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Lobsiger: Taming the 500-lb. Payroll Gorilla: Part 2
Greg Lobsiger
April 14, 2025
Winning sports teams don’t require a roster full of only superstars, and neither do you.
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Lobsiger: Cycle Time, the long-forgotten KPI
Greg Lobsiger
July 22, 2024
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Menefee: Developing Training and Career Paths in a Small Shop
Tiffany Menefee
July 19, 2024
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Bryant: Resilience and Adaptability Are Key to Overcoming Economic Uncertainty
Drew Bryant
April 1, 2025
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Menefee: How to Implement AI in Your Shop for Maximum Benefit at Minimal Cost
Tiffany Menefee
April 1, 2025
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The Correlation Between Blueprinting and Profitability in Collision Repair Shops
Cassaundra Croel
March 26, 2025
Blueprinting is not just a technical process - it is a financial strategy.
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Bryant on Survival Through Consistency: The Discipline to Thrive in Collision Repair
Drew Bryant
March 19, 2025
The shops that will make it through today’s challenges are the ones that do the hard things, the right things, consistently.
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YesterWreck – The Column #7: The Collision Repair Industry – 1950 - 1959
Gary Ledoux
March 19, 2025
It was America’s Eisenhower-decade; life was pretty good for most people and the collision repair industry, as we know it today, began to evolve.
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Menefee: Do You Want to Win the Battle, or Do You Want to Win the War?
Tiffany Menefee
March 18, 2025
Dealing with insurers may feel like a long, uphill battle, but there is strength in numbers and the actions we can take.
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Batenhorst: How do you measure shop throughput? Are you ignoring a crucial KPI?
Andrew Batenhorst
March 4, 2025
Waste reduction in the shop is important, but even more basic is the measurement of flow.
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Lobsiger: Taming the 500-lb. Payroll Gorilla
Greg Lobsiger
March 3, 2025
Step 1: Is your staffing level rightsized?
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YesterWreck – The Column #6: The Collision Repair Industry – 1940 - 1949
Gary Ledoux
Feb. 27, 2025
WWII brought massive changes to American society — and the collision repair industry.
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Menefee: The Hidden Epidemic in Body Shops
Tiffany Menefee
Feb. 24, 2025
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Croel on Follow the Leader: How Strong Direction Drives Compliance and Productivity in Your Collision Repair Shop
Cassaundra Croel
Feb. 24, 2025
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Bryant: Reflect, Reset, and Rev Up for 2025
Drew Bryant
Feb. 17, 2025
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Parks: Do You Have a Culture of Merit... or a Culture of Entitlement?
Jesse Parks
Feb. 16, 2025
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Lobsiger: The Path to Shop Ownership
Greg Lobsiger
Feb. 13, 2025
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Croel on the Power of Net Income: Driving Profitability and Growth in Your Collision Repair Shop
Cassaundra Croel
Jan. 30, 2025
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YesterWreck – The Column #5: The Collision Repair Industry – 1930 - 1939
Gary Ledoux
Jan. 27, 2025
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Bryant: How Increasing Insurance Rates Impact Us
Drew Bryant
Jan. 27, 2025
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Lobsiger: Fighting Labor Rate Suppression
Greg Lobsiger
Jan. 10, 2025
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Menefee: Reflecting, Resetting, and Improving
Tiffany Menefee
Jan. 8, 2025
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