April 21, 2025

A Look Inside IIHS’s Vehicle Research Center: Driving Change in Car Safety

 I recently co-hosted an industry webinar with Matt Moore, the Chief Insurance Operations Officer for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), at their Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville,…
Category: Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, PartsTrader, Repairer
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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...

These seemingly disparate things are truly tied together and the impact is being felt in…
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...

The average repairable estimate today contains 10.5 replacement parts, and makes up nearly 45% of…
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

2020 by all accounts has been a challenging and difficult year. As the year has…
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

20 years ago mail order catalogs were on every home’s coffee table and in every…
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

New vehicle sales have seen a healthy rebound since the mid-March shutdown of dealerships. Early…
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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

Part two of a series on the future of vehicles  Technology has fully integrated with…
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