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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, March 27, 2017 — The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry’s leading provider of management education for automotive service and collision repair professionals, held its annual graduation ceremony March 4 at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, Kan. The ceremony honored the 23nd class of Accredited Automotive Managers (AAMs). The graduating class of 2017 includes 3 automotive service and collision repair professionals who earned the Institute's prestigious AAM designation by successfully completing AMi courses and accumulating a minimum of 120 credits. This year’s event also recognized 40 members of its second graduating class of Accredited Master Automotive Manager (AMAM) designation by successfully completing AMi courses and accumulating a minimum of 180 credits. The Automotive Management Institute collaborates with training providers across the industry aligning training courses into comprehensive educational curricula, that when completed, results in professional designations and certificates. The education represented by these programs have proven to make positive impacts on business KPI scores and overall profitability. AMI courses concentrate on seven core areas of business management education: financial management, sales & marketing, operational management, HR and personnel development, IT management, risk management and leadership. “It was honor to recogn... read more

North Richland Hills, Texas, February 6, 2017 ­— The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry’s leading nonprofit provider and collaborator of administration and management education for automotive collision and mechanical service repair professionals, announced the launch of its latest online course, Management’s Guide to Scanning and New Technology.  The 108 minute online course covers essential information needed by collision repair managers to make decisions about scanning and other new technologies.  Each module offers a management perspective on: What it means to scan Types of scans Types of scan tools OEM positions OEM vs Aftermarket Identifies Resources Printable content and materials Much more AMi Vice Chairman and President of Operations for LaMettry’s Collision, Darrell Amberson stated, “this course provides a wealth of information for those needing to make decisions for their repair businesses.  It organizes the information in a way that makes it understandable.”  The course is the result of industry collaboration from industry experts and shop owners from across the country.  In the AMi online format it can be paused and revisited at the user’s convenience. This course will provide two credit hours toward all AMi professional designations, including Accredited Automotive Office Manager (AAOM), Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM), Accredited Master Automotiv... read more

North Richland Hills, Texas, January 26, 2017 ­— The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry’s leading nonprofit provider and collaborator of administration and management education for automotive collision and mechanical service repair professionals, announced the addition of several new online courses for the collision repair segment.  These newly released courses provide credit toward the organization’s Collsion Repair Segment certificates and professional designations.  These include the following: Customer Service Certificate Accredited Automotive Office Manager (AAOM) professional designation   Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) professional designation Accredited Master Automotive Manager (AMAM)  professional designation Soon to be released Accredited Collison-Repair Estimator (ACE) and Accredited Master Collision-Repair Estimator (AMCE) professional designations. The new online courses include: Frank Terlep’s How to Market, Sell and Service Today’s “Connected Customer” Daren Fristoe’s Effective Interviewing Techniques  Daren’s Fristoe’s Managing Conflict Steve Beck’s Time Management These courses become part of a growing list of over 100 online courses hosted by the Automotive Management Institute’s “MyAMi” Learning Management System. The rather extensive catalog of online courses include course content from other well... read more