<strong style="color: #1f8cad; text-align: justify;">La FRCI organise pour la première fois cette année l’opération » As des Réseaux » avec un objectif simple : récompenser lors du salon Equip Auto 2019 la meilleure entreprise de chacun des 7 réseaux qui composent cette Fédération.</strong>
The Federation of independent Bodyshops networks (FRCI) is an association law 1901 which aims to promote the "network culture" by valuing the principles of professional ethics, while preserving the strategic and commercial autonomy of each network. It works to anticipate the next major challenges of the profession by exchanging and pooling the problems related to the market and the services of collision repair.
2019: the first edition of the ACEs of the networks
For the first time in 2019, the FRCI decided to reward the best company in each of the 7 member networks. What for? "Because these companies deserve more than ever to be highlighted," says Patrick Cleris, President of the FRCI. Their economic model is undergoing a technological, environmental and especially human transformation. Together with their networks and suppliers, we wish to highlight the work of business leaders and their teams at this equip auto 2019 exhibition.
Known criteria and objectives
Each of the 7 FRCI member networks has shortlisted 3 particularly successful companies, corresponding to their idea of the bodywork of today and tomorrow. It is therefore 21 companies that will be evaluated and audited between May and August by Socca, Société d'optimisation des concepts de la bodywork automobile, which has been consulting, forming and advising several dozen bodies a year since 2009.
The evaluation criteria are known to all the participants, and cover all the activity of the bodywork:
1 – governance
2 – material investments
3 – human investment
4 – commercial investment
5 – the development of activities
6 – financial consolidation
7 – respect for the environment
It is therefore a complete assessment of the social, economic and ecological performance that will be carried out, according to objective criteria.
To each network its champion
"The idea here is that each brand puts forward its own champion according to perfectly objective criteria," insists Patrick Cleris.
On a first analysis of SOCCA, a jury composed of volunteer representatives from the automotive world will meet in September to determine, on the basis of these elements, the ACE of each of the 7 networks.
A prestigious award ceremony
The 7 winners will be rewarded at the awards ceremony organized during a gala evening, on October 16 at 5pm, as part of the equip auto show in Paris, Porte de Versailles.
Each winner will receive a trophy accompanied by a certificate.
He will earn one year of courtesy vehicle offered by Leaseway and an LCD welding mask from the company GYS.
Partners mobilized
This ceremony will be an opportunity for the partners of the operation to pay tribute to the men and women on the ground who use their products or services on a daily basis:
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