Discover innovative tools, industry collaborations, and educational resources that help collision repair shops improve repair ...

Editor's note: Focus Advisors released its “2025 Mid-Year Review: Consolidation Continues Despite Headwinds.” It is printed here in its entirety. The first half of 2025 (“H1 2025”) brought a complex ...

Post-collision OEM safety inspections can reveal failures no scan will show. Two shop leaders explain why these inspections ...

Automotive facility design professionals are trained to make sure shops have proper, flexible facilities design that ...

And it’s the main reason, says Sommers, that an in-process checklist is so valuable to a collision business. “By taking your ...

By implementing structured methodologies like DMAIC, shops can identify root causes of excessive parts returns, improve ...

Strategic role division within a business — akin to rocket fuel chemistry — can transform a shop from stagnant to thriving.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a class of 90,000 Tennessee policyholders, affirming that disputes over ...

The 2026 Southeast Collision Conference featured a trade show and educational sessions both days covering technical and ...

AI is already present in many shop systems, supporting estimating, communication, parts, and management dashboards, helping ...

Using the right to appraisal can often result in settlements closer to or above the shop’s repair estimate. Proper documentation, including detailed photos and OEM procedures, is crucial for ...