Progi and the Progicians give more than 640 food items and $5,775 to Moisson Mauricie

2022-12-16T09:47:52-04:00December 16th, 2022|

Trois-Rivières, December 14, 2022 — On December 14, Progi donated money and food items to Moisson Mauricie. Geneviève Marchand, assistant director at Moisson Mauricie, was at Progi’s office to officially receive the donations. At Progi, charitable activities are called ProgiDonation. At the beginning of December, [...]

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The ProgiPix Auto Auction Boosts Its Business Model

2022-11-24T10:26:18-04:00December 1st, 2022|

Trois-Rivières, December 1, 2022 — On December 1st, Quebec vehicles sold at the ProgiPix car auction will become available to all buyers with a Canadian operating licence. This change will come with several other initiatives of interest to both vehicle buyers and auto recyclers. ProgiPix [...]

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Progi Launches Its Training Program for Collision Shops

2022-08-15T14:27:35-04:00August 16th, 2022|

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 [...]

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It’s Summer, How Should I Adjust My Workshop’s Production?

2022-07-13T13:32:38-04:00July 19th, 2022|

Do you live in a place where the winters are harsh, and the summers are beautiful and warm? If so, seasonality will impact your collision shop, which is the case for most Canadian shops. Having a good severity chart is often one of the most [...]

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A Yard Management System (YMS) Invented by Recyclers for Recyclers

2022-04-04T08:51:28-04:00April 26th, 2022|

It’s the late ’80s… Pièces d’Autos Turcotte, an automobile recycler in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada is thinking of computerizing its business by acquiring a product that could help with sales, accounting, and inventory. The company looked at was available on the market and consulted fellow recyclers. [...]

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Parts Shortage: Three Pros from the Body Shop Industry Provide Insights on How to Face the Challenge.

2022-02-18T10:08:37-04:00February 22nd, 2022|

This has become a daily situation; there is one coveted part left at the dealership and three body shops buy it at the same time. Only one of them will get it, creating mayhem for the other two. Next arrival: days, months? These days, anything [...]

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Performance Rule #7 for Collision Shop Managers: Pushing Your Limits

2021-11-30T11:38:52-04:00November 30th, 2021|

In the last few articles, we have learned and unravelled six of our seven performance rules for optimizing capacity at collision shops. In summary, a good communication with the team, a sound methodology and a strong capacity planning and analysis tool are the three main [...]

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Used Parts More Damaged Than Expected. What Should I Do as a Collision Shop Manager?

2021-10-22T11:57:10-04:00November 25th, 2021|

You order a part from a recycler. It’s a nice quality A part. You even saw the picture. However, upon reception you realize that it’s more of a C or D quality part. Your supplier may have oversold the part’s quality, or the part may [...]

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In Our Collision Shop, Is It Possible to Turn Labour Shortage to Our Advantage?

2021-10-13T14:28:29-04:00October 13th, 2021|

It’s autumn 2021 and the labour shortage is in full swing. Even before this endemic labour shortage hit the market, the collision shop world was already suffering from a significant lack of succession. It’s hard to believe that we now live in a world where if [...]

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