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CARSTAR Conference Examines Hiring and Employee Retention

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BALTIMORE, Md. --Willis Ramirez, director of human resources for CARSTAR, explains at CARSTAR's national conference in Baltimore how shops can use online job site for hiring. He also explains the main reasons why workers leave their jobs.

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An uncomfortable truth

Automotive Body Repair News

No doubt you're familiar with the name George Avery. Avery is the State Farm representative whose job I find the least enviable in the entire industry. Avery appears at industry events such as the Collision Industry Conference and speaks directly to repairers about State Farm's positions on various issues. In person, all of us who know Avery would say he's one of the nicest people we've ever met. When he's doing his job and fielding questions on some of State Farm's most controversial moves, needless to say, he's not the most popular guy in the room. By far. Avery, of course, understands this better than anyone.

What about our costs?

Automotive Body Repair News

In past industry meetings I've attended, someone usually points out that car rentals cost each insurer millions of dollars each day. The initial State Farm Parts Procurement Tests and now "Expanded Tests" are designed to reduce this expense by improving the parts procurement process.

Living in a corporate world

Automotive Body Repair News

When I was majoring in English all those many years ago at Kent State University one of the academic terms that really stuck with me was epiphany. An epiphany is a sudden moment of insight when you learn something significant about life such as when you realized your parents weren't wrong about everything or when you discovered that married life was going to be far more complex in a different kind of way than you ever imagined.

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New BorgWarner technology featured on Chrysler 2009 models

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The Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger will offer BorgWarner's new InterActive Torque Management? Transfer Case (ITM? tc) all-wheel-drive (AWD) technology as optional equipment for the 2009 model year. ITM tc offers enhanced response and controllability with reduced noise, vibration and harness (NVH) in a compact, efficient design.

Refrigerants now must meet SAE standard J2810

Motor Age

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now requires refrigerant meet Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards. The federal agency, according to information from the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), recently issued a Direct Final Rule requiring that refrigerant recovery equipment used for vehicle air conditioner repair meet SAE standard J2810, replacing the current standard J1732.

CARB revises regulations covering VOCs

Motor Age

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recent approved revisions to its existing Consumer Products Regulation. The proposal includes changes to the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that may be used in many automotive specialty products already regulated by the board, as well as proposing VOC limits for some products not previously regulated, according to information released by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA).?

Rhode Island workshop focuses on service information availability

Automotive Body Repair News

BEDFORD, Texas — The Automotive Service Association (ASA) recently hosted another Service Information Workshop in Warwick, R.I. Led by John Francis III, owner, Francis Automotive Services, West Chester, Pa., on behalf of the association, the workshop was held to educate shop owners and technicians about the availability of service information to automotive repair shops.

Get out of the shop

Changing your surroundings is one good way to get new ideas

Automotive Body Repair News

Rarely, if ever, have I had another shop turn down a request to tour their facility. Most of us are proud of our businesses and are happy to show them off. And you can't spend 30 minutes walking around someone else's shop without coming away with at least one idea to help your business.