883: Metric Mondays: Capacity – Are Your Existing Chairs Full? – Dr. Barrett Straub

The Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt

How many butts are in your chairs? It’s a simple yet overlooked question. In this episode of Metric Mondays, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Barrett Straub, ACT’s CEO, to break down capacity and help you identify if and why your chairs aren't full. Stop operating at a deficit — especially without knowing it! To learn how to get capacity to 95%, listen to Episode 883 of The Best Practices Show!

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Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 883: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos

Main Takeaways:

• Start by analyzing whether your current chairs are being utilized.
• Use data to identify the factors causing holes in your chairs, not emotion.
• Your team wants to help you be successful. Help them by giving them a system.
• Choose a few KPIs to track and get started. You don't need to track them all at once.
• If you're at 95%, figure out the problem. Is it a scheduling issue or a production issue?

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

0:27 Capacity, explained.

1:51 The importance of chair utilization.

5:00 Identify why you have a money problem.

8:29 Actionable tips.

11:46 Other KPIs to know.

15:33 Last thoughts.

Dr. Barrett Straub Bio:

Dr. Barrett Straub practices general and sedation dentistry in Port Washington, Wisconsin. He has worked hard to develop his practice into a top-performing, fee-for-service practice that focuses on improving the lives of patients through dentistry.

A graduate of Marquette Dental School, Dr. Straub’s advanced training and CE includes work at the Spear Institute, LVI, DOCS, and as a member of the Milwaukee Study Club. He is a past member of the Wisconsin Dental Association Board of Trustees and was awarded the Marquette Dental School 2017 Young Alumnus of the Year. As a former ACT coaching client that experienced first-hand the transformation that coaching can provide, he is passionate about helping other dentists create the practice they’ve always wanted.

Dr. Straub loves to hunt, golf, and spend winter on the ice, curling. He is married to Katie, with two daughters, Abby and Elizabeth.