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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6 Practical Tips to Purchase and Export Total Loss Vehicles.

2021-05-31T09:14:34-04:00April 12th, 2021|

Becoming an exporter of total loss vehicles has its set of pitfalls. If you aspire to be an exporter or are new to the business, here are the traps that veteran exporters have learned to avoid. 6 practical tips: Multiply your opportunities. First of all, [...]

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CCIF: Plan with Progi: Charles Aubry details seven steps for improving internal ecosystem

2020-10-16T08:23:46-04:00October 16th, 2020|

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. [...]

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We are still operational, it’s time to plan your projects.

2020-05-11T09:50:25-04:00May 11th, 2020|

Dear partners, Progi has continued its operations since the beginning of the lockdown. Because we are in the technology business, our team can remain fully operational through teleworking. We are planning a gradual return to our office following the Quebec government’s economic recovery plan. Several [...]

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Photos at the Service of Efficient Estimation for the Insured.

2020-05-08T09:42:16-04:00May 8th, 2020|

In a time when customer experience reigns, when we consider our processes to improve customer assistance after an auto insurance claim, we must ask ourselves: is there a place for photo estimation in my process? Many want to do it but are bothered by the [...]

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Progi Visits the Axalta Training Centre

2020-02-24T11:00:44-04:00February 24th, 2020|

Charles Aubry and Stephanie Filteau from Progi were very excited to visit the mythical Axalta facilities. This visit gave Progi and Axalta the opportunity to talk about new technologies in the auto painting world and also to share on best practices regarding capacity planning in [...]

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