This was my 1st year to attend the event, but this was the 4th year for the Midwest Collision Industry Forum in Columbia, Missouri to join together. I’m starting to meet others in the collision industry in this area, as I moved to Kansas from Texas about two years ago. I’m learning that the Kansas […]
There is no letter (I) in the word team – working together in a lean working environment.
I’ve been hearing about the collision industry going lean. Therefore, I thought that I better check into the lean process to stay up with current trends and to determine what lean means for the collision industry. I’m still learning about this process, but I believe that we’ve been teaching some of the concepts already. For […]
Butler’s Gratitude to Chicago Pneumatic Tools and Tomorrow’s Technician Magazine.
If you have been following our class blog, you know that Butler’s Collision Repair and Auto Tech programs were named among the top 20 schools in the nation by CP Tools and Tomorrow’s Technician Magazine. If we had made it to the final four, we would have received $25,000 in tools to be divided between […]
BCRN April Newsletter Blog
This is a newsletter blog that is April in Review and a Preview of May RUSH RUSH RUSH The students are getting a taste of what it is like in a real shop environment the past few weeks. As the days seem to start getting faster, the stress increases and the deadlines jump in front […]
BCRN March Newsletter Blog
This is a newsletter blog that will be posted once a month to highlight news, other blog posts, videos, events, and other things going on in the collision repair program. You can also listen to it on our podcast. School of the Year Update Butler’s Auto/Collision programs were recently selected by Tomorrow’s Technician and Chicago […]