text: The value of every de-fleeted car is a key part of maximising the bottom line. Now, SMA Vehicle Remarketing has developed a new service designed to help fleet and finance companies to establish the cost/benefit of enhancing the condition of each and every car. In today's tough economic climate, the ability to accountably add money to each sale is just a click away.
  Designed to give sellers the opportunity to enhance saleability, Tactical Repair has been developed by SMA to place sellers in total control of refurbishment. On arrival at one of SMA's auction centres, every vehicle from customers opting into the service is fully appraised by one of SMA's trained inspectors, to identify damage that could negatively impact sales value. Repair costs on an itemised basis are established, along with estimates for the likely impact on re-sale value.
  In a competitive market, the opportunity to enhance the stock profile of their de-fleeted stock has gained immediate support from a number of SMA's fleet vendor customers, including ALD Automotive, Tusker Direct and Ogilvie Fleet. Each of these businesses is keen to ensure their stock stands out from the crowd to help it to gain a premium. Tactical Repair from SMA now provides a new method of increasing value accountably, with each of the businesses able to have repairs completed in their entirety or on an item-by-item basis. With robust data on cost to repair and anticipated sale price they can now make a more informed decision.
  The whole process is undertaken on just in time principles, facilitated by a newly developed web-based tracking process to ensure that 'pace' is retained in the sales process.
  Vendors are in full control, using their dedicated login details they can review recommendations and authorise work based upon the detailed assessment provided. If the vendor has various accounts for different departments or branches, each account will have a separate page on the web portal. This way the remarketing team can have access to view all sites on an account by account basis with one log in. Throughout the service, customers receive emails informing them of their vehicles progress from inspection to work in hand, updating the completion timescale.
  The goal is to help vendors to accountably make a valued assessment on refurbishment; the process is easy to use and fully auditable.
  "We know that there is growing demand for showroom ready stock from buyers, but quite rightly vendors want the reassurance that the cost of refurbishment will deliver extra value. This latest innovation bridges this knowledge gap further than ever before. We have the facilities to refurbish cars on site and now we can help sellers to establish the cost/value of undertaking the work. We think many vendors will be pleasantly surprised".
  Initially available to fleet customers, the business plans to roll out the service to all vendors in the months ahead.
  NAMA grading has been developed to provide a long awaited industry standard grading scheme to be used across all auctions within the UK.
  We have now introduced NAMA grading across our sites, and over the coming weeks you will notice more vehicles being offered for sale displaying a NAMA grade. These grades are easy to identify as they are 1,2,3,4,5 and U in place of the SMA grades A,B,C,D and E.
  Please make sure you have familiarised yourself with the grades. We will still produce condition reports providing additional information for each vehicle as we always have.
  In spite of all the buzz to the contrary on all-natural black haircare, transitioning from relaxed to all-natural hair does not have to be traumatizing. If you have worn your hair permed or relaxed for several years, appear at the transitioning stage as a formal re-introduction to the all-natural hair your momma gave you!
  Every single lady who decides to go all-natural carries a one of a kind blueprint that is her all-natural tresses. No two heads are alike. Embrace the truth that what you have is stunning, not to mention a head turner.
  Every single individual is born with a hair form that is all their personal. Stylist Andre Walker, developed a program for classifying certain hair forms or patterns.
  Curly/kinky is Variety 4A, 4B or 4C. Variety four can resemble smaller spirals the diameter of a crochet needle, or be tightly coiled. Curly/kinky is at the greatest danger for breakage due to the fact of the curl pattern and requires constant moisture.
  Curly is Variety 3A, 3B or 3C and can variety from loose ringlets to slightly much more tightly defined, spiral curls the size of a pen.
  Variety two is wavy hair, with variations ranging from 2A to 2B to 2C – with 2C getting the most wavy inside the two category of wavy hair.
  Straight hair is classified as Variety 1. Straight is the strongest of all hair forms and is usually tougher to hold a curl.
  Lots of of us may perhaps have many curl patterns on our head! The crown could be 3b though the nape of the neck is 4a for instance. There are a increasing quantity of individuals who never subscribe to Andre Walker's curl pattern classification due to the fact they really feel that it is as well restricting, or that it perpetuates the stereotype of the “very good hair”, “undesirable hair” mentality.
  We consider that it is a beneficial tool to aid us to fully grasp our hair superior. The program was not meant to reinforce old college damaging connotations.
  Some females are tempted to reduce all their relaxed hair off when deciding to go all-natural. Other people reduce as substantially of the permed or relaxed portion of their hair off as probable and perform on nurturing their new development – or the new hair that grew in immediately after the perm. It is ideal to strategy the large chop only immediately after you have an thought of how you want to appear and what you will appear like with quick hair.
  You know your self superior than any one and can envision what you will appear like with a shorter style than you may perhaps be applied to wearing. You can also speak with a stylist to get a second opinion primarily based on the shape of your face. Try to remember, you can usually improve your quick style with lots of hair accessories – medium- to substantial-sized earrings, headbands, and colorful scarves. Your hair will develop wholesome, stunning, and stronger than ever.
  Not every person feels comfy with cutting their hair off in order to transition absolutely more than to a all-natural hairstyle. A slower crawl towards all-natural hair can be achieved with twists, braids, flat twists or other designs that enables you to hold your hair length for the duration of the transition method. If you decide on to hold your relaxed hair though your all-natural hair is increasing out, be positive to trim the ends and deep situation often as the line of demarcation involving the all-natural and relaxed hair is weak and prone to breakage.
  1 massive error that several females make though taking care of their all-natural hair is overloading it with lots of grease or oils. You may perhaps really feel that this is the ideal way to hold your hair from getting dry and frizzy. This is only partially correct. Our all-natural hair requires lots of all-natural moisture – lightweight, lightly applied oils – to lock in that moisture to our hair and scalp. The ideal are all-natural moisturizers that get absorbed into our hair as an alternative of laying on prime of our hair like hair grease. Hair grease with petroleum and mineral oils stop moisture from absorbing into the hair shaft. Some superior options contain:
  Steer clear of items with mineral oil, silicone, or petroleum which just sit on prime of the hair. Try to remember that you will need moisture that penetrates the hair shaft which will hold your hair effectively moisturized. This not only protects your hair from breakage, but aids to bring out your all-natural curl pattern.
  Sleeping delivers a particular challenge to all-natural hair if you do not prepare and shield it. You want to keep away from matting, tangling and breakage as substantially as probable. Sleep on satin pillowcases or use a satin cap. You can also twist or braid your hair in large sections just before sleeping.
  The transition more than to all-natural black hair care is less difficult than you consider and properly worth the work for wholesome, head turning all-natural hair.