CIECA Announces New Communications Specialist
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association announced that Stacey Phillips, a 20-year veteran of communications and co-author of “The Secrets of America’s Greatest Body Shops,” was named their marketing and communications coordinator.
CIECA: New Part Type Feature for Estimating Systems
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Agency is reminding its members about its new webinar on vehicle damage estimating systems on Jun 26, 2018 at 11:00 AM CDT.
CIECA Webcast to Cover Photo Estimating
The webinar will discuss why photo estimating has become so prevalent, and will cover its impact on business and the steps to take when implementing the process.
CIECA Wraps up Fourth MSO Summit
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) said it concluded the fourth MSO T2T Summit for 2017 with great attendance and contributions and collaborations from MSOs’ IT thought leaders.
CIECA to Discuss Pre-/Post-Repair Scanning Data in Webinar
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) will present a webinar on vehicle scanning and its Business Message Suite (BMS) standard on Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. Central time.
CIECA 2017: Length of Rental Not Getting Shorter Anytime Soon
The ever-increasing complexity of repair, the ongoing shortage of technicians, the resurgence of miles driven and a recent uptick in claims frequency have been pushing the nationwide length-of-rental (LOR) average higher over the past five years.
CIECA 2017: Lane-Departure Warning Causing More Collisions
Insurance data shows that lane-departure warning is pushing the frequency of collision claims higher.
CIECA to Begin Incorporating Scan Results into Business Message Suite
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that it will begin work June 19 on a new project to implement the exchange and transmission of scanning diagnostics results within the Business Message Suite (BMS).
CIECA Shifts Conversation from ‘Bits and Bytes’ to ‘Business Solutions’
CIECA hosted a Top-2-Top MSO Summit, which the association said was “the first of many meetings to create a higher-level platform for the industry.”
CIECA Assembles Ad Hoc Committee to Develop Environmental Standards Reporting System
The committee, comprised of body shop owners, paint manufacturers and insurers together with EPA representatives, hopes to implement compliance reporting standards that will result in more efficiencies, consistencies, cost savings and conformity for collision repair facilities.