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June 8, 2016
National AutoBody Research (NABR) to Present VRS at AASP-Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting
Tucson, Arizona – June 8, 2016 – NABR will present the Variable Rate System (VRS) at the upcoming AASP-Pennsylvania chapter meeting in Pittsburgh on June 21, 2016. All interested PA collision repairers are welcome to attend. The meeting will run from 7pm to 9pm and be held at the Rohrich parts location at 1000 Saw Mill Run Blvd in Pittsburgh, PA, 15220.
In preparation for the upcoming launch of the VRS Labor Rate Survey in Pennsylvania, sponsored by AASP-PA, NABR will present its labor rate survey and Variable Rate System technology, showing how the Survey works and demonstrating how shops can utilize this innovative and proven technology to better understand true labor rate prices in their area, to determine the right economic labor rate for their individual shop, and to find documentation helping them collect on more not-included procedures and operations.
“We’re excited to bring the VRS Labor Rate Survey and system to Pennsylvania,” said Jeff Walter, Executive Director of AASP-PA. “The Survey will provide an independent, third party, trusted source of labor rate data for the entire state. Through the VRS, repairers can run survey reports showing true, market-based labor rate ranges in any area, based on shops’ actual prices, not on an artificially defined single prevailing rate for all shops.”
“The VRS is ultimately about consumer care and safety,” said Sam Valenzuela, president of NABR. “Our research revealed a strong link between consumer safety and labor rates. Collision repairers need to be paid the right rates in order to afford the training, equipment, and certifications necessary to properly and safely repair today’s vehicles, which increasingly use new technology, new manufacturing and construction techniques, and advanced materials. So it’s very important for all Pennsylvania collision repairers to know the right rates for their individual shop, and the Survey and Variable Rate System will go a long way to help with that.”
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.
With the addition of Pennsylvania, the VRS Labor Rate Survey will be active in 8 of the top 10 most populous states in the country. Pennsylvania will become the 16th state to launch the Survey, joining Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 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 and proven 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 repairindustry 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 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) to Present VRS at AASP-Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting
Tucson, Arizona – June 8, 2016 – NABR will present the Variable Rate System (VRS) at the upcoming AASP-Pennsylvania chapter meeting in Pittsburgh on June 21, 2016. All interested PA collision repairers are welcome to attend. The meeting will run from 7pm to 9pm and be held at the Rohrich parts location at 1000 Saw Mill Run Blvd in Pittsburgh, PA, 15220.
In preparation for the upcoming launch of the VRS Labor Rate Survey in Pennsylvania, sponsored by AASP-PA, NABR will present its labor rate survey and Variable Rate System technology, showing how the Survey works and demonstrating how shops can utilize this innovative and proven technology to better understand true labor rate prices in their area, to determine the right economic labor rate for their individual shop, and to find documentation helping them collect on more not-included procedures and operations.
“We’re excited to bring the VRS Labor Rate Survey and system to Pennsylvania,” said Jeff Walter, Executive Director of AASP-PA. “The Survey will provide an independent, third party, trusted source of labor rate data for the entire state. Through the VRS, repairers can run survey reports showing true, market-based labor rate ranges in any area, based on shops’ actual prices, not on an artificially defined single prevailing rate for all shops.”
“The VRS is ultimately about consumer care and safety,” said Sam Valenzuela, president of NABR. “Our research revealed a strong link between consumer safety and labor rates. Collision repairers need to be paid the right rates in order to afford the training, equipment, and certifications necessary to properly and safely repair today’s vehicles, which increasingly use new technology, new manufacturing and construction techniques, and advanced materials. So it’s very important for all Pennsylvania collision repairers to know the right rates for their individual shop, and the Survey and Variable Rate System will go a long way to help with that.”
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.
With the addition of Pennsylvania, the VRS Labor Rate Survey will be active in 8 of the top 10 most populous states in the country. Pennsylvania will become the 16th state to launch the Survey, joining Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 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 and proven 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 repairindustry 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 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
Contact Us
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