DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) is now offering two courses to help repairers maximize workflow and optimize paint and material profit margins. These courses are targeted to the paint and the production/general manager roles.
During the first course, Optimizing Paint & Material Systems, DuPont says attendees will learn a set of simple problem solving skills and various tools to be able to identify flow or profitability related problems, to identify their root cause, to refine the problem statement to select the best path for improvement and how to control the system to sustain the improvement. Attendees also will be trained how to build and refine per department quality standards and work standards. Following this discussion, they will review DPC’s “Systems Approach” and will learn an ROI analysis to review DPC’s various best practices.
In the second Optimizing Paint & Material Systems course, attendees will review accounting practices for jobber invoice coding, inventory management, month-end procedures and material budgeting. Attendees will learn about DPC’s lean systems for managing inventories using a leveling or kanban fulfillment system. Finally, this course will offer insights for painters or the manager on how to properly justify paint labor and paint and material sales related items, so they “write-it-right” and assure they get paid for items that are often missed on a damage analysis.
“Both courses are highly interactive and feature exercises to prepare attendees to return to the repair center to implement the concepts learned,” said Steve Trapp, collision services development manager. “With many customers upgrading to DPC brand waterborne products, it is a great time to evaluate the systems and learn innovative best practices from our lean implementation efforts and other continuous improvement exercises, which can improve work flow and optimize paint and material profits for our customers using a DPC brand product.”
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