May 15, 2025

Recycled Parts at Risk: How Global Currency Trends Are Driving Prices

In recent months, we’ve seen the U.S. dollar lose ground against key global currencies—a trend that’s emerged partly as a side effect of the tariffs recently imposed on many countries…
Category: Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, PartsTrader, Repairer
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January 22, 2020

Digital Parts Procurement Helps Improve Bottom Line

The collision repair industry is changing. While technology is increasing the complexity of new vehicles…
Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User
December 3, 2019

Delivering A Better Outcome For A Collision Policyholder

Repair parts make up an estimated 46% of total repair costs. The collision policyholder avoided…
Carrier, Case Study, Repairer, Supplier, User
November 20, 2019

Aluminum Replacement Parts Can Minimize the Impact and Increase...

The collision industry’s increasing use of aluminum replacement parts has been a growing transition for…
Carrier, Repairer, Supplier
November 13, 2019

Replacing Chrome With Advanced Specialty Materials

Part 1: Technology in Advanced Specialty Materials  Today’s luxury models still shine, but more often…
Carrier, Repairer, Supplier
Used vehicle prices have strengthened as auto insurers are seeing an increase in new vehicle pricing due to auto parts tariffs.
August 14, 2019

Auto Parts Tariffs and the Impact on New Vehicle...

A brief overview of tariffs Simply put, a tariff levied by the U.S. government on…
Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User
August 8, 2019

Average Severity as a Key Performance Metric

Should average severity be weighed as a key performance metric? While this question will likely…
Business Manager, Carrier, Repairer, Supplier