Arnold Motor Supply/The Merrill Company Deploys Autocat From MAM Software
Arnold Motor Supply started by using Autocat at several branches to evaluate the line coverage and quality of the look-up process. After measuring the results and getting feedback from its team, Arnold Motor Supply made Autocat available in all 66 locations.
Merrill Company Employee Wins 2017 Auto Care Association Impact Award
The Impact Award recognizes four aftermarket professionals age 40 or younger who have made remarkable contributions within the auto care industry.
The Merrill Co. Hosts Congressman Steve King For Auto Care Association Hometown Summit
As a follow up to last year’s Legislative Summit, the Auto Care Association has organized Hometown Summit, a program to facilitate hosting members of Congress while they are back in their home states.
Part II: Who will be the Managers and Leaders of Your Company in 2019?
Last week, in Part I of this series, I wrote about the future challenges aftermarket companies will face in recruiting and retaining the best and brightest young people to replace their retiring baby boomer managers and company leaders. Research indicates that the next generation of workers rank “opportunities for growth and personal development” very high on their scale of selecting which company they will choose to work for. Providing these growth and personal development opportunities is not an optional activity, it is mandatory if your company wants to attract and hire good candidates from the shrinking talent pool available in America.
Who Will Be the Managers and Leaders of your Company in 2019?
The following article is part one of a two-part series by special guest contributor Chuck Udell, a senior partner at Essential Action Design Group. The article picks up where Udell’s last article series for aftermarketNews on leadership left off, focusing on recruiting and retaining tomorrow’s best and brightest.
Johnson Controls Stock Hits New High: Company Predicts Higher Profits This Year
Shares of Johnson Controls Inc. surged 9 percent to an all-time high after the company said a lower tax rate and strong sales of air conditioners and automotive batteries will boost its profits this year. Net income fell $38 million, or 20 cents a share, to $165 million, or 84 cents a share, in the quarter that ended on March 31. But net income from continuing operations, which excludes restructuring costs and a tax credit, was $162 million, or 83 cents, up from $54 million, or 28 cents, a year ago. The 83 cents was higher than the 75 cents forecast by analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial First Call.
Delphi Upgraded by Merrill on Lower Risk of Bankruptcy
Shares of Delphi Corp. advanced more than 4 percent after Merrill Lynch upgraded the auto parts maker to neutral from sell on the belief that the risk of bankruptcy has been reduced. Analyst John Casesa thinks the company may cut or eliminate its dividend following its board of directors meeting today, just as negotiations with the United Auto Workers union intensifies.
Alliance Announces Scholarship Winners
Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper awarded $25,000 in scholarships through the UAF for the 2023 scholarship season.
Auto Value, Bumper to Bumper Tech of the Year Finalists Named
The technicians arrived in the Motor City to compete against each other by completing a custom ASE test.
Arnold Motor Supply Joins Auto Value Truck Parts Program
Ron Fleischhacker works with the executive staff at Arnold Motor Supply as they on-board into the program.
