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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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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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YesterWreck – The Column #7: The Collision Repair Industry – 1950 - 1959
Gary Ledoux
March 19, 2025
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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
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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
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
Cassaundra Croel
Feb. 24, 2025
Do you have a culture in which doing things the right way is a badge of honor?
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Bryant: Reflect, Reset, and Rev Up for 2025
Drew Bryant
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?
Jesse Parks
Feb. 16, 2025
What gets celebrated gets repeated. The worst behavior in our organization becomes the standard.
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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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Batenhorst: Has Curiosity Died?
Andrew Batenhorst
Jan. 3, 2025
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Lobsiger: What’s the Impact of Adding Just One Labor Hour to Every Estimate?
Greg Lobsiger
Dec. 19, 2024
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Menefee: The Rising Pushback from Insurance Companies: A Challenge for Auto Collision Shops
Tiffany Menefee
Dec. 17, 2024
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Batenhorst: The Cost of our Silence
Andrew Batenhorst
Nov. 27, 2024
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