Hi Dave,thank you for sharing the information with people.I would like to ask a question if you don't mind, I intend to open a body shop in Ontario, Canada. As of now, I would like to find a business consultant who specializes in the auto repair industry, who knows what is good to do when opening a business and what to avoid. Could you recommend me someone or a company which does that. Thank you very much.

Anybody have any video for the parts department?

Good info but long winded start

great summary of what a "mastermind" truly is... Thanks for sharing!

Dave, this is so refreshing. I work in a SaaS business - nothing to do with body shops. Yet what are you saying should resonate with so many businesses and business segments out there. Simple and to the point. A perfect demonstration of what so many brands today have forgotten: Poor, transactional customer service will have some serious consequences down the road.

What would be the best applications to view the OEM Procedures. I feel Alldata doesn't have a lot. I have played around with RepairLogic. Of course OEM Position Statements from OEM1Stop are nice. But where would you recommend?

I am new to the collision world and coming in from owning my own detail shop. I am moving into a service writer position in a few days and need a jump on this software. Was hoping to find a free module to download that would allow me to move through the actions in the comfort of my own home and create ghost estimates. Simply to learn the program.

I love this. I use CCC, but I don't know if we have this option. Will definitely be looking into this Monday morning. This would be a tremendous time saver as right now I'm using an excel spread sheet. I'm constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency in every aspect of daily actions. Thank you for sharing .

That's good advice Dave! The biggest problem with dealership bodyshops is that the Parts department gets all the profit from the parts.

Have to mine the gold out of the procedures!

Very helpful

Always putting good info Dave

number one if you were never an experienced tech.you do not have what it takes to be a good owner!!!you can't be taught what you don't know.and it's all a giant scam anyways.charge for oem parts,then put on korean.you know.

this is great information thank you

always great info thanks for putting these out there, and for free!

Just finished our morning walk talk (as we call it)a few hours ago. We do it individually with each tech to break down the days game plan for whats up to be shipped that day all the way down to eta on parts. Definitely is a biggy and helps keep everyone involved throughout each job so we are all the same page. Takes 5 to 10 mins per tech! Like some of your thoughts on this topic that we will begin to incorporate. Thanks again!

Wish i could chat with this fellow, lots of insights he has that is based on real life experience in the collision repair world..

As always dude! Great advice!

Needed to watch again!!

Elite lol bull

Hello Dave I work for Sherwin auto..can you do a video on what benefits suppliers can bring to body shops? Thank you

GREAT MESSAGE! Thanks for putting these out there. An asset to the industry for those wishing to do better.

always great info!!!

Ok but before you get cycle time you have to have the maximum bugs worked out of your SOPs process and cross train your people working together and doing it the same way every time.The techs are the monster and you have to feed that monster so a lean lean WIP will kill your monsters drive but you cant just have cars sitting either.its a balance but i think shop lose site of it. If they lose site of the worker GP then the the worker wont care about the shops or MSO or Owners GP. and thats one big reason why you are not seeing 2nd generation body men or painters any more.😮😮😮 where did they Go.😢😢😢 they were WIP AN GP to death and when their give a Dam was broken they disappeared just like the Mohicans 😧😧😧😭😭🧐🧐🧐 they goneeees😮😮😮

Great tip Dave, reminder to take a step back and see the future of the business !!!

Is there a way to adjust the Production schedule work week to reflect Monday - Friday, and not count Sat/Sun as working days?

Thanks Dave!

Happy Thanksgiving, Dave!

its not easy to turn down work.

We advertised on our Nextdoor business page for free for a year. We just started paying for Google ads. We also just designed a website that enables a customer to send a request for a virtual estimate. I like your idea about job already in our shop! I will utilize that tip.

Im currently a technician at a shop in NC and always have more than 8 cars on my list. Just last week we had my fellow team tech out on vacation and we didn't cut the flow. I now have 19 torn down and written, 4 in progress, plus built 3 last Friday. We are a bump and bolt shop with the geico XD program and some other drps. Im currently looking to acquire a shop instead of working in one. I make great money but getting tired of the physical work. If you know of any shops that are looking to sell, or areas i should look, please let me know.

Thanks for the tips. I run my own small shop in salt lake city

People still use Clipboards? LOL

Dirk Digler lmao

I have shown others a huge intolerance for ABUSE, lies, and poverty. Be it technological, finanicial, relational abuse - whatever! It's not my responsibility to educate people who are hell bent on forcing these things into my life! It's my responsibility to NOT TOLERATE THEM. How about that for a lesson on tolerance?

Great video Dave!

Hi Dave, love your content! I'm just wondering, wouldn't it be more accurate to book my schedule by hours instead of dollars? IE i got this Porsche going in my shop with small to medium damage (front bumper + Headlamp Assembly) considering the fact that the headlamp alone cost 5k$ wouldn't that mess with my objectives? i think schedulling by dollars $ works fine with regular cars but it is difficult to use that method when your sales mix include high end cars. What are you thoughts on that?

Everything seems so complicated in CCC one compared to pathways

How do I get a job as a estimator when the only experience I have is the I carr training

dave! love these!!! THANKS

Great message Dave!

South Florida is a mad house. Yes, a lot of $to be made, very financially successful time just keeping the narcissistic customer at bay, smile and send the check to the bank. Chaos embraced. 👍

Thank you very much ❤

Thanks brother ❤

Hello Dave! I always feel as if I'm accountable to you, for all the very best reasons. This is a great video.

Can you do an in depth video im new to the system and your screen was a little small can you make it kargr

Thanks

Love it!! :) And, it is so true! :)

No, you need to cross train guys so everyone in the shop can do something all the time and you can take in any job you want at any time.

1 parts order is the goal, but what happens when you could have pre-ordered the parts that you KNOW you need, but you wait until the car shows up, then they are UNAVAILABLE.