The Service Advisor's Professional Handbook
Overview
The service advisor connects the customer, technician, parts department, and dealership. Every conversation, recommendation, authorization, and update influences customer trust and the performance of the service department.
In The Service Advisor's Professional Handbook, automotive fixed operations consultant Larry Morrison provides a practical guide to managing the complete service visit-from appointment preparation to vehicle delivery and customer follow-up.
This handbook helps service advisors:
- Prepare appointments and organize the day before customers arrive.
- Ask better questions and write clear, accurate repair orders.
- Conduct professional vehicle walk-arounds and establish authorization.
- Present inspections and recommendations clearly, without pressure.
- Coordinate with technicians, dispatch, the shop foreman, and parts.
- Communicate progress, delays, costs, and changing expectations.
- Handle objections and document approved and declined work.
- Review completed repairs, explain invoices, and deliver vehicles confidently.
- Build customer retention, professional accountability, and career skills.
Written for new and experienced service advisors, as well as managers responsible for advisor development, this handbook connects customer care with disciplined daily execution.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781065947806
- ISBN-10: 1065947801
- Publisher: Morrison Leadership Press
- Publish Date: November 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.21 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.32 pounds
- Page Count: 100
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