Going green costs, and then it pays. Jim Thompson invested in an all-new, all-green shop—efficient lighting, waterborne paint, recycled air—and is using the lessons learned to retrofit an older one.
Fix Auto Englewood/Hampden Auto Body isn’t a big shop. But it’s putting up big numbers on key performance metrics—and it hasn’t even gotten all the way to lean yet.
Body shop manager Beth Meckel, honored as “Most Influential Woman in Collision Repair,” generated five-fold growth for MileOne Collision Center while mentoring new techs in Maryland.
The owners of Greenfield Collision made national news and mugged with VP Joe Biden when they received the first SBA loan awarded as part of an expanded stimulus package. The really good news? There could be money waiting for you, too.
Web-based management software can offer a fresh picture of the complexities of your shop. Here’s how three shops are using it to run their businesses more efficiently.
The Collision Center team at Driver’s Village always intended to use lean principles. Here’s how new management, additional training and dedication to the system got the shop hopping.