The Automotive Recycler's Experience: Recent Episodes
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Join Chris Daglis of Auto PARTnered Solutions and special guests for an informal chat about the automotive recycling world.
Join Georgia and Chris on their U.S. road trip as they explore some of the top auto recycling facilities across the country! In this chat, they share key takeaways from each visit. In the chat they highlight innovative practices in team empowerment, technology adoption, e-commerce integration, and strategic planning. From Pete's Auto Parts tech-forward facility to My Auto Store's people-first culture, each stop offers unique insights into what makes these operations successful. They also discuss their visits to UK facilities, showcasing best practices that blend traditional expertise with fresh approaches.
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In this podcast chat, Georgia Carver and Chris Daglis dive into the excitement surrounding the upcoming APRAA conference in Australia. They discuss the significance of conferences for the automotive recycling industry, particularly highlighting the value of attending these industry events, and maximising the opportunities for networking, learning from peers, and engaging directly with suppliers.
Chris, with his 20 years of conference-going experience, shares stories of how these events have been game-changers for recyclers, offering them those "lightbulb moments" that can transform their businesses. He highlights how sessions, even those that might seem familiar, can provide fresh insights, especially when approached with an open mind. They also touch on the booming trend of online sales and the critical role of staying ahead with platforms like eBay.
The takeaway? Invest the time to come to industry conferences and be ready to learn, share, and soak up every bit of knowledge, because the value you'll gain could be immeasurable.
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Welcome to today's episode, where we dive into the game-changing world of eBay listings and uncover why adding video can skyrocket your sales. In this episode, we'll explore the compelling reasons behind the growing trend of video in online marketplaces, how it enhances buyer trust, showcases your products in the best light, and sets you apart from the competition. Whether you're an eBay veteran or just starting out, tune in to discover actionable tips and expert insights that will transform your eBay listings and boost your business. Plus, Georgia and Chris touch on APS Video Wizard, a real game changer in the industry. Don't miss it!
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In this episode Chris and Georgia give expert insights and invaluable tips on maximising your eBay store's potential. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, we've got the tricks to boost your sales and streamline your operations.
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Chris Daglis, Auto Partnered Solutions talks to Greg Horn from PartsTrader.
We cover what's new with PartsTrader, why you should be aware of it as a recycler and while we talk a lot about the US market, we also discuss the possibility of growth in Australia - exciting stuff!
PartsTrader is all about the data. It's not just a platform for insurers, it's incredibly informative for recyclers also.
PartsTrader: 'bringing repairers, suppliers and carriers together in a single, open and intuitive marketplace'.
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A few weeks back now, I had the most enlightening chat with Claire Rainwater.
She's married to a friend of mine who you might also know well as a sales expert in our industry: Rob Rainwater.
I asked Claire if she would come on the podcast to chat about mental health and wellbeing - specifically for the automotive industry.
We are a very male focused industry and it can be tough for us men to admit we're struggling or to engage in any sort of 'mindfulness' practice.
Let me be the first to tell you - it doesn't have to involve a lot of time investment.
Claire opened my eyes to how easy it can be to calm down, get some perspective and move forward in our days and our lives with clarity.
I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did.
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Chris Daglis, Managing Director, and Georgia Carver, Social Media Director sit down to bring us the 'Get Real Marketing Series'.
In this episode, Chris and Georgia explain how the automotive recycling industry, primarily comprised of family businesses, has not fully embraced marketing and social media.’
*Key Takeaways
- The automotive recycling industry has traditionally overlooked the potential of social media marketing and storytelling due to its non-corporate nature and focus on environmental practices.
- Many businesses in the industry, including both family-owned businesses and perspective operations, do remarkable work from an environmental perspective but often neglect marketing and social media aspects.
- The responsibility for social media and marketing fall on admin personnel or directors, who often have limited time and prioritize other aspects of their roles.
- To measure the return on investment (ROI) of social media efforts, consistent and well-executed strategies are required.
- Allocating time, resources, and expertise to social media marketing is crucial for success.
- Businesses must embrace social media as a powerful tool for showcasing environmental initiatives.
- Effective social media strategies can yield tangible results and drive growth in the automotive recycling industry.
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Every year the URG training conference connects automotive recyclers with their peers, the latest technology and services and gives both individuals and teams the training they need to push their limits and reach for the horizon.
Today’s episode is to provide valuable info and insights to auto recyclers around the world and to talk about the upcoming URG conference.
**AGENDA
- URG Conference in Orlando, Florida**
We will give you an idea of numbers, vendors attending and sessions.
We will point out some sessions that will educate and why they need to be at those sessions.
URG will discuss some of the high value URG driven initiatives at the conference.
Rob Rainwater will discuss what he’s up to at the conference.
Chris Daglis will discuss his speaker event with Georgia, Social Media Director and other initiatives he is undertaking at the conference.
Our panel will then reveal ONE valuable reason why auto recyclers should attend. We know many recyclers have not made up their mind yet - the panel will discuss why they think the conference is valuable to your automotive recycling business.
2. The Inaugural ‘Field Trip Orlando Florida 2023’ - brought to you by APS, PTC and URG.
APS, PTC and URG will be facilitating this exciting bus tour as a pre-conference event.
Our aim is to visit 2 or more impressive facilities per day over 3 days from Monday 24th April - Wednesday 26th April.
We will use the travel time to workshop ideas, discuss opportunities, maybe talk about how things are done in different regions and look at some innovations being worked on around the world.
Chris works with recyclers, insurers, associations around the world and will be sharing his insights, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The tour will depart and return each day from the Hyatt Grand Cyprus.
At the moment we have about 10 recyclers from Australia, NZ and the UK joining us, along with Rob Rainwater, URG representatives and some of the US recyclers now engaging to join the tour. .
Seats are limited.
You can register your interest here:https://www.autopartneredsolutions.com/fieldtrip-orlando2023 SPECIAL GUESTSAmanda Morrison, URG | Director of Member and Vendor Relations
Kristen Alexander, URG | Director of Sales & Marketing
Rob Rainwater, Rob Rainwater Consulting EPISODE RESOURCES + DOWNLOADABLES:
Link to URG Conference event page where you can access all the info on speakers, attendees, purchase tickets and more!
https://www.u-r-g.com/conference-2023
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Join Chris Daglis and Rob Rainwater as they discuss innovation in the automotive recycling industry.
In particular they will be passing on actionable steps you can take TODAY to increase immediate and future profits for your own automotive recycling business.
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The Get Real Marketing Series 2023: ‘Why Do Automotive Recyclers Need to Use Social Media?’
Join Sarah from Overton Garage and Laura Richards from eBay as they share some brilliant results using exactlist.
Exactlist is essentially an outsourced car parts listing specialist who works 100% of their day for you - listing your parts on eBay. The correct way. Resulting in more sales of more parts more often. Good for you, good for the customer.
Let your more qualified staff work on other things within your business that require attention.
It's a brilliant solution to current staff shortages, and with a very low error rate, many customers have found it a better solution to using their own in house staff. Our staff know the systems inside and out.
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Chris doesn’t get much sleep.
In his quest to innovate an industry he has served for over 30 years, his day can involve hosting Zoom conferences with industry bodies in the UK at 11pm, speaking with recyclers in the US at 4am and visiting Australian salvage yards through the day.
It’s this dedication that has cemented his role as an innovative and adaptable leader, working across companies ranging from ASX top 20's to family businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
Along with being the leading independent advisor to major Australian insurers he maintains close working relationships with all the key industry stakeholders: insurers, collision repairers, OE dealers and alternative parts suppliers with an unrivalled understanding of the varied needs of the supply chain.
If only there were more of him...
Through Auto PARTnered Solutions Chris serves his beloved automotive recycling industry by inventing and implementing effective solutions to produce sustained revenue growth while driving change in the market.
Always on the move and keen for a conversation about the industry he loves, Chris welcomes you to get in touch.
Chris doesn’t get much sleep.
In his quest to innovate an industry he has served for over 30 years, his day can involve hosting Zoom conferences with industry bodies in the UK at 11pm, speaking with recyclers in the US at 4am and visiting Australian salvage yards through the day.
It’s this dedication that has cemented his role as an innovative and adaptable leader, working across companies ranging from ASX top 20's to family businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
Along with being the leading independent advisor to major Australian insurers he maintains close working relationships with all the key industry stakeholders: insurers, collision repairers, OE dealers and alternative parts suppliers with an unrivalled understanding of the varied needs of the supply chain.
If only there were more of him...
Through Auto PARTnered Solutions Chris serves his beloved automotive recycling industry by inventing and implementing effective solutions to produce sustained revenue growth while driving change in the market.
Always on the move and keen for a conversation about the industry he loves, Chris welcomes you to get in touch.
Join Chris Daglis and Chad Counselman of Auto PARTnered Solutions for an informal chat about the auto recycling world.
Glenn Probyn, Executive Director | Takata Task Force | Compliance and Product Safety Division and
Natalie Attrill, Director | Takata Task Force | Compliance and Product Safety Division as they answer your questions on the largest automotive recall in history. Your responsibilities, risks and your role in keeping your company, employees and the consumer safe.
Takata and automotive recalls are not going away.
This is an opportunity to hear directly from the ACCC in regards to automotive recalls & put your questions directly to them.
Find out what your responsibilities and liabilities will be post the Takata deadline in December 2020
What are the risks to manufacturers and auto recyclers if recalled parts are sold, prior to a recall?
Ask the ACCC questions directly:
We will have our interactive chat open during the podcast for you to put your questions to the ACCC.
AGENDA:
Why does the recall notice finish on December 31 2020 and what happens after this date?
Recalls more generally - do auto recyclers need to take all recalls seriously and what are our obligations?
Why is it our problem at all. We did not manufacture the part, so why is it our responsibility to deal with it?
We have heard that there are Compliance Officers from Fair Trading visiting auto recyclers to check if they have a recalls process in place. Is this true?
As recalls can happen after the fact, that is, sometime after we may have removed an affected part and sold it, what are our obligations with these parts, seeing we did not know they were recalled at the time of sale?
Why is the Takata airbag recall mandatory and others are not - what is the difference?
DATES AND TIME/S:
Wednesday 4th November 2020
10am AEST on Wednesday 4th November (Melbourne)
11pm on Tuesday 3rd November (London)
3pm on Tuesday 3rd November (Los Angeles)
6pm on Tuesday 3rd November (New York)
12pm on Wednesday 4th November (Auckland)
Join Chris Daglis and Chad Counselman of Auto PARTnered Solutions for an informal chat about the auto recycling world.
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URGENT RECALLS - Vehicle Manufacturers Supporting Auto Recyclers in the Interest of Public Safety
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This week we have a number of VMs that have agreed to be on the podcast to talk about how they are working to help professional auto recyclers.
Join us to hear each of the below VMs discuss how they are, or would like to be working with you in the future.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Vehicle Manufacturers including:
MAZDA | NISSAN | SUBARU | AUDI | JEEP | JAGUAR | VOLKSWAGEN | FIAT CHRYSLER | LANDROVER | SKODA | DODGE
AGENDA:
- What can the VMs do to help auto recyclers to deal with recalled parts today and beyond Takata?
- How can recyclers help the VMs in their quest to remove unsafe parts from sale and report this accurately through their completion rates?
- What is ‘Recall Contact Tracing’ and why is it important?
DATES AND TIME/S:
Wednesday 9th September 2020
10am AEST on Wednesday 9th September (Melbourne)
1am on Wednesday 9th September (London)
5pm on Tuesday 8th September (Los Angeles)
8pm on Tuesday 8th September (New York)
12pm on Wednesday 9th September (Auckland)
Join Chris Daglis and Chad Counselman of Auto PARTnered Solutions for an informal chat about the auto recycling world.
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Maximise Value on Your Catalytic Converters
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Becky Berube, President of the International Precious Metals Institute and owner of UCC will explain how the precious metals market works and how you can MAKE MORE MONEY!
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Becky Berube | President & Owner, United Catalyst Corporation & President, International Precious Metals Institute + Al Berube | United Catalyst Corporation
AGENDA:
• What causes Catalytic Converter prices to fluctuate? • Selling Catalytic Converters - What is Assay Should you sell at the spot price or Assay? • Predicting Price Changes - “You've got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em”
DATES AND TIME/S:
Wednesday 26th August 2020
• 10am AEST on Wednesday 26th August (Melbourne) • 1am on Tuesday 25th August (London) • 5pm on Tuesday 25th August (Los Angeles) • 8pm on Tuesday 25th August (New York) • 12pm on Wednesday 26th August (Auckland)
• Who is the United Recyclers Group (URG), what role do they play and what is their mission?
• The importance of expanding interchange to include additional part types commonly associated with collision repair.
• The affect ADAS systems will have in the marketplace as vehicles age and individuals are trying to keep their vehicles in operation.
o With the average age of a US vehicle is 11.9 years, there needs to be a coordination of efforts between the OEMs and the recycling industry to use OE parts – New AND Reclaimed!
• What is the role of the insurer – how can they support efforts to increase acceptance and usage of reclaimed parts in the repair process?
A Training Session on How Bidding Tools can Increase Profitability.
• What is a bidding tool like BidBuddy or BidPad – why, how and what?
- Why do most Australian and New Zealand recyclers not use one?
• How can you use bidding tools to buy better and make more money?
• What are the challenges with using bidding tools and what are the solutions?
• What can we learn from the USA;
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How should you set your bidding tool up?
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How good facilities use bidding tools?
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Why is a post previewed QCI score critical to your buying?
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How have these tools changed in recent times to help you achieve more profitability?
DESCRIPTION Manheim Announces New Partnership: Salvage Buying Using New Technologies
SPECIAL GUESTS: Jonothan Ellerton Head Of Salvage, Manheim Australia and New Zealand
Mike Lambert Owner, Buddy Automotive Innovations
Chad Counselman Technical Sales Manager, exactbids – an Auto PARTnered Solutions business AGENDA:
exactbids - What is it? - Why has it been developed? - Who is for? - How will it work?
Manheim data - Powering new innovations with exactbids and BuddyAI.
Live Demo - BuddyAI and the exactbids download in minutes
The future is ELECTRIC VEHICLE RECYCLING: How to do it safely and profitably.
Join Andy Latham, Chad and Chris as they discuss the future of auto recycling in the electric world.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Andy Latham – Founder and CEO, Salvage Wire Salvage Wire www.salvagewire.com
AGENDA:
- Handling and de-manufacturing
- Only trained technicians should work on EV’s until deemed safe
- Always follow manufacturer processes
- Use PPE and Tools to keep you safe from harm/fatal electric shock Selling – what is important to the buyer and how to maximise your ROI Distribution – logistics and reverse logistics, etc
EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT: Vehicle Recyclers Association UK to attack recalls head on! SPECIAL GUESTS: Chas Ambrose, Secretary at Vehicle Recyclers Association UK Marc Trent, Managing Director at Charles Trent Ltd AGENDA: - What is the VRA doing to drive the reclaimed parts agenda in the UK? - How is Marc Trent taking Charles Trent Ltd to a new level and why is he focussed on consumer safety? - EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT – how will this new initiative by the VRA help auto recyclers sell more parts?
Join Chris Daglis of CDPS and Chad Counselman of All Auto Recalls for an informal chat about the auto recycling world.
The 'No Fake News' Edition
AGENDA:
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
- Why recyclers, insurers and eBay in the UK are embracing certification and why does it matter?
- Chad’s observations on the differences between Australia, UK and the USA.
- Trading groups and your future growth.
The relevance of trading and marketing groups in 2020 - small businesses working together to have benefits that are typically only enjoyed by very large operations
Recycled Original Equipment Parts – Changing the face of the collision repair supply chain to everyone’s benefit SPECIAL GUESTS: Jason Moseley, CEO | IBIS Worldwide and Bodyshop magazine Michel Malik, CEO and Group Publisher | BodyShop News International Jason Stahl, Editor | BodyShop Business (Babcox Media)
THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
JUSTIN WALKER, General Manager | Grant Walker Parts
MICHAEL MCKENNA, Industry Policy Advisor | VACC
THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
VACC working frantically to support the automotive industry – what does this mean for auto recyclers
How Justin Walker of Grant Walker Parts is taking the business into the future
Strategies being used to market a business in these tough times
THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
LAURA RICHARDS Category Manager | eBay Vehicle Parts & Accessories UK
ADAM MURRAY Motor Technical Manager | Aviva UK
THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
eBay UK - Committed to increasing sales of ROE parts and the new B2B Platform
Aviva Insurance and Recycled Original Equipment parts - What does this mean for the industry?
Vehicle Recyclers Association UK - Supporting GROWTH through certification
What these advancements mean to recyclers around the world and how we should prepare for a bright future!
Join Chris Daglis of CDPS and Chad Counselman of All Auto Recalls for an informal chat about the auto recycling world.
THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
VINCE EDIVAN Automotive Recycler's Association (ARA)
PAUL D'ADAMO Rebuilders Automotive Supply (RAS)
THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
Cores - Mining for Gold
Is it time for the Heimlich manoeuvre on your inventory? - Old Stock
Survive to Thrive
Why do Australians call flip-flops "thongs"?
THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
SCOTT ROBERTSON Owner of Robertson’s Auto Salvage, Massachusetts, USA and President of the Automotive Recycler's Association (ARA)
PETER BUTLER Owner of Affordable and Hykia Partsworld, Auckland New Zealand
THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
Cash flow during COVID-19 - what can you do to help yourself
Online Economy 2.0 for Auto Recyclers - The New World
What's on the other side of total lockdown?