On February 6, 2023, the world was shaken by the news that an earthquake had devastated southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria, a region already under pressure from geopolitical tensions. Sam Kanoun of CarZ Auto Recycling acted as soon as he heard [...]
Unless you are a professional athlete and your body, in the blink of an eye and without warning, breaks down and makes the decision for you, retirement usually is a long and gradual process. For most people, preparing for retirement involves a lot of planning. [...]
Progi is now offering basic and advanced training for collision shop managers and owners. These trainings will provide skills to optimize production and introduce continuous improvement principles. The Progi team has been designing its training program for over two years. In June 2022, we held [...]
Trois-Rivières, February 26, 2021 — Progi, a Trois-Rivières IT firm specializing in the automotive and damage insurance fields has appointed Charles Aubry as major account manager for automotive paint companies in Canada and abroad. Upon joining Progi three years ago, this automotive parts specialist quickly [...]
Is CarrXpert HM a shop like all the others? Just by looking at the building, we could say yes. But a closer look shows that the devil is in the details and that CarrXpert HM is a productivity champion. An uninformed observer might look at [...]
It may seem contradictory to think about sales if customers are not showing up. Generally, entrepreneurs would first want to reduce their costs, which is not a bad reflex. However, we often forget to ask ourselves: how can I do better with the clients at [...]
AS PUBLISHED IN COLLISION REPAIR MAG : Trois-Rivières, Quebec — Running a collision centre can be challenging—but ProgiPlanning has a solution. The first speaker at CCIF’s Virtual Experience was Charles Aubry, account manager at Progi. ProgiPlanning is not a management software, it is a state of mind. [...]
COVID-19 has greatly impacted the collision industry. Between March and May 2020, we’ve seen a 30% to 80% reduction in appraisal appointments from insurers compared to the same period in 2019. The lockdown has drastically reduced the number of collisions while insurers have been calling [...]
Hello, this is Alex from Progi, As you may know, planning jobs per severity in the shop is quite affected and this impact will most likely last for a while beyond the lockdown period. The new reality is this: due to the economy’s uncertainty, many [...]
