Interview

Are you proactively trying to save time in your collision repair shop?

Juan is a member of the Paintshop Team at Mainline Auto Body and as part of the Two Second Lean process, Juan, came up with an idea to create a painter’s apron.  Juan was able to share with Gavin how this idea came about and the improvements in productivity that came because of this.   Check out the video

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How Planning Plus helped to double productivity in this autobody shop.

Gavin spent some time with Luis, Triage Manager at Mainline Auto Body. Gavin wanted to find out how Planning Plus affects his role and the overall pull of the car through the workshop.  How does Planning Plus interact with your role?   My role here is to bring everything in, from our GDR process to the vehicles that are not safe to drive or are towed

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Don Lang Arkey Smash Repairs

The difference Planning Plus made to help Don ‘Fix More Cars Faster’

Arkley & Lang Smash Repairs is located one-hour north of Sydney at Gosford. Don has had Planning Plus for nearly four years.  When we first started with Don, he was running two panel beaters and two painters so a relatively small sized body shop.  Gavin sat down with Don to find out what difference Planning Plus has made to fixing more cars faster for his business.   Could you share with us your experience

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Ryan’s transition from Mechanical Department to Parts Manager at South Tweed Autos Smash Repairs

Gavin was onsite at South Tweed Autos in Northern NSW and caught up with Ryan. Ryan, a mechanic by trade was fulfilling the role of a mechanic with some part time management requirements when the opportunity came up to shift into a full time position as the parts department manager for the collision side of the business. He was

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How Craig was able to massively reduce the number of phone calls in his Collision Repair Businesses!

Craig Urlich from MSR Collision Repair Group in Brisbane, Qld on Track My Car In this webinar, Gavin and Craig discuss how Craig was able to use Track My Car to help massively in his business! Read the rest of the article below or check out the video to watch it now! What problem were you trying to

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How Planning Plus Software was able to help this client gain more profit in their collision repair body shop!

Production efficiency is the key to reducing cycle time, reducing stress, and creating more profit. Planning Plus Software has made this a reality for our customers by increasing their production efficiency by an average of 17.5% Planning Plus Software gives you a highly visual planning board that allows you to plan your work using a

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How Planning Plus helps Shaunna get through her Day!

Gavin interviewed Shaunna Ritchie from Mainline Auto Body and discussed her role at Mainline.  Shaunna is a Service Advisor or Service Writer at Mainline and has been with the Company almost 13 Years.    The service writers’ job is to meet and greet the customer, find out about their claim, and then move the vehicle through to estimating and blueprinting. 

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From Musician to Mainline Autobody with Clive Burnage

Clive Burnage is a relative newbie to the Auto Collision Repair Industry, so Gavin put him under the microscope to find out about the transition, how he’s managing it and his role at Mainline Autobody in Santa Maria, California.  Clive’s story is very intriguing.  At almost 50 years of age, Clive has been in the Auto

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