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Monday October 28
Summit Software Launches TechCentral Production Floor Information System
Summit Software Solutions, Inc. has released TechCentral, a software based shop floor information system designed to increase shop productivity, improve internal and external communications, reduce administrative expenses, and allow technicians to access valuable technical and repair information via the Internet or other available data resources."TechCentral is our next step towards completely integrating all aspects of the collision repair process through a single technology solution," said Summit President Frank Terlep. Terlep continues, "By allowing technicians, painters, and other production floor personnel to access and provide valuable information about the vehicle repair, status, payroll, and important repair and administrative information we improve communications with everyone involved with the claim, reduce administrative costs, and increase technician and shop productivity."
TechCentral, according to Summit Software, is a software based production floor information system that connects the shop floor with the front office and outside world by:
- Providing technicians with access to technical, resource, and repair order information via the Internet or other information sources.
- Eliminating front office job costing and payroll data collection, entry, and calculation tasks.
- Automating vehicle status and status communications with office personnel, customers, insurers, agents, and rental car companies. Introducing e-mail based electronic communications between production personnel and estimators.
- Providing technicians with immediate access to valuable parts status information.
- Allowing technicians to print their own work orders on the shop floor.
- Integrating personal performance feedback based on actual results.
TechCentral will be offered to all existing Summit users as part of their ongoing software support, maintenance, and enhancement agreements. It will also be added to the existing C.O.P.S. system for no additional increase in cost.
Summit Software Solutions, Inc. is a business-to-business information technology provider headed by a management team with more than fifty years of software development experience.
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