# Touch time

A term used when buying auto body shop.

The hours a vehicle is actually being worked on inside the days it sits in the shop.

Cycle time counts the days a car is in the building and this counts the hours anybody worked on it, and the gap between them is where a body shop loses money. A vehicle waiting on a part or a calibration appointment occupies a stall and earns nothing. Insurers score the first number and the second is what a buyer can improve. Ask for both by job for a quarter, and read a wide gap as a parts and scheduling problem.

Part of: Buying an Auto Body Shop (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-auto-body-shop)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-auto-body-shop/terms/touch-time
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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