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Bryant on Survival Through Consistency: The Discipline to Thrive in Collision Repair

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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Batenhorst: How do you measure shop throughput? Are you ignoring a crucial KPI?

March 4, 2025
Waste reduction in the shop is important, but even more basic is the measurement of flow.
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Crunching the numbers
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Lobsiger: Taming the 500-lb. Payroll Gorilla

March 3, 2025
Step 1: Is your staffing level rightsized?
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World War II accelerated the development and production of special aviation and industrial coatings, as found on this B-17 'Flying Fortress,' that would later fit peacetime applications.
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YesterWreck – The Column #6: The Collision Repair Industry – 1940 - 1949 

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

Feb. 24, 2025
By opening a conversation about substance abuse, we can begin to break the cycle and create a healthier, more supportive workplace.
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Croel on Follow the Leader: How Strong Direction Drives Compliance and Productivity in Your Collision Repair Shop

Feb. 24, 2025
Do you have a culture in which doing things the right way is a badge of honor?
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Targeting 2025
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Bryant: Reflect, Reset, and Rev Up for 2025

Feb. 17, 2025
Establish clear, ambitious, yet achievable targets for the new year.
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Parks: Do You Have a Culture of Merit... or a Culture of Entitlement?

Feb. 16, 2025
What gets celebrated gets repeated. The worst behavior in our organization becomes the standard.