Ed Speak

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Motorsport is the best sport
Monday, 02 October 2023
I am sure most readers are motorsport fans – I was reminded just how deep and rich the tapestry of New Zealand motorsport runs over the last week – both in person and via the media.
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The Swiss Cheese model
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
No this is not some cheesy comment but a serious look at the Swiss Cheese Accident Causation Model. This seems to have come up in my reading in multiple different areas recently.
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Missing the blindingly obvious!
Tuesday, 01 August 2023
We all love the diagnostic treasure hunts we regularly feature in these pages but sometimes the faults are more basic – and not at all electronic.
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Customer Service 101
Monday, 03 July 2023
Times are tough and everyone is tightening their belts; obviously you want to maximise the number of customers coming to your door.
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Why would you service EVs?
Monday, 29 May 2023
This issue we have our first ever feature on servicing EVs, but why would you bother?
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Disaster Planning
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Now the devastating climate events of January and February are starting to move into the rear-view mirror it might be time for owners and managers to sit down and think about having some plans in p
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Should I specialise?
Monday, 03 April 2023
This issue we look at 4WD servicing. We regularly feature different areas where a business could specialise in a different vehicle type such as 4WD, EV or European.
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Time to plan
Monday, 06 March 2023
We hope our readers are drying out after the rain and flooding that affected Auckland and many other centres.
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Welcome to 2023
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Hope all our readers, especially those in the Auckland area are okay and your family, staff, houses and businesses are all safe after the major flooding at Anniversary weekend.
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Staffing crisis
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
As I sat to write this final editorial for 2022 I had no idea what I might write about – by definition an editor’s biggest fear is a blank piece of paper waiting for your next editorial!
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Anniversary influx shows the health of the automotive repair sector
Monday, 31 October 2022
2022 seems to be a year of anniversaries for a whole range of businesses involved in the supply and the repair side of the repair industry.
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Motorsports Bonanza
Monday, 03 October 2022
By the time you read this New Zealand will have completed an amazing month of Motorsport helping make up the deficit in petrol fumes for the sports addicts!
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Economic uncertainty is usually a positive for repairers
Tuesday, 06 September 2022
Having published Motor Equipment News for over 20 years, we have seen a few economic cycles come and go. We have also seen that repairers tend to get busier when economic times are not so good.
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Time to train
Saturday, 30 July 2022
This month we look at training, which is in the news due to both the current integration of MITO into the new Te Pūkenga structure which incorporates MITO, BCITO, Competenz and Connexis, and becaus
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Reputation and the customer experience
Monday, 04 July 2022
Our Business Torque article this month is from Mat Wylie where he highlights the importance of building your business’s reputation both online and off – well worth a read.
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Is it over and out or just a false dawn?
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
So back to Orange traffic light setting, case numbers are falling, vaccine mandates abandoned in most areas and people are venturing out from their foxholes.
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Batteries and safety
Monday, 02 May 2022
This issue we have a battery feature.  Safety working with batteries, even the traditional lead acid kind has been a somewhat overlooked issue due to their commonality – familiarity breeds contempt
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Detecitve Work
Monday, 04 April 2022
Although I am not a trained technician – rather an enthusiastic amateur when it comes to working on cars – and was brought up in the days when points and condensors were about as technical as car e
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Too smart
Saturday, 05 March 2022
AI, VR, The Metaverse, self-driving, over the air updates – Alexa, where will it all end!
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Ed Speak: New Year – let’s tiptoe in!
Tuesday, 08 February 2022
New Year – let’s tiptoe in! Do you get the feeling that after the optimism heading into 2021 that it had to be better than 2020 there is a bit more – let’s just tiptoe into 2022 and see what is...
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