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Shops Are Pointing AI at Their Own OEM Procedures — and the Payoff Is a File That Proves the Calibration Happened
A Florida shop owner told CIC his repair plan now generates a per-technician checklist with required photos, turning OEM research into evidence an adjuster has a harder time waving off.
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Your Calibration Money Is Hiding in the Estimate — A New Workflow Wants to Dig It Out Before You Lose It
A new app reads the estimate, names the calibrations the job requires, and documents them as you work. Worth reading even if you never buy it, because it maps where shops lose money.
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Two Trade Deadlines Hit Your Parts Bill This Week — What the USMCA Talks and the Section 122 Expiration Mean for Your Shop
A USMCA review and the Section 122 surcharge expiration land four days apart, and both decide what you pay for the ADAS parts already sitting in your bays.
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Your Diagnostics Vendor Just Got Bigger — What the Repairify–Opus IVS Merger Means for Your Calibration Workflow
asTech, BlueDriver and Opus IVS now sit under one owner. If you sublet remote scanning or calibration, the company behind that service changed on July 2.