PROGRAM

Capture dollars using inexpensive and FREE resources to maximize every repair that goes through your shop. Did you miss it? Let’s BOT It. Is it Included? Let’s DEG it! Danny Gredinberg – from the industry’s leading FREE resource Database Enhancement Gateway – will go over ways the SCRS’ Blueprint Optimization Tool can help capture missing dollars and support your charges with Information straight from the DEG.

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Option 2

2:00pm – 3:00pm | Option 1

Properly Identifying Labor Types and Rates

[John Shoemaker, BASF]

Discussion on how to identify skillsets required to perform repairs on today’s vehicles along with labor types and labor rates to coincide with costs associated with those skillsets. Understanding that a labor rate should be developed based on costs. There are multiple skillsets required to repair today’s vehicles other than body & paint. Attendees will take away: How having an equitable labor rate will allow a shop to train and retain their technicians.

Keeping ADAS Calibrations in House

[Josh McFarlin, Executive VP of Operations, AirPro Diagnostics] In this Collision P.R.E.P. session you will learn how you can make more profit and maintain better control of your cycle time by keeping ADAS calibrations in house. From radar recalibrations after a bumper repair to cost effective static and dynamic calibration solutions. We will discuss the pros, cons, and cost considerations for multiple approaches. Attendees will walk away with: The types of ADAS calibrations, Options for doing some (or all) of them in house, Cost considerations associated with those options.