At BASF we believe a shop owner's future success is based on how well their business plan aligns with their strategic plan and their Customer's changing needs.  BASF believes to be of value to our Customers we must enable success with tools and services that sustain and improve performance while building a successful business for today and tomorrow.  We must, and do deliver more than paint solutions. BASF's business tools are found in the VisionPLUS Custom Business Solutions portfolio that allows a collision center to: Take advantage of and anticipate change Enjoy healthy growth and expansion Lower the cost of industry changes and growth opportunities Reduce single person dependency in collision center operations Improve performance Be more competitive in the market place Have a greater capacity to grow Control rapid growth at lower risk BASF Value Added Programs are part of the VisionPLUS® Custom Business Solutions.  Each one brings a collision center added value.  Visit all of them for the value they deliver.     OnLine is a powerful, interactive, online toolset that enables a collision center to track, analyze and improve their business.  Like having a personal consultant, VPOL identifies where a shop could improve performance, how to develop strategies for improvement and how to implement corrective action plans. Watch Video        OnLine Dashboard quickly identifies where a shop can improve performance. In addition, all the data needed to generate key performance indicators are routinely loaded from existing management software.     Production Management software is for shops that currently do not have a collision specific management software program or who don't use their current management system to the fullest potential.

University offers a wide variety of courses designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to run a business more efficiently.      20 Groups have become popular and valuable in today's business world.  BASF's expert Business Development Managers combined with the efficiency of BASF's eBusiness tools, results in a better process for continuous improvement.      Facility Planning helps collision centers acheive maximum efficiency by planning and improving shop flow.  While good design alone is not to be expected to solve all productivity issues, proper shop planning is essential in preventing costly mistakes down the road.      Warranty allows a shop to project not only a reliable, high quality image, but also helps you close more sales.  Research has shown that quality, backed by a warranty, is the most important consideration in the selection of a repair facility.       Excellence program is designed for progressive repair facilities that subscribe to very high operational and repair standards and demonstrate continual process improvement.     Frequently asked questions: How can VPOL help my business? Why measure? What if I am too busy to measure? What if I already have a management system? How will measuring make me money? What if I am afraid to measure?

Electronic tools and products are changing the way today's businesses are run.  BASF has combined its entire family of "eProducts" into an integrated system called SmartTOOLS™.  The SmartTOOLS family consists of the SmartTRAK®III paint management software, SmartSCAN® spectrophotometer and SmartCOLOR™ formula retrieval.  BASF's primary goal is to make your business more profitable and more productive, and the SmartTOOLS family will help you acheive these objectives.     BASF's family of COLOR-MAX tools is the most advanced color matching system in the industry in terms of accuracy and ease of use.  The new COLOR-MAXmobile book replaces the proven COLOR-MAX2 Solid tool, providing the same level of quality and accuracy in a handy format that will help body shops be more productive.  View Demo