What Makes a Good Parts Customer?
2022-09-04T03:33:31+00:00What Makes a Good Parts Customer? by Alana Quartuccio Bonillo It’s true what they say: Relationships are a two-way street. Good partnerships rely on what both sides put in. [...]
How Did My Client’s Repairable Vehicle get Recorded as a ‘Total Loss’?
2022-10-03T15:02:31+00:00How Did My Client’s Repairable Vehicle get Recorded as a ‘Total Loss’? by Robert L. McDorman Dear Mr. McDorman: I have a client whose car was incorrectly deemed an [...]
Leveling Up: Texas Auto Body Trade Show Highlights 2022
2022-10-03T15:04:46+00:00Leveling Up: Texas Auto Body Trade Show Highlights 2022 by Chasidy Rae Sisk Life is like a video game…It’s all about leveling up your skills and character abilities because that’s [...]
AASP-MN Meets with the Department of Commerce, Primary Results Finalize November Matchups
2022-10-03T15:08:05+00:00AASP-MN Meets with the Department of Commerce, Primary Results Finalize November Matchups by Sam Richie & Shannon K. Mitchell, AASP-MN Lobbyists AASP-MN recently met with officials from the Department of [...]
Filling the Tech Labor Pool: An Instructor Roundtable
2022-09-04T03:27:40+00:00Filling the Tech Labor Pool: An Instructor Roundtable by Chasidy Rae Sisk As summer comes to an end, shops struggle to stay afloat amidst evolving technology, ever-changing requirements and [...]
Remembering Mike “Mr. MABA” Beal
2022-09-04T02:57:55+00:00Remembering Mike “Mr. MABA” Beal by Alana Quartuccio Bonillo August 1 was a sad day for the Commonwealth’s auto body community when longtime advocate, shop owner and local collision [...]
Is It Time to Cancel Your Programs?
2022-09-04T03:26:04+00:00Is It Time to Cancel Your Programs? by Chasidy Rae Sisk Repairing modern vehicles becomes more complicated with each passing year, thanks to advancing technology, an ever-evolving legislative landscape [...]
Change Creates Opportunity: CIC Considers Current and Coming Concerns
2022-09-04T02:44:38+00:00Change Creates Opportunity: CIC Considers Current and Coming Concerns by Chasidy Rae Sisk In the collision repair industry – as in life – the only true constant is change. [...]
Should Shops Be Threatened by Diagnostics and Calibrations?
2022-09-04T02:37:02+00:00Should Shops Be Threatened by Diagnostics and Calibrations? This month, we “ASK MIKE” for his thoughts on the industry’s perspective of diagnostics and calibrations – and why they are necessary [...]