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Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision Industry? February 17, 2021

Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision Industry?

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production Are Connected (yes, really). February 3, 2021

How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production Are Connected (yes, really)

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
The collision industry auto parts supply chain remained remarkably resilient during the most challenging time of the 21st century.
July 22, 2020

Auto Parts Supply Update

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
The open marketplace helps every segment of the parts and automotive business, empowering consumers and increasing supplier transparency.
June 17, 2020

The Open Marketplace Helps All—From Seller to Buyer

Category: Business Manager, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
Major technological advancements impacting the future of transportation in the automotive industry are on the horizon and will impact collision repair.
June 3, 2020

Future of Transportation and Advancing Technology

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision Industry?
February 17, 2021

Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision Industry?

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production Are Connected (yes, really).
February 3, 2021

How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production Are Connected (yes, really)

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
The success of locating the optimal part at the best price is hampered by many factors. Here's some of the major limiters to optimal part identification
January 20, 2021

Is Your Parts Search Finding Only a Fraction of What It Should?

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
As the year has drawn to an end, we look to see what trends in the collision industry to watch to help guide our businesses as we start a new year.
December 9, 2020

Collision Industry: A Year in Review

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, User |
There used to only be one way to order collision parts—by print catalog.
November 18, 2020

Putting an End to Mail Order Collision Parts

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
As we enter the last quarter of 2020, it's time to look at the longer term impacts COVID-19 has had on the automobile industry through new vehicle sales.
November 4, 2020

New Vehicle Sales: COVID-19 Effects

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
New vehicle technology has fully integrated with cars and trucks to reimagine the possibilities of the future and how they fit in our lives.
October 21, 2020

Reimagining the Car, The Future of Vehicles, Part 2

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
Now, as we see vehicle miles traveled and claim frequency rebound, it’s time to look at some longer-term impacts of the pandemic on auto claims.
October 7, 2020

Auto Claims & COVID: Longer Term Impacts

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
All car makers are dealing with the impact of the COVID pandemic—but two car makers are finding the year 2020 has dealt them some unique challenges.
September 9, 2020

2020 Challenges for Car Makers Amidst COVID

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
So far, no ‘homegrown’ Chinese car company has entered the U.S. market to sell their own engineered vehicles here.
August 26, 2020

Will Chinese Car Brands Be Sold in the U.S.?

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
What’s the best way to win more quotes on marketplace and pricing platforms like PartsTrader or PartsTrader integrated with OE Connection?
August 19, 2020

Win More Quotes: Dealer Best Practices

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
As states reopen across the U.S., light passenger vehicle sales have increased. Another vehicle has gained recent popularity — RV sales have increased.
August 5, 2020

COVID & RV Sales

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
Personal vehicles have been evolving for years, but the pandemic continues to have an increasing impact on cars and technology.
July 8, 2020

The Impact on Cars & Personal Vehicles: COVID-19 Effects

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
COVID-19 has changed auto shops to adapt for the safety of their workers and the public according to the Centers for Disease Control's guidelines.
June 24, 2020

How COVID-19 Changed Auto Shops and Dealerships

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User |
Phantom parts in the collision repair business are parts that are wrongly listed as available and for sale, therefore not maintaining auto parts accuracy.
May 15, 2020

Ensure Auto Parts Accuracy: Avoiding the Phantom Menace

Category: Business Manager, Carrier, Repairer, Supplier, User |