Seek first to understand,
— Stephen R. Covey · Habit 5
then to be understood.
Strategy must begin with understanding.
6D Advisory helps dealers and dealer groups, manufacturers, and industry partners improve performance, solve business challenges, and pursue growth. We begin by understanding your goals, people, market, and operations—then develop a practical strategy tailored to your business.
Who we serve
Strengthen operations, develop people, apply analytics and AI, and protect your business and customers. We support franchised and independent dealers across transportation and equipment markets.
Sales & F&I • Fixed operations • Financial performance • Consumer protection
Support dealer networks, improve field execution, develop training, and evaluate market opportunities. Connect program objectives with the realities of the businesses delivering them.
Dealer assessments • Performance programs • Training • Market development
Understand dealer needs, refine product positioning, develop distribution relationships, and support market adoption. Build an approach that fits how your customers operate.
Dealer insight • Product positioning • Distribution strategy • Implementation support
PSI — Our business philosophy
Listen to your goals. Learn your operation. Validate the information. Identify where opportunity exists and what deserves attention.
Develop practical priorities with your team. Establish responsibilities, timelines, and measures that fit your resources and objectives.
Support implementation. Review progress against the starting point. Reinforce what works and adjust where results fall short.
The starting point
Our approach reflects Stephen Covey’s fifth habit: seek first to understand, then to be understood. We listen to ownership and management, learn from the people doing the work, and examine the information behind the results.
Every organization has its own market, people, resources, and goals. Whether you operate a dealership, support a dealer network, or bring products and services to market, those differences shape our recommendations. We develop a practical solution that fits your business, works for your employees, and serves your customers.
Our capabilities
Engage 6D around a specific challenge or a broader plan for improvement. We connect the right capabilities to the opportunity.
Identify where performance can improve and work alongside your team to turn recommendations into action.
Operations • Sales • Process improvement • Leadership • Accountability • Recruiting & training
Understand what your financial statements and operating reports reveal about profitability, productivity, and missed opportunities.
Financial analysis • Departmental performance • CRM & lead analysis • Benchmarking • Management reporting
Apply AI to organize information, examine patterns, simplify recurring work, and help managers make better-informed decisions.
AI-assisted analysis • Workflow design • Reporting support • CRM effectiveness • Software evaluation
Address the needs of your dealership and its customers through an independent agency with access to multiple carriers and product providers.
Commercial liability • Garagekeepers coverage • Limited warranties • Service contracts • Consumer protection programs
We help evaluate growth opportunities, acquisitions, succession, market positioning, distribution relationships, and ownership strategy.
AI grounded in operating experience
Financial statements, CRM activity, sales results, and service reports each tell part of the story. We use AI-assisted analysis and operating experience to connect those findings and help your team decide what to do next.
We work from information you authorize us to review. Management validates findings and owns decisions. Your business information and client identity remain confidential.
The independent advantage
From commercial dealership coverage to a 30-day limited warranty, we help match protection to the need. Our independent relationships allow us to compare available programs for your operation, inventory, and customers.
We consider coverage, eligibility, cost, administration, and support. Where appropriate, we help select programs designed to encourage an ongoing relationship between the customer and the selling dealer.
Who we serve
Supporting dealers and dealer groups, manufacturers, vendors, and suppliers across these markets.
Our work connects operational understanding with network support, product positioning, and market development.
The people behind the work
6D Advisory brings together producers and specialists with experience in dealership operations, manufacturer performance programs, financial analysis, training, and protection products. We draw on the team’s capabilities to develop an approach suited to your business.
Our capabilities span operational assessment, financial analysis, team development, manufacturer program implementation, and customer retention. We combine field experience with analytics and practical action plans for businesses throughout the transportation industry.
We work alongside ownership and management to establish clear priorities and follow through. Every engagement begins with your goals and a conversation about what success should look like.
We Care.
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