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North Richland Hills, Texas, July 24, 2017 ­- The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry's leading nonprofit provider and collaborator of administrative and management education for automotive collision and mechanical service repair segments, announces the development and launch of two new professional designations for the Collision Repair Estimator role. "The new designations, represent fourteen months of industry work to identify and develop requirements, which include AMi, I-CAR and Information Provider training and ASE B6 Certification, stated AMi President, Jeff Peevy. "The designations also require elective credit hours from AMi approved industry training providers, teaching estimating related topics." Two levels of designations are available: Accredited Collision-Repair Estimator (ACE) Accredited Master Collision-Repair Estimator (AMCE) These new designations require multiple categories of training and professional achievement, including; business related and soft-skills, technical damage analysis and information provider. Both designations require I-CAR training to satisfy technical damage analysis. "The joining of two esteemed professional designations, I-CAR Platinum and AMi ACE/AMCE, strengthens and reinforces the professionalism of the Estimator role, a role that is critical to the collision repair process," said John Van Alstyne, CEO and president of I-CAR. "As the industry standard for techni... read more

North Richland Hills, Texas, June 15, 2017 — The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry’s leading nonprofit provider and collaborator of administrative and management education for automotive collision and mechanical service repair segments, announces a new Association Discount Program. The new program provides members of participating industry repair associations a 20% discount on AMi’s suite of online courses. To participate in the program, associations must meet annual donation and promotional requirements. The program is designed to raise the awareness of what AMi has to offer repair businesses, as well as reduce the cost to train management and administrative staff. “We know the value training customer-facing administrative and management staff has on a repair operation and want to increase the industry’s awareness of it,” stated AMi president, Jeff Peevy, “In many cases administrative staff training is overlooked and yet it has a substantial impact on customer satisfaction and gained operational efficiencies.” More information on the program is available at https://www.amionline.org/Files/Documents/AMi%20Association%20Discount%20Program%202017%20final.pdf or by contacting Jeff Peevy at 224-704-3840. AMi was established in 1989 to answer the demand for continuing education and in... read more

Application Deadline is July 1, 2017 AMi was established in 1989 to answer the demand for continuing education and North Richland Hills, Texas, June 15, 2017 — The Automotive Management Institute (AMi) is accepting applications for the 2016 Emil Stanley Merit Award. The scholarship is awarded annually to an individual who works in an Automotive Service Association (ASA) Collision Division member-business and who displays a desire to improve their business skills through management education. The 2017 award marks the 27th year in which AMi and ASA have honored Emil Stanley with this commemorative management-oriented scholarship. The award recipient will receive $1,000 toward expenses to attend the 2017 NACE Automechanika in Chicago, July 26-29. The industry event offers an educational lineup of AMi seminars, technical training courses and industry sessions, an exposition and the opportunity to network with other automotive service professionals. To be eligible for the award, the following requirements must be met: applicants must work in the collision repair industry; must demonstrate an interest in self-improvement through management education; must own or work for a business that is an ASA member in good standing; and, if the applicant is not the business owner, must be recommended by the business owner. AMi Trustees and their employees, and the Emil Stanley Scholarship Selection Committee and their employees, are not eligible to apply. To request a scholarship app... read more