New I-CAR Cycle Time Program, ACWL Conference and much, much more...

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March 10, 2009

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I-CAR Cycle Time Program

Audatex Online Redesign

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Is This For Real?

Broke a Nail: The woman who holds a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest fingernails has reportedly lost them in a car accident. Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City had not cut her fingernails since 1979.

Wedgie-Woman!: This story also features a woman from Salt Lake City, which must be a much stranger place than we had thought. Yvonne Morris reacted immediately when she heard a car alarm and saw a man rifling a co-worker's vehicle. She gave chase and put him in a headlock. He struggled, and Ms. Morris started grabbing whatever she could, which ended up being his underpants. The man was later booked on a number of charges and presumably treated for severe wedgie-ing.

Did you Know...?

A Ford First?: The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. Maybe Henry Ford liked the Dodge brothers' work. Or maybe he just liked that they would work for stock in lieu of cash.

Ahead of Their Time: Electric cars were first introduced in 1896 and by 1900 almost 50% of cars worldwide were electric. However, by 1905 80 per cent of cars ran on gas.

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I-CAR Launches Cycle Time Improvements Program

Repairers and insurers interested in how improving efficiency can help the bottom line will soon have a new training resource from I-CAR, The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair. On April 13, I-CAR will launch its Overview of Cycle Time Improvements for the Collision Repair Process (CYC01) live training program.

Improving cycle time is always high on the list of worthy objectives, and interest continues to grow as repairers and insurers look toward improving efficiencies for improved business practices and better results.

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Audatex Enhances and Redesigns Online Training

Audatex North America has launched a redesign of its Online Training Center. This is the latest element of the company's accredited continuing education program. It allows students to earn I-CAR Points, attain continuing education units (CEUs), and get Audatex software training.

The Online Training Center is free to access and Audatex says it will help customers to fully leverage their Audatex software solutions. It is a one-stop resource for Audatex product reference guides, FAQs, self-paced computer-based training, and live virtual instructor-led training. Last year, it was accessed over a quarter million times.

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