MOTOR DEALERS FROM NORTHERN PROVINCES REPRESENTED STRONGLY IN SEWELLS MSX INTERNATIONAL NADA BUSINESS-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS

MOTOR DEALERS FROM NORTHERN PROVINCES REPRESENTED STRONGLY IN SEWELLS MSX INTERNATIONAL NADA BUSINESS-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS

Motor dealers in the northern provinces of South Africa are strongly represented in the 18 finalists for the Business-of-the-Year contest organised under the auspices of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) and Sewells-MSX International, an outsourcing and consulting company that specialises in the automotive industry.

There is only one dealership from Durban (McCarthy Toyota Empangeni), one from Cape Town (McCarthy Toyota N1 City), one from the Free State (Human Auto Bloemfontein) and two from the Eastern Cape (NTT Motors Commercial East London and Jacksons Trucks Queenstown). Otherwise the finalists are all from the country’s northern provinces.

This year there is also a separate award for heavy commercial vehicle dealers, with three dealers nominated for the coveted category title.

Three dealerships have been nominated as finalists in the competition for the most improved Performance Group members, one from Gauteng, one from Mpumalanga and one from KwaZulu-Natal.

This is the 18th year in which these prestigious awards have been made by Sewells-MSXI South Africa, endorsed by NADA. The event enjoys the co-partner support of several major players in the retail motor industry in WesBank, TransUnion Britehouse, Tracker, Gumtree, Henkel, iX, Seriti, Africa Analytics and Wilken Communications.

The various category winners will be announced at a major gala awards dinner at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and Conference Centre in Midrand on March 8. Sewells MSXI SA evaluates the operating financial data of more than 1 000 dealerships countrywide each month and once a year the best performers are honoured.

All dealers that submit their financial statements to Sewells MSX International each month qualify to participate and are ranked in three equal-sized groups according to the value of their operational assets. They are then ranked from highest to lowest using Return on Average Assets (ROAA) percentages without repeating any of the previous vehicle brands.

In addition, Sewells MSXI SA operates 23 performance groups nationally, each with about 10 members, and these people meet regularly as think tanks to develop ways of improving the operational performance of their motor dealerships. Those who have been a member of a performance group for at least two years are considered for a special annual award which is based on the percentage improvement by their dealership year on year.

The list of nominees is then passed to Sewells MSXI performance group facilitators for their qualitative evaluation and personal knowledge of the various nominees to agree a winner on a consensual basis.

Finalists for the 2016 Business of the Year awards:
Large: Human Auto Bloemfontein; McCarthy Toyota N1 City; Supergroup East Rand; McCarthy Volkswagen; Westvaal Nelspruit,

Medium: BB Auto Polokwane; BB Polokwane Ford; Mazda Vereeniging; McCarthy Toyota Empangeni; McCarthy Volkswagen Silver Lakes Crossing.

Small: BB Auto Mokopane; CMH Toyota Alberton; Leon’s Mazda Rustenburg; Super Group Rustenburg; Westvaal Mashishing.

Heavy Commercial Vehicles: Hino Klerksdorp; Jacksons Trucks; NTT Motors East London Commercial.
Performance Groups: Finalists in the competition to find the most improved Performance Group members are:

Brian Shrosbree of Toyota Nelspruit; Robbie Matticks of Grand Central Motors, Gauteng; and David Emond of Emond Auto, Durban