What shops find in the first two weeks
There is a pattern in the first two weeks after a shop starts asking for acknowledgements, and owners are rarely warned about it.
The number comes back low
Procedures go out to eight technicians. Three sign the same day. Two sign after a reminder. Three do not sign at all, and one of them has been at the shop six years.
The owner's first reading is that the software is annoying people. The more likely reading is that this is what was always happening, and it was invisible.
Refusal is rare, drift is normal
The technicians who do not sign are almost never refusing. They opened it, got a call, meant to come back, and did not. Which is exactly what was happening with the binder, the shared folder and the group chat, except nothing recorded it.
Why finding out is worth the discomfort
Every shop is running with this gap. The only variable is whether the owner knows the size of it. Learning in September that three people have not read the gas procedure costs a few awkward conversations. Learning it during a deposition costs considerably more.
What usually fixes it
Two things, and neither is a lecture. Send fewer procedures at once, because a batch of twelve gets nothing done while a batch of three gets three done. And let the reminder come from the software rather than from the owner, which removes the awkwardness that makes owners stop chasing after the second attempt.
The number to watch
Not the percentage signed. The time between sending and signing. If it is drifting past a week, the procedures are too long or they are being sent in batches nobody can finish.
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