How to clear a lane 3× faster than a paper run-list
Floor and online bids in one stream, credit at a glance, and a run-list you reorder from the podium. Here's the math on cars per lane per hour.
A paper run-list costs you two things on every car: the walk to the podium and the re-key when a lot moves. Cut both and a single lane clears noticeably more units an hour.
Where the seconds go
We timed clerks at Big Valley Auto Auction across a full sale day. The biggest drain wasn't bidding — it was reconciling the floor count against the online room on a second screen.
Reserve, ask, bid — in that order, on one line.
- No second monitor for credit status.
- No re-keying a VIN between recon and the block.
cars_per_hour = lane_minutes / (bid_time + walk_time + rekey_time)