The most common question we get at CARQUEST is, “Which scan tool should I buy?” In this edition of Ready, Set, Service!, we’re going to use this question as the basis for recommendations on original equipment-level tools you should have…
Hear ASA VP at MACS 2016 There are plenty of reasons for you to attend the Mobile Air Conditioning Society’s (MACS) 2016 Training Event and Trade Show. It’ll be in February at The Caribe Royale All Suite Hotel and Convention…
You Ware It Well? Real shop owners give their advice for how to buy shop management software. Grow with the pros! That’s our theme for AutoInc.’s 25th annual Shop Management Software Guide. We’ve received some great feedback on our guides…
The Membership ROI When you run a trade association, attracting new members, particularly those who have never been part of an association before, is a challenge. Most membership organizations approach this problem by offering a bunch of no-brainer discounts on…
Shop owners helping shop owners — ‘an ASA-Midwest thing.’ It’s 6 p.m. in Indianola, Iowa – a town of nearly 15,000 people 18 miles south of Des Moines. Tim Davison, AAM, the owner of Chumbley’s Auto Care, an ASA shop,…
Thirty-four-year industry veteran Jeff Peevy took over as president of the Automotive Management Institute (AMI) in May. Peevy, considered a visionary in the collision repair industry, had previously served at the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR), where he…
Cultivate a workplace culture of high accountability. A big contributor to the stress level of a shop owner today is the lack of accountability in his business. According to Dictionary.com the word “accountability” means “To be responsible to someone or…
