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The Changing Landscape

Collision Management, Collision-Column, Collision-Products & Services

2 Jan at 12:00 am

Advanced vehicle technology will render some aspects of collision repair obsolete but will also provide new business opportunities. Adapting to new vehicle technology has undoubtedly been one of the collision repair industry’s biggest challenges in the last decade. And, as we enter 2020, that challenge is set to grow. Not…

Increasing Efficiencies

Collision Management, Collision-Column, Collision-Products & Services

19 Dec 2019

In the collision shop environment, it’s often the little things that can improve productivity and cycle times. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are vital to every collision repair shop’s success. Whether you employ two body repair technicians or 20, having an effective set of SOPs can make a huge difference. SOPs…

How to Best Repair ADAS Systems?

Collision Management, Collision-Advertorial, Collision-Software & CRM

17 Dec 2019

This content is sponsored by CARSTAR. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is the term used to describe technologies in vehicles that keep drivers, passengers and pedestrians safe by reducing the severity of injuries and number of collisions. This could be sensors, radars, a braking function, a cruise control feature, cameras,…

Big Expectations

Tire News, Tires-Articles, Tires-Sales & Marketing

13 Dec 2019

Customers who want to install oversized tires on their pickup trucks, should understand what they’re getting into. Modern vehicles are increasingly complex. Even the smallest of modifications have the potential to disrupt communications between vehicle systems. Formation Xtreme trainer, Pierre Henri, shared a remarkable, eye-opening example during his Monaco Group…

Do You Have a Lazy Vehicle Replacement Strategy?

Fleet-News, Fleet-Sponsored Content, Fleetdigest

5 Dec 2019

This content is sponsored by ARI. If you follow age-mileage parameters for scheduling vehicle replacements, your capital funding requests for new vehicles likely spike and dip year to year. It’s frustrating for your finance team to project for such inconsistencies, and there’ve probably been years when you didn’t get all…

Catchphrase Conundrum

Collision Management, Collision-Column, Collision-Products & Services

28 Nov 2019

We need to deal better with OEM procedures. There’s a problem in our industry, and it’s that the term “OEM procedures” is in danger of becoming little more than a catchphrase. The problem with catchphrases is that they capture attention but are often not really understood. Repairers talk about using…

Schaeffler at AAPEX

Carcare Business, Mechanical-News, Tech News, Tech News - Events

27 Nov 2019

Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket featured prominently at AAPEX 2019… in fact, they won the Best of Show Award for their large island booth… and it was a beauty! Judy Love, the Marketing Manager at Schaeffler, gave us a tour of the booth. The products were displayed superbly… some in settings that…

Downtime. Might as Well Call it Frown time.

Fleet-News, Fleet-Sponsored Content, Fleetdigest

14 Nov 2019

This content is sponsored by ARI. On any given day, you have vehicles off the road for both preventive and unplanned maintenance or accident repairs. Your fleet is still capable of supporting your business needs, but it’s sad how much untracked downtime costs are detracting from hard-earned revenues. Even if…

How to Make It As a Collision Repair Owner

Collision Management, Collision-Advertorial, Collision-Management

14 Nov 2019

This content is sponsored by CARSTAR. According to the Collision Repair Education Foundation Snapshot of the Collision Repair Industry report from 2016, the number of collision repair businesses continue to decrease year after year. Ironically the repair centers that are lasting, have been in business for 30+ years. So how…

New Additions to Spectra Premium Catalogue

Carcare Business, Mechanical-News, Tech News, Tech News - Events

13 Nov 2019

Replacement parts manufacturer Spectra Premium presented its new product lines to visitors attending the 2019 Las Vegas AAPEX show. The parts supplier will continue to expand its product offering throughout 2020. Spectra Premium sales director Scott Cléroux announced the launch of a new, comprehensive line of direct injection fuel pumps,…

Posts by autosphere

The Changing Landscape

Increasing Efficiencies

How to Best Repair ADAS Systems?

Big Expectations

Do You Have a Lazy Vehicle Replacement Strategy?

Catchphrase Conundrum

Schaeffler at AAPEX

Downtime. Might as Well Call it Frown time.

How to Make It As a Collision Repair Owner

New Additions to Spectra Premium Catalogue

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