The Labor Department said last month that the measure of hourly output per worker, fell at a 0.3% annualized rate between July and September, the biggest decline in almost four years. In plain English, despite working more hours we created less value. The reasons for the decline are, no doubt, complex and interconnected with all [...]
As an automobile repair business owner, your biggest priorities are running a smooth operation through the entire repair process, managing income & expenses, and satisfying your customers. However, it’s a fine line you have to walk to have your front-end and back-end work together in a quick, efficient matter. If a repair is delayed due to [...]
> Find and Secure New Accounts > Stand Out From Competitors > Maintain and Grow Current Customers All businesses need sales in order to survive and grow. Many rightly consider sales the foundation of a company. The truth is, some are born salespeople and some are not. Sometimes even the most seasoned sales pro could [...]
The short answer is whatever way gets you paid the fastest! Right? Here's the deal: Every client and every reconditioning company are different, which means that what works for one company isn't always going to work for another. Since you can't control what each client's delivery preference is for receiving an invoice, it's critical that you [...]
Repairing damage on steel and aluminum panels while keeping the paint intact is where you’d see a PDR technician working his or her craft. According to Mobile-Tech News, less than one percent of Paintless Dent Repair technicians in the United States are females. But whether you’re a man or a woman, how can you stand out [...]
Back in the 1960s, Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) came about as an alternative to the traditional dent repair methods. It’s a form of repair that restores a vehicle’s body to the way it was prior to collision without repainting. It also does it at a fraction of the time and cost of other traditional dent repair [...]
If you run or own a PDR or SMART Repair business, you know how much stress the back-office can create. You more than likely spend hours each week, if not more time, waiting on approvals and sifting through estimates, invoices, commissions, and accounting. It’s a necessary part of the business, but it’s not the work you [...]
Reduce the time and energy you waste on paper Save the expense of paper itself Step-by-step guide for moving to digital Template for organizing your business for digital Last year, Skratch House Automotive Services owner and technician, Nathane Vanhoose, made the switch to paperless. Even though it seemed like a challenging task, he says it [...]
ReconPro™ is AMT’s mobile estimate and invoicing software that is excellent for any in the PDR business. We believe time is money, and while we can’t physically be there to assist you during your PDR process, we can help make your life a little bit easier. ReconPro can help reduce the stress of your back-office [...]
In the auto recon business, there is plenty of management software on the market claiming to do just about anything for your business, such as tracking accounts, creating invoices, as well as many other back-office necessities. However, not all software works in the same way. While capabilities will vary from software to software, AMT’s ReconPro™ offers [...]
