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Volume 39 // No. 2

March-April 2019 Comments Best Practices

30 // Full Service Tune-Up With hind-sight and forethought, these automotive recyclers share their secrets to improving full-service operations with their peers. // By Maura Keller

38 // Self Service Profits Auto recyclers looking to expand profit-levels often consider adding self-service options to their full-service business model. There are ways to be successful when in the right mind-set. // By Caryn Smith

Top: Butler Auto Recycling. Bottom: Ace Pick-A-Part. Interview

46 // Adventure of a Lifetime Herb Lieberman witnessed the transformation of the industry in his 62-year career – 42 as a progressive auto recycler and twenty as industry liaison for LKQ. This year marks his retirement from a career that to him “never felt like a job.” // By Caryn Smith

46 Enforcement

51 // California Crackdown The DMV’s Investigations Division takes on unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. These rogue businesses generate about 200 million gallons of toxic liquid in the state alone. // By Artemio Armenta

Case Study

53 // State Association at Work ... with the Law SCADA works with the Unlicensed Automobile Dismantling Task Force to shut down illegal operators.

51 Management

55 // What’s New in YMS Yard Management Systems report on their features.

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4 // Direction Jonathan Morrow

6 // Horizon Sandy Blalock

8 // Gears Caryn Smith

News & Views 10 // Wheel

14 // Dashboard Chad Counts

16 // People Brad Wolff

18 // Trending Click4Reg.co.uk

20 // Metal Becky Berube

22 // Opinion Ron Sturgeon

24 // Safety Mike James Paul D’Adamo

26 // Coaching Magi Graziano

28 // Expert Paul Mitchell

29 // Marketing Molly Yurick

59 // Grid Murray Jackson

60 // Snapshot LKQ/Carlos Rivera

62 // Advertiser Index

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On the Cover: Top photo provided by Shroyer’s Auto Parts. Bottom photo provided by Wilbert’s U-Pull It of Williamson.

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