Best Practices

Body shop works the overnight shift

Joe Hershey, center, has a new body shop to manage now, but during renovation, he organized a night painting shift to keep up with business.
June 25, 2018 05:00 AM
2-shift body shop
When the body shop at Bill Brown Ford in Livonia, Mich., was squeezed for space during an extensive renovation, a 2-shift schedule — painting vehicles overnight and doing other work during the day — ensured vehicles could be repaired in a timely manner.

DETROIT — Bill Brown Ford in Livonia, Mich., began an extensive, $2 million renovation to its body shop shortly after Ford Motor Co. introduced its aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup in 2014.

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