Tech-savvy dealer blazes her own trail

head shot of dealer principal — Safavi Long: “TechWall will improve productivity in the service drive by a minimum of half an hour per repair order." (LONG CHEVROLET BUICK-GMC)

By:

Ken Wysocky

Last Updated

November 04, 2024 01:00 PM

As a longtime automotive industry veteran and dealer principal at Long Chevrolet-Buick-GMC in Athens, Tenn., Saphura Safavi Long is intimately familiar with the inefficiencies that can plague fixed ops departments.

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