Press Release
March 28, 2016
National AutoBody Research (NABR) Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Honolulu, Hawaii Sponsored by the Automotive Body & Painting Association of Hawaii
Tucson, Arizona – March 28, 2016 – Today, NABR announces the launch of the Honolulu VRS Labor Rate Survey, sponsored by the Automotive Body & Painting Association of Hawaii (ABPAH).
The online survey is free for all Hawaii collision repairers and can be found on the NABR website.
The VRS Labor Rate Survey provides collision repairers with an independent, third party, trusted survey of labor rate data for all of Honolulu County (the island of Oahu). The VRS reports the true, market-based labor rate ranges throughout the area, based on shops’ actual prices, not on an artificially defined single prevailing rate for all shops.
“The insurance industry has always reimbursed customers for the “prevailing” or average shop rate,” said Van Takemoto, ABPAH board member and owner of Island Fender in Honolulu. “But with today’s complex vehicles, you need shops that have invested in the equipment and technical training to become certified repairers. These are not average shops, they are best-in-class repair facilities.” Mr. Takemoto continued, “The Variable Rate System labor rate survey enables labor rate comparisons among similar types of facilities, not merely computing an average of lower rates and higher rates. Customers deserve and are entitled to have their vehicle repaired to the manufacturer’s specifications by best-in-class repair facilities and to get properly reimbursed. With today’s high tech vehicles, average is just not good enough.”
“All collision repairers are not alike,” said Sam Valenzuela, President of NABR. “Shops that make huge investments in training, certifications, and state of the art equipment deserve to get paid accordingly with sufficiently profitable labor rates. The VRS reveals that market prices for high-line collision repair facilities are higher than other facilities that don’t make these investments. In addition, other repairers who aspire to become better trained, certified, and equipped are now more enabled to do so, because the VRS can help them earn the rates and ROI they need to grow and prosper.”
To the see innovative Variable Rate System for themselves, any collision repair owner or general manager may request a free, no-obligation demo of the VRS, to see firsthand how the system can help them charge and collect sufficiently profitable labor rates and get paid for more not-included procedures.
Hawaii becomes the 15th state to launch the VRS Labor Rate Survey, joining other states currently running the VRS Survey including Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.
About National AutoBody Research (NABR)
NABR is an independent research, technology, and consulting company committed to restoring the free market for labor rate pricing in the automobile collision repair industry, and leveling the playing field for shops to get paid for non-included procedures.
Through its innovative Variable Rate System (VRS) technology, NABR provides collision repair shops the tools they need to understand the competitive labor rates in their market, understand their cost of doing business, and calculate appropriate labor rates for their individual shop to earn a sufficient and necessary profit.
With rates from shops nationwide, NABR built the industry's first and only independent, third party, and objective source of national labor rate data, making the VRS the collision repair industry standard for market based labor rates.
The system now includes NABR’s newest product, the VRS Procedures Document Search, the industry’s first and only online searchable document library, showing records of insurers paying shops for not-included procedures, and enabling more shops to be paid for the work they already do.
To inquire about the VRS System, or to sponsor a VRS Labor Rate Survey in your state, please contact:
Sam Valenzuela
President, National AutoBody Research
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National AutoBody Research (NABR) Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Honolulu, Hawaii Sponsored by the Automotive Body & Painting Association of Hawaii
Tucson, Arizona – March 28, 2016 – Today, NABR announces the launch of the Honolulu VRS Labor Rate Survey, sponsored by the Automotive Body & Painting Association of Hawaii (ABPAH).
The online survey is free for all Hawaii collision repairers and can be found on the NABR website.
The VRS Labor Rate Survey provides collision repairers with an independent, third party, trusted survey of labor rate data for all of Honolulu County (the island of Oahu). The VRS reports the true, market-based labor rate ranges throughout the area, based on shops’ actual prices, not on an artificially defined single prevailing rate for all shops.
“The insurance industry has always reimbursed customers for the “prevailing” or average shop rate,” said Van Takemoto, ABPAH board member and owner of Island Fender in Honolulu. “But with today’s complex vehicles, you need shops that have invested in the equipment and technical training to become certified repairers. These are not average shops, they are best-in-class repair facilities.” Mr. Takemoto continued, “The Variable Rate System labor rate survey enables labor rate comparisons among similar types of facilities, not merely computing an average of lower rates and higher rates. Customers deserve and are entitled to have their vehicle repaired to the manufacturer’s specifications by best-in-class repair facilities and to get properly reimbursed. With today’s high tech vehicles, average is just not good enough.”
“All collision repairers are not alike,” said Sam Valenzuela, President of NABR. “Shops that make huge investments in training, certifications, and state of the art equipment deserve to get paid accordingly with sufficiently profitable labor rates. The VRS reveals that market prices for high-line collision repair facilities are higher than other facilities that don’t make these investments. In addition, other repairers who aspire to become better trained, certified, and equipped are now more enabled to do so, because the VRS can help them earn the rates and ROI they need to grow and prosper.”
To the see innovative Variable Rate System for themselves, any collision repair owner or general manager may request a free, no-obligation demo of the VRS, to see firsthand how the system can help them charge and collect sufficiently profitable labor rates and get paid for more not-included procedures.
Hawaii becomes the 15th state to launch the VRS Labor Rate Survey, joining other states currently running the VRS Survey including Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.
About National AutoBody Research (NABR)
NABR is an independent research, technology, and consulting company committed to restoring the free market for labor rate pricing in the automobile collision repair industry, and leveling the playing field for shops to get paid for non-included procedures.
Through its innovative Variable Rate System (VRS) technology, NABR provides collision repair shops the tools they need to understand the competitive labor rates in their market, understand their cost of doing business, and calculate appropriate labor rates for their individual shop to earn a sufficient and necessary profit.
With rates from shops nationwide, NABR built the industry's first and only independent, third party, and objective source of national labor rate data, making the VRS the collision repair industry standard for market based labor rates.
The system now includes NABR’s newest product, the VRS Procedures Document Search, the industry’s first and only online searchable document library, showing records of insurers paying shops for not-included procedures, and enabling more shops to be paid for the work they already do.
To inquire about the VRS System, or to sponsor a VRS Labor Rate Survey in your state, please contact:
Sam Valenzuela
President, National AutoBody Research
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