Excellent group of speakers!
Excellent presentations with very interesting information!
Very Good!
Excellent technical and business insights presented!
Information I can and will use in running my business!
Some of the comments heard from conference attendees.
Highlights of the Collision Conference included:
I.H. McNeill, III P.C. - "Are you reviewing your business results timely and are you addressing the good and the bad in a timely manner?" "What are you measuring your results again, the industry standards and results or your previous results?"
AARON SCHULENBURG, Executive Director, Society of Collision Repair Specialists- "Are you working on the right cars?" " Are you busy for free? Busy for free is not the answer." Know your cost and the rules, your business is an investment.PROFIT is not a dirty word!!
Understand what is changing and address it. ADAPT - Help make CHANGE happen!!
BE a STUDENT of the INDUSTRY!
RICK PALMER, President/CEO ComputerLogic, Inc. - "Paint and Material - Paradigm Shift" Is current paint and material compensation method the best and most accurate way (ref time x $ material amount)? Does current method compensate you for paint and materials used? Paint and material cost continue to rise, since 2004 national average cost of paint and materials have increased 50 plus percent. Average national compensation for paint and materials have only increased 23 plus percent since 2004. Do you use an invoicing/material calculating system? 
TONY NETHERY, Business Development Manager at COLORMATCH - Understand, itemize, document and get compensated for your actions. Be aware recommended manufacturer repair procedures change know how to find this information. Instead of arguing with someone that does not know and understand the appropriate whats and hows help to education by providing the documentation of what and how. Document , itemize and get compensated for your actions.
JOHN CARDELL, Chief Automotive - You must be able to properly identify the different high strength steels and metals in today's vehicles. Understand the proper and accepted procedures in working with these metals. More and more vehicles are becoming a mix of the different metals with greater importance addressed to protection of the occupant/passenger compartment combining with lighter weight metals for greater gas mileage capabilities.MYRON LAURENT, Education Specialist Department of Education, Associate Director, Alabama Skills USA - Industry must get involved to get people interested in working in this industry. Industry involvement in the technical schools and in Skills USA can and will lead to getting better qualified candidates involved and interested in the industry. All owners, managers, parents and concerned parties must get involved and be heard by the local educational officials and by officials at each level of the educational chain. Industry involvement can make a difference!
THANK YOU to all the Vendors and Sponsors that made the conference possible by being involved!
2012 Collision Conference Sponsors
EDWARDS CHEVROLET - Silver Level Sponsor - Sponsor of Opening Reception
ROZAR'S AUTO PAINT SUPPLY INC. & PPG INDUSTRIES - Silver Level Sponsor - Sponsor of Saturday morning Breakfast
COLLISION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES INC. - Bronze Level Sponsor - Saturday lunch sponsor
OVERNIGHT PARTS ALLIANCE - Bronze Level Sponsor - Saturday lunch sponsor
SAINT - GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. - Bronze Level Sponsor - Saturday lunch sponsor
DENT CONCEPTS INC. - Bronze Level Sponsor - Sponsor of Saturday closing reception
Sponsors and Exhibition Vendors
Advance Equipment - Trussville, Alabama
Alldata - Elk Grove, California
Audatex-Autowatch-IAutofocus - San Diego, California
Automotive Aftermarket Association SE - Montgomery, Alabama
B & D Auto Parts - Birmingham, Alabama
Byrd's Automotive Inc. - Nashville, Tennessee
Collision Automotive Repair Services Inc. - Perkins, Oklahoma
Color and Equipment, LLC - Birmingham, Alabama
Colormatch - Jackson, Tennessee
ComputerLogics/PMC Logic - Macon, Georgia
Counselman's Automotive Recycling, LLC - Mobile, Alabama
Dent Concepts Inc - North Providence, Rhode Island
Edwards Chevrolet - Birmingham, Alabama
English Color and Supply - Richardson, Texas
Enterprise Holdings - Birmingham, Alabama
Finishmaster Automotive & Industrial Paints - Birmingham, Alabama
Hertz Rent A Car - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. - Cullman, Alabama
Mitchell International - San Diego, California
Overnight Parts Alliance - Irondale, Alabama
Rozar's Auto Paint Supply Inc. & PPG Industries - Birmingham, Alabama
Saint - Gobain Abrasives - Worchester, Massachusetts
Southern Nameplate & Graphics - Bessemer, Alabama
Trinity Performance Solutions - Huntsville, Alabama
Urethane Supply Company - Rainsville, Alabama
Zurich Direct Markets - Alabama and Mississippi
Donations received from industry partners:
Mr. Charles Coker - Coker Body Shop, Northport, Alabama
LKQ Corporation - Trafford, Alabama
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