Automotive Management Institute Honors Class of 2017
Posted on: 27, March, 2017NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, March 27, 2017 — The Automotive Management Institute (AMi), the industry’s leading provider of management education for automotive service and collision repair professionals, held its annual graduation ceremony March 4 at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, Kan.
The ceremony honored the 23nd class of Accredited Automotive Managers (AAMs). The graduating class of 2017 includes 3 automotive service and collision repair professionals who earned the Institute's prestigious AAM designation by successfully completing AMi courses and accumulating a minimum of 120 credits.
This year’s event also recognized 40 members of its second graduating class of Accredited Master Automotive Manager (AMAM) designation by successfully completing AMi courses and accumulating a minimum of 180 credits.
The Automotive Management Institute collaborates with training providers across the industry aligning training courses into comprehensive educational curricula, that when completed, results in professional designations and certificates. The education represented by these programs have proven to make positive impacts on business KPI scores and overall profitability. AMI courses concentrate on seven core areas of business management education: financial management, sales & marketing, operational management, HR and personnel development, IT management, risk management and leadership.
“It was honor to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of these two groups of professionals during our graduation ceremony. It is also great to see the growth in the number of graduates again and we look forward to more achieving this level of professional recognition.” said AMi President, Jeff Peevy.
AMi was established in 1989 to answer the demand for continuing education and industry-accepted recognition programs tailored specifically for the business needs of the automotive service and repair industry. To date, AMi programs have attracted more than 250,000 enrollments throughout North America. AMi is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational foundation, to which tax-deductible contributions may be made. For more information about the Institute, its curriculum or methods of donations, please contact AMi at (817) 514-2929, email at [email protected], or visit the AMI website at www.AMionline.org.