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 [...]
Bottlenecks are unfortunately quite common in a shop’s production line. They can have serious consequences and the resulting loss of productivity directly impacts profitability and prevents shops from achieving maximum returns. Longer cycle times, overtime, more energy spent for the same results, stress for the [...]
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 [...]
Behind this success are the auto body master and shop manager Patrick Morin, his team and their secret weapon: ProgiPlanning. Patrick Morin and his team are not new to success. However, they wanted a tool to optimize their best practices and gain better control of [...]
First of all, what is a performance indicator? It is a measurable index that lets you track the success of your organization. It is used to set goals that can be monitored during production to find out if you are on the right track. You [...]
In the fall of 2019, Groupe Saillant started using ProgiPlanning, a capacity planning solution for collision shops. In addition to the CSR, the main users of the solution are Philippe Denoncourt, shop manager, and Jonathan Baribeau, production coordinator. At first, they found the assessment of [...]
A common practice in the bodywork industry is to receive all vehicles on Monday mornings to hopefully deliver them on the Friday. In terms of productivity, this practice often leads to poor performance in the workshop or even exhaustion of team members. Why? First, bottlenecks [...]
Canadian collision shops are usually familiar with the .3, a symbolic indicator in the industry. What is the mythical .3? To make things clearer, .3 is the number by which the total number of estimate hours for a repair is multiplied. The result is the [...]
