous day. |
| A second value in getting a video system is in an | | | | Monitoring Makes Investors HappydFor wash |
| instance in which a customer makes a false damage | | | | businesses that have investors or would like to attract |
| claim. "Your machine dented the side of my car, you | | | | potential investors will be pleased to know that having |
| need to pay to get it fixed!" is a common thing heard | | | | a remote monitoring system is exactly what the |
| by a wash operator. These instances are quickly put | | | | doctor ordered. Investors want to be getting regular |
| to rest when an operator can show footage of the | | | | reports on how the investment is doing. Since |
| vehicle (already damaged) when they drove in onto | | | | monitoring equipment tracks all revenue including cash it |
| the lot. If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine | | | | makes it easy for investors to remain the silent partner |
| the worth of 10 seconds of video footage! | | | | and allow wash operators to do their day to day |
| Capturing Crimes of Smashin' on Video | | | | operations without being bogged down with regular |
| Having quality video footage can help you work | | | | progress reports and financial updates. Consider how |
| closely with local law enforcement to catch | | | | you can get more done during the day if your most of |
| destructive vandals and would-be thieves as they | | | | your paperwork was automated by a monitoring |
| destroy your wash equipment in order to get at the | | | | system? |
| money inside. Most DVR equipment can be wired | | | | Learn from Your Mistakes - Historical Trends |
| directly into your alarm system which upon triggering | | | | Monitoring systems are powered by powerful |
| an alarm all cameras can begin to record at full | | | | software that can compare months against previous |
| resolution in order to have a better chance at getting | | | | months or the same time period the year before. By |
| the footage needed to convict. | | | | looking at weather data, car counts, and pricing at the |
| Car Wash Monitoring - The Secret of the All-Stars | | | | time you can help identify trends and business growth |
| The most successful Car Wash operations rely | | | | or loss. The reason monitoring systems play such a |
| heavily on their Car Wash monitoring system to keep | | | | large role in a successful wash operation is that wash |
| them well-informed about the health and wealth of | | | | owners are able to find out where the loss leaders are |
| their wash business. Information is the most powerful | | | | early on before it can largely impact overall revenue. |
| tool that a business owner can have to help make | | | | Just as important as knowing when something is |
| informed decisions. Car Wash owners and operators | | | | wrong, monitoring lets you know when things are going |
| that have monitoring systems are able to maintain a | | | | right. The key to growth is to identify what works and |
| higher degree of control over their entire wash | | | | replicate those efforts. Many wash operators have |
| operation. | | | | told me that with the assistance of their monitoring |
| It's a Coin Changer, not an ATM | | | | system that they learned that they were not charging |
| One of the big loss-leaders at a Car Wash facility is | | | | enough. Bobby Willis of Cool Wave Car Wash says |
| uncounted money from changer units. One dishonest | | | | that if you have more than 20% of your customers |
| employee that had been caught told the investigator | | | | buying the top wash package your not charging |
| that the change machines were just like an ATM that | | | | enough. How valuable would it be to know whether or |
| was never counted. Many wash operators report that | | | | not your leaving money on the table? |
| they have been the target of theft involving stringing | | | | Catch the Small Problems before they become BIG |
| scams or stolen credit cards that wipes them out of | | | | Problems |
| their coins and tokens. Car Wash monitoring equipment | | | | Lastly, if not most importantly monitoring systems can |
| can detect these types of crimes in the act and | | | | tell you when there are issues at the wash. Error |
| simultaneously cut power to the changer, send a text | | | | codes from entry stations, faulty equipment errors, |
| message to the wash owner, and turn on a video | | | | doors that stay open in the winter and won't close, and |
| camera wired into the security system. Even | | | | any number of other potentially disastrous problems. |
| employee theft will drop to zero when every coin, | | | | Monitoring systems are invaluable for a wash operator |
| token, and bill is accounted for throughout the wash | | | | that wants to operate lean and make the most out of |
| facility. | | | | the equipment that they have. As any vehicle owner |
| Never Run Out of Chemical | | | | can tell you, it's better to catch a problem early on |
| A huge benefit of a Car Wash monitoring system is | | | | before you end up replacing entire engines or having to |
| that you can make certain that the main tanks never | | | | get a whole new vehicle all together. Ignorance is not |
| run out of chemical. You can configure your sensors | | | | bliss and running a business in the dark is no means to |
| to alert your wash manager and your chemical | | | | run a business at all. Whether your building a new |
| distributor with a text message and an email when a | | | | facility or have an existing site - wash monitoring and |
| monitored tank starts running low. This saves you | | | | video surveillance may be exactly what you've been |
| money on rush service calls for chemical fills and | | | | looking for because if you aren't, employees and |
| delivery. This saves chemical distributors the time it | | | | criminals looking to rip you off certainly are. |
| takes to send a driver around on their route the 'check' | | | | |