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1/28/2010
Special Report: Revisiting OBD II's Missing Mode — Mode $06
When Onboard Diagnostics II (OBD II) was added to all 1996 and newer vehicles over a decade ago, it included nine different operating modes that could be accessed to diagnose and repair vehicles. Most technicians are familiar with the more common m...
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1/28/2010
Special Report: OBD II Diagnostics: Checking into Mode $06
When Onboard Diagnostics II was first conceived as a means of monitoring vehicle emissions, it was obvious there would be a lot of information to keep track of. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) developed guidelines for managing all of this...
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1/28/2010
Special Report: Downloading a Mode $06 Diagnostic Update
By Larry Carley
Most technicians who do engine diagnostic work today have heard of Mode $06, but many aren’t very familiar with what it is, how to find it, when to use or what to do with it. It’s still a mystery mode to many tech...
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1/28/2010
Special Report: Predicting Failures Through Mode $06
By Glen Beanard, technical contributor
I suspect that at one time or another, we’ve all had a customer return with a check engine light on with a new fault code that wasn’t there last time they were in. The events probably went som...
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12/3/2009
Special Report: The ABCs of Technical Skill Levels
By Gary Goms
The popular stereotype of auto technicians as amiable, but socially inept tinkerers has been indelibly forged by scripts written for movies and television. The Baby Boomer generation, (your shop instructor) for example, might reca...
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12/3/2009
Special Report: Specialized Employee Training
by Dan Maslic
Someone once said, "You can't save your way to prosperity." Few people would disagree with such wisdom, or with the wisdom of investing in your employees. Saved money can help weather a downturn in business, but it can't ...
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12/3/2009
Special Report: Training is an Attitude
by Gary Goms
During the 1920s, the term “model year” gained currency in an automotive industry that was determined to increase its sales by annually introducing new automobiles to a motoring public hungry for the prestige of owni...
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12/3/2009
Special Report: Product Training and Technology: More Like Rocket Science
by Gary Goms
Product training continues to be an issue because the cost of training is going up in proportion to the complexity of vehicle technology. In short, it takes much more time for a manufacturer to condense relevant information into a...
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10/13/2009
Special Report: AASA Marketing Executives Council Report Reveals Buying Influences on the Independent Repair Industry
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – The Marketing Executives Council (MEC) of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) has just released a Special Report which analyzes the buying influences on the independent repair industry.
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10/13/2009
Special Report: Technicians Will Play Vital Road in AASA’s Industry Education Campaign: ‘Know Your Parts’
The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) recently launched an aftermarket industry education campaign: “Know Your Parts.” The initiative’s goal is to educate all partners in the aftermarket supply chain from supp...
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10/1/2009
Manufacturing Industry Needs Young Skilled Workers
Manufacturing Industry Needs Young Skilled Workers
Who would imagine that metalworking, robotics and welding would replace swimming and sports as major activities for a number of youngsters who attend summer camps? Yet, such programs are starting ...
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10/1/2009
Skilled Workers Wanted
Skilled Workers Wanted
-According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), by 2030 the last of the Baby Boomers will have reached retirement age and 77 million Baby Boomers will have left the workforce.(1)
-By 2030, there will be twice a...
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10/1/2009
Dual Enrollment Programs Open Doors To Skilled Labor Trades
A new generation of students has found the fast track to the high-tech manufacturing jobs of the future by simultaneously completing their high school education while also taking technical college programming.
This non-traditional, dual enr...
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4/6/2009
Special Report: An Executive Interview with Nancy McLean, Director of Marketing for ACDelco GM Service and Parts Operations
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Nancy McLean is director of ACDelco Marketing for GM Service and Parts Operations (SPO). McLean began her career with GM in 1978 with the former Packard Electric (now Delphi Packard Electric) in...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview with Tom Gauer, Senior Director of Automotive Retail Research at J.D. Power & Associates
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Aftermarketnews.com had the opportunity for a brief Q&A with Tom Gauer, senior director of automotive retail research at J.D. Power & Associates. We asked Gauer to give us some insight int...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview with Andy Robinson, General Manager, Permatex
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Andy Robinson is the general manager of Permatex, a part of the Illinois Tool Works Performance Polymers Group. He was appointed to the position of general manager in August 2008. Robinson ha...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview: MEMA's Bob McKenna Talks about the Supplier Industry's Role in the U.S. Economy
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) President and CEO Robert “Bob” McKenna was a featured panelist in the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE)...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview: Bill Haas, Vice President, Education and Training for ASA
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Bill Haas currently serves as the vice president of education and training for the Automotive Service Association (ASA). As such, he is dedicated to growing and enriching the educational o...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview with Neil Hogan, SKF Product Manager, Vehicle Service Market
By Amy Antenora
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Neil Hogan, product manager for SKF's Vehicle Service Market business is an ASE Certified Master Technician with 30 years in the automotive business. In a recent interview, Hogan talked about SK...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview: Activant's Tom Aliotti Talks About the Role E-Cats Should Play in the Aftermarket's Future
By Amy Antenora,
Editor
www.aftermarketnews.com
Tom Aliotti is senior vice president and general manager of the Activant Solutions automotive business group. Since joining the company in 2005, Aliotti has overseen the introduction of a bro...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: Executive Interview: an Northwood's Dr. Tim Nash Talks about the New Aftermarket Executive MBA Program
By Amy Antenora
Dr. Tim Nash is vice president, graduate and specialty programs and dean, DeVos Graduate School of Management, Northwood University. Nash was responsible for developing the curriculum for the new Aftermarket Executive MBA progr...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview with Pete Kornafel, Chairman of the GAAS Scholarship Committee
By Amy Antenora
Named an ‘Outstanding Business Leader’ by Northwood University in 2008, Pete Kornafel, along with his wife Lorraine, have their own special niche carved out of the automotive aftermarket. Kornafel has been invol...
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3/30/2009
Special Report: an Executive Interview with Andrew Coccari, Director of Global Marketing, Filtration, Honeywell Consumer Products Group
By Amy Antenora
Andrew Coccari has built a successful 24-year career in the automotive aftermarket by blending the art of marketing strategy with the science of consumer study. Currently the Director of Marketing for Honeywell Consumer Products ...
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1/8/2009
ACDelco Box Program: Klein Collins Automotive Technology
Klein Collins Automotive Technology is making it a “Green Christmas”
Students at Klein Collins Automotive Technology in Spring, TX came up with the idea of using their ACDelco logo box for recycling. By reversing out the box, it c...
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12/19/2008
ACDelco Box Program: Vance-Granville Community College
Fred Brewer, Program Head at Vance-Granville Community College, Henderson, NC, sent us these photos created by students in his Automotive Systems Technology program.
About the school:
The curriculum at Vance-Granvill...
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