HD Repair Forum Hosts Webinar on Automated Trucking; HD Collision Repair Industry Survey
Katy, TX, July 8, 2020 - The HD Repair Forum will host a two-part online program next Thursday, July 16, that provides insight on the most current technology in today’s heavy trucks and what challenges the industry will face. The [...]
State of HD Collision Repair Industry & Automated Trucking Information Shared on Episode One of HDRF Webinar Series
The HD Repair Forum (HDRF) kicked off the first of six webinars scheduled for 2020. These webinars are free of charge and made possible by these industry sponsors, www.hdrepairforum.com/sponsors. Richard Bishop, President of Richard Bishop Consulting, kicked off the event [...]
2021 HD Repair Forum Opens Registration
The 2021 HD Repair Forum conference is set to take place Wednesday and Thursday, September 15th & 16th, 2021 in Cleveland, OH, and will be co-locating with the American Trucking Association’s Technology & Maintenance Council’s fall meetings. The HD Repair [...]
Agenda Details for 2021 Medium & Heavy-Duty Collision Industry Conference Released
Details for the medium and heavy-duty collision repair industry’s 2021 conference and networking event taking place next month in Cleveland were released this week. Highlights of the two-day program include presentations from Daimler, Bendix, IMMI, 3M, and several other collision [...]
Registration Opens for 2022 HD Repair Forum
December 21, 2021, Katy, Texas - The 2022 HD Repair Forum is set to return to the historic Hilton Fort Worth this spring, on April 5th & 6th, 2022. Last month, advisory board members met to discuss the state of [...]
HD Repair Forum Recognizes Mark Polzin as “Collision Repairer of the Year”
The Spring HD Repair Forum (HDRF) took place in Fort Worth, Texas on April 5th & 6th at the Historic Fort Worth Hilton. Industry leaders and executives from the United States and Canada gathered to network and participate in the [...]
HD Repair Forum Advisory Board Welcomes New Members in 2022
For the past five years, stakeholders in the heavy-duty and medium-duty collision repair industry have met annually at the HD Repair Forum to discuss the greatest challenges impacting this market. Leading the conference’s focus and direction and the industry’s requests [...]
Road to Green: Business Checklist
The following is a checklist of items for consideration to be measured each and every month. Keep in mind that ?if you can't measure it, you can't manage it?. Get focused, measure your HD service business properly so you can [...]
Road to Green: HD Vehicle Technology Will Change Labor Measurement
The progression of heavy duty vehicle technology will make a dramatic difference in measuring a typical HD service shop business. The HD aftermarket will have to relearn this portion of the business all over again. You will find that a [...]
Road to Green: Do You Have a Problem with Too Much Staff Turnover?
Everyone acknowledges the shortage of competent technicians, and staff in general, in this heavy duty industry, but it becomes really scary when a HD service shop can?t keep the staff it does find. When a shop can?t keep good people, [...]