The auto repair industry is facing several disruptive trends nowadays. With the rapid advances in automotive technology, the challenges it presents are poised to transform the industry for years to come.
What must an auto repair shop owner do if they want to ensure that their business survives and thrive in the future?
Join Matt DiFrancesco and Frank Terlep, CEO of Auto Techcelerators, LLC., as they share their thoughts on the ever-changing needs of the auto repair industry and Frank’s insights, as a disruptor himself, on how collision shop owners should deal with these disruptive trends, and what the future could look like for the collision industry.
Frank talks about:
- How he got started in the collision industry
- What are the disruptive trends that are affecting the industry today
- What should auto repair shop owners think of in this market, if they want to continue their business
- Where to find tech-savvy talents for your collision repair business
- The number one challenge for the collision industry
- One of the biggest growth areas in the auto repair business
- Why body shop owners should start thinking about building their own, separate calibration business
- Other opportunities that independent shop owners should be looking at
- Why he thinks specialization will be a huge thing for the collision industry
- The caveat when it comes to OEM specialization
- How the Test Drive CoPilot™, ADAS CoPilot™, and Calibration CoPilot™works.
Connect with Frank Terlep
Website: www.autotechcelerators.com
Phone: 855-953-7483
Mobile: 619-318-9856
Connect With Matt DiFrancesco:
Email: matt@highliftfin.com
Phone (814)201-5855
LinkedIn: Matt DiFrancesco
LinkedIn: High Lift Financial
Facebook: High Lift Financial
About Our Guest:
Frank Terlep has worked in the industry for 40 years. He’s been at the forefront of automotive collision technologies since the mid-’80s.
He developed one of the first software applications for the automotive aftermarket industry. And since then, he’s developed a number of different softwares including, the industry’s first Windows-based estimating and management system, the first online parts procurement platform, the first mobile app, digital marketing platforms, as well as the industry’s leading remote scanning and calibration software platform.
Today, Frank is the author of the new book, “Auto Industry Disruption, Who and What is Being Disrupted and What to Do About it” where he talks about the trends and technologies that are disrupting the automotive industry and how people can adapt to the changes so they end up as winners.
He has also developed Test Drive CoPilot™, a new platform that will change the way test drives are performed, managed, and documented forever, and Calibration CoPilot™, the best way to manage and document ADAS calibrations.