Sherwin-Williams Classes to Help Repairers Improve Business Growth, Productivity, Lean Skills and Painting Techniques
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer 36 classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the second quarter of 2010. These upcoming business-building and production-excellence courses are being provided through classroom, Web and hands-on settings at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States. The classes consist
CynCast’s Shop Performance Value Rating Program is Topic of Next CREW Webcast
The Collision Repair Executive Webcast (CREW) will feature Doug Kelly, president of CynCast, to discuss CynCast’s rollout of a single value collision repairer scorecard, Shop Performance Value Rating (SPV Rating), on its next program scheduled for Thursday, March 25, at 11 a.m. PST. Kelly will be joined by Eddie Cheskis, CSO, Gerber Collision and Glass,
CAPA Basing New Bumper Standard on OEM Performance
CAPA says new standard is in its testing phase.
Tracking Lean Performance and Productivity
Most businesses track performance with accounting system financials. But body shops aren’t typical businesses. For us, the key number to know is the amount of resources required to produce a specific amount of value.
Why You Should Replace Hand Sanding with Power Sanding
Power sanders are much faster than hand sanding, and fast is the name of the game in collision repair. So stop hand sanding and learn to love the “bomb.”
BodyShop Solutions Releases Software for Supplements and Diminished Value Calculations
Collision repair software provider BodyShop Solutions has released two new applications to help body shops address supplements and diminished value calculations. The products are available for purchase online from BodyShop Solutions. The first application, Supplement Request Generator, will automatically generate a supplement request from information taken from the user’s estimating system. With this software, the
Procedural Pages Clinic Offered in Montana
The Montana Collision Repair Specialists (MCRS) will host a Procedural Pages Clinic on Saturday, March 27, at the Best Western Grantree Inn at Bozeman, Mt. This clinic will concentrate will enhance navigation skills within the system and help participants gain a better understanding of included and not included items. Participants will be writing estimates on
New I-CAR Damage Analysis Course Now Available
I-CAR has introduced a new classroom training course, Advanced Material Damage Analysis (DAM08). Industry professionals will have the opportunity to learn the latest information about damage analysis for advanced materials, collision energy management, and special considerations for these materials, which can lead to the most educated repair vs. replace decisions. “As more advanced materials are
Free Book Download Spotlights Corruption in the Claims Process
National Collision Industry Alliance (NCIA) founder Norbert Zaenglein’s 2007 book, “In Dangerous Hands: Automobiles, Insurance & Political Corruption in Nebraska,” is now available as a free PDF download from the NCIA Yahoo group page. The book is based on four years of independent research of the property-casualty market regulatory system, according to Zaenglein. He says
Self-Cleaning Automatic Air Compressor Drain
Failure to routinely drain your compressed air system can have catastrophic results. The Moisture Minder EDV automatic drain has a solenoid design, and the valve body is self-cleaning with a fixed strainer screen that removes contaminants before reaching the valve orifice. The only maintenance required is to open the control valve periodically.
