Akzo Nobel is known for providing exceptional consulting services. A full-time staff shows our commitment to body shop profitability. The largest and most capable group of experts in the industry can provide your shop with proven performance-enhancing services. Akzo Nobel Services Consultants follow a structured methodology of assessment, analysis, recommendation and implementation to ensure successful engagements with clients.
Acoat® selected members who use consulting services will have access to the ongoing support of a Services Consultant. You, with the help of your SC, can evaluate and analyze your business, then customize programs to meet your exact needs and goals. A variety of fee structures and consulting packages are available. These include:
Individual Consulting
We understand the value of your team’s time and the need to keep your staff in the repair facility performing their work. It’s not always convenient and/or effective to send employees to off-site training classes and hope they bring back new ideas to implement. Therefore, our on-site consulting packages may be the better solution for you....more
Paint Materials Management Analysis
This consulting engagement is designed to enable collision shop owners to optimize
the sale and use of paint materials....more
Pay Plan Analysis
This consulting engagement is designed to provide Collision Center Owners and General Managers an assessment of their company’s current pay structure for all employees. It will help to align personnel goals with company goals. Assistance is provided in motivating employees with the realignment of their pay structures....more
Estimating Process Review
This consulting engagement is designed to review and refine the Estimators’ skills relative to collision repair estimating. The shop will learn how to optimize profitability per repair order, while complying with insurer DRP requirements....more
Improving Production Processes
This consulting engagement is designed to assist Owners, Estimators, Managers in refining the skills necessary to schedule work efficiently, properly manage parts, manage the flow of work through the shop, reduce the time it takes to repair a vehicle, increase volume and increase overall customer and insurer satisfaction....more
Sales and Service Coaching
This consulting engagement is designed to assist collision shop owners in establishing a Sales and Service Culture within their facility....more
Operations Review
This consulting engagement is designed to provide Collision Center Owners and General Managers a comprehensive on and off-site evaluation of their body shop to assess performance, identify opportunities and develop a plan of action for improvement....more
Marketing Planning
This consulting engagement is designed to help your sales team improve their effectiveness in marketing your business to various referring business entities....more
Mystery Shopping
“The first impression is a lasting impression.” This consulting engagement is designed to evaluate the first impression made on potential customers by your employees. It can include both telephone and on-site evaluations for your facility and your competitors....more
| 
