Maryland Legislator Introduces Crash Parts Procurement Legislation
Bill prohibits insurers from requiring collision repair facilities to use specific vendors or processes for parts procurement.
SCRS Releases Video of Parts Procurement Panel Discussion from 2012 SEMA Show
One international panelist warns of three losses: profit, efficiency and supplier relationships.
Canadian Guest Added to RDE Session on Parts Procurement Programs
John Norris, collision chair of the National Automotive Trades Association of Canada (NATA), will discuss how insurer mandated parts procurement has impacted the Canadian marketplace.
ASA of Ohio to Host Parts Procurement Town Hall Meetings
Events will take place in Northeast and Southwest Ohio.
AASP-MA to Offer Parts Procurement ‘Straight Talk’ at Statewide Meeting
Sept. 12 meeting will offer updates, reactions to parts bidding issue from SCRS’s Aaron Schulenburg, CCRE’s Tony Lombardozzi and others.
WMABA to Hold Parts Procurement Discussion Meetings Sept. 19
Virginia and Maryland meetings will feature SCRS’s Aaron Schulenburg discussing historical data and feedback from international markets on parts procurement.
SCRS to Offer Session on Parts Procurement at SEMA Show
New Zealand and Australian collision repair experts will talk about impact of parts bidding programs in their countries.
BodyShop Business Interviews Former State Farm Employee on Parts Procurement Initiative
Former estimating team manager believes State Farm stumbled in the way it introduced the parts program, but also believes the program will ultimately prove to be a good thing.
Mississippi Body Shop Owner Pleads with State Farm to Reconsider Parts Procurement Program
In letter addressed to State Farm Claims Consultant George Avery, John Mosley asks Avery to see negative potential consequences of PartsTrader program.
Mississippi Repairers Meet to Discuss State Farm Parts Procurement Program
More than 100 collision industry professionals gather to hear about repairers’ experience so far with PartsTrader.
