Practical Guides for Dealership Operations
Use F2 Core guides to evaluate workflows, prepare teams, and identify the right starting point for your dealership group.
Environmental, Energy, Facility, Vendor
Lane-specific buyer guides
Short, practical abstracts
Linked to live workflows
Environmental guides
Topics include SPCC workflow readiness, used-oil pickup coordination, label and QR practices, and evidence organization.
SPCC readiness
Build a usable tank inventory and prepare plan-ready records.
Used-oil workflow
AFMS and waste vendor workflows from threshold to closeout.
Labeling and QR
Tie labels and QR codes to durable asset records.
Audit evidence
Keep evidence ready before review.
Energy guides
Energy guides focus on runtime visibility, HVAC schedules, compressed air monitoring, current sensing, and monthly reporting.
HVAC schedule review
Audit dealership HVAC schedules and overrides.
Compressed air visibility
See what compressors are actually doing.
Current sensing
Use EO3 to capture runtime and cycle data.
Runtime reporting
Monthly reporting that helps leadership decide.
Facility operations guides
Facility guides cover tickets, work orders, vendors, RFQs, approvals, invoices, and dashboards.
Ticket workflows
Capture issues and track them to closeout.
RFQ process
Multi-vendor quote comparison and award trail.
Vendor management
Default vendors, contracts, and performance.
Cost posture
Pending, committed, invoiced, actual — explained.
SpendGuard cost-control guides
Guides for the spend-control workflows: invoice intelligence, used-oil net cost, contract compliance, vendor scorecards, and savings validation.
Invoice intelligence
Detect duplicates, over-quote, missing approvals, and unauthorized surcharges before payment.
Used-oil net cost
Reconcile pickup, manifest, invoice, and credit to see net cost per gallon.
Contract compliance
Rate cards, surcharge rules, renewal calendars, and source-cited evidence.
Contract Rate Card Setup
Upload contracts, review extracted rate cards, approve terms, and activate matching rules per ContentPack §13.
Vendor scorecards
Invoice accuracy, SLA, RFQ responsiveness, compliance, recurring issues.
Savings workflow
Track potential, accepted, validated, realized, and sustained savings separately.
Pelican HVAC operational guides
Operational reference for the Pelican HVAC dashboards, schedules, exceptions, runtime cost analysis, and integration health.
Pelican HVAC overview
Sites, thermostats, schedules, notifications, usage, reports, and API health in one operating view.
HVAC Usage Cost Guide
kWh, therms, heat/cool/fan minutes, runtime by type, peak windows, site comparison, and export options.
Pelican API Health Audit
SSL, JSON/XML encoding, response time, failed-request rate, and data freshness — operational audit without exposing credentials.
HVAC schedule review
Audit dealership HVAC schedules, current and pending events, externally editable overrides.
HVAC vendor workflows
Route HVAC service requests with site, thermostat, schedule, and runtime context.