Author: Search Auto Parts | Automotive News – Collision Repair

From my perspective, the standard to repair a vehicle has already been established by the vehicle manufacturers.

5S describes how to organize and layout a space for maximum efficiency and effectiveness by identifying, sorting and storing the items used, and maintaining the area and items to help sustain the newly organized areas.

Some repair shops have been the target of a wide range of fraud and scams recently.

Using the same DA sander with a vacuum system on aluminum and on steel can mix dust particles in the vacuum, which can be dangerous.

It’s time to think of the estimating process as the cash register of your business: everything you produce in the shop must be accounted for somewhere.

The shop’s paint and body techs are independent contractors. G&C keeps 60 percent of the labor-rate dollars and the workers receive 40 percent.

Implementing mobile technology in the collision repair shop can take productivity and customer satisfaction to the next level.

If a manager is to produce 35 percent to 38 percent of the total labor sales from the refinish department, he can’t afford to not get paid fully for what is done.

The sharp rise in used car prices, in particular small fuel-efficient vehicles, means fewer vehicles with moderate damage ending up as economic total losses.

Allstate Insurance Co. released its seventh annual "Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report, which ranks America’s 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers.