Editor’s note: The following guest editorial was submitted to Repairer Driven News by Alex Whittit, Client Relationship Manager at Intrepid Direct Insurance of Overland Park, Kansas. While this editorial is not directly related to collision repair, we believe [...]
A significant barrier to solving the technician shortage is what Mike Coley refers to as a “leaky pipeline” between schools and the industry. “You start with 100 graduates. Nineteen go off and do something else. [...]
A projection by Carlisle & Company into what impact accident avoidance technology will have on dealers who sell wholesale collision parts offers short-term good news for those dealers – and likely for their collision shop [...]
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) pulls no punches in its recently published guide to assist consumers through their collision repair experience. “Insurance adjusters are not vehicle repair experts,” one of the WMABA five [...]
Provided by Collision Advice and CRASH Network A stunning 81 percent of shops would hire one or more technicians if they walked into their shop looking for a position, according to the most recent “Who [...]
Back in 2012 when Brandon Eckenrode became director of development for the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), he laid out a lofty goal for that organization: to more than double the $4.1 million dollars a [...]
As the second quarter of 2021 came to an end, Boyd Group Services, parent company of Gerber Collison & Glass, said it saw demand in the U.S. rise to “meaningfully higher levels” than it saw [...]
The percentage of estimates for repairable vehicles in the first quarter of this year that included a line item for a system calibration was up more than five-fold from the same period in 2017 – [...]
When colleagues of Judell Anderson at other trade associations speak about her work as executive director of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN), they use phrases like “excellent organizer,” “professional yet friendly,” [...]
Got five minutes to potentially “boost your business” this week? Check out the growing video library the Society of Collision Repair Specialists is creating from its weekly series featuring quick-hit tips for body shops. Repairers [...]
