Collision Edge Blog
Using YouTube Videos for Vehicle Check In Documentation.
Using YouTube Videos for Vehicle Check In Documentation. Come explore mind blowing opportunities to transform your Body Shop with the Google Suite of services. Chances are you probably already have them at your fingertips! It is time for Body Shops to step out of the Stone Age. Here is the [...]
The Art of Visual Controls
The Art of Visual Controls The five senses are Sight, Sound, Touch, Smell and Taste. Light travels 186,000 miles per second and it transmits data to the human eye instantaneously. Since early man, sight has been a most valuable tool. Prehistoric man used visual ques to hunt for game, identify [...]
Transform Your Business with Google. Part 2 on Storing and Sharing Photos in your Shop
Transform Your Body Shop with Google! Part 2 In our previous article, Transform Your Body Shop with Google, we unpacked a few simple solutions that would benefit your shop immediately using the Google Suite of services. Chances are you probably already have Google Services at your fingertips and don't even [...]
Transform your business with Google!
Transform your business with Google! Come explore mind blowing opportunities to transform your business with the Google Suite of services. Chances are you probably already have them at your fingertips! It is time for Body Shops to step out of the Stone Ages. Here is the story of my journey [...]
Body Shop Material Profits
Do you struggle with Body Shop Material Profit? We hope these 4 steps will help. Step 1 - Body Shop Material Profits - S.O.P. and Creation of the A.P.L. Work with Your technicians to create an SOP for common operations performed inside your shop. Operations like panel preparation, Plastic Filler [...]
Improve Profit, Don’t Throw Your Money Away!
Today we will review a few simple steps to reduce paint waste and improve profits. There are many factors that contribute to material and paint waste. We will briefly cover equipment, product and process in an effort to give you key actionable items that will assist you in quickly [...]
Replace Your Windows With Doors
Replace your windows with doors. I’m a Rabid Chick Fil A fan. My wife started her Career there at the home office so I’ve watched this company grow into its own skin. Truett Cathy was a visionary. The business and the people are hyper-focused on customer service. Which leads me [...]
Keep It Simple
Process is a lot like a Rooster. One can draw a diagram of how to lay an egg, but the rooster isn't equipped or even interested in executing on your command. It's easy to dream up a set of circumstances where the problem at hand will be completely solved forever. [...]
Deep Roots Grow From Bitter Weeds
You've probably never heard of Bitter Weed. Growing up on a little cow farm in south Atlanta, I learned about them early. The weed had a yellow flower with a huge seed head. Handling the weed meant a permanent noxious smell that only wears off with time. If you're allergic, [...]
Bad Primer or Bad Process?
I'm Tim Briggs, owner of Collision Edge. We are dedicated to the success of our customers. Putting it simply, we find new solutions to old problems. Collision Edge Website A battle for the ages. Body techs and painters have been arguing about filler work since the day the first [...]
New Solutions To Old Problems, A Mayo Bottle
Tim Briggs, owner of Collision Edge. We are dedicated to the success of our customers. Putting it simply, we find new solutions to old problems. Over the course of the last 20 years of watching techs work, we’ve witnessed inefficiencies and drawn inspiration from unlikely sources. Today’s story is no [...]
The Cost Of Deadly Dust
What price will you pay? by Tim Briggs CollisionEdge.com Collision Edge is committed to solving problems for the Collision Repair Market. Visit our websitewww.collisionedge.com Body Shops are dirty places, but they don't necessarily have to be. In a day when body shop margins are having the life squeezed out of [...]