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Thursday July 31

MAACO Selects ADP Shoplink as Preferred Estimating System

ADP Claims Services Group, a leading provider of integrated business solutions for the property and casualty, collision repair and automotive recycling industries, has announced that MAACO has chosen Shoplink as the preferred computerized estimating system for MAACO centers across the United States and Canada.

"Shoplink is easy to use and automatically calculates all additionally required removal and installation operations with the replacement of every part, making MAACO centers' cosmollision service fast and accurate," said Thomas Monaghan, assistant vice president, MAACO. "Getting on board with Shoplink is an important step in our cosmollision expansion strategy and upcoming direct repair relationships."

Monaghan said ADP's strong training and customer support programs were factors in MAACO's choice of Shoplink because they make it easy for MAACO center operators to transition to Shoplink from hand-written estimates or other computerized estimating systems.

"MAACO's collision repair service, trademarked 'cosmollision' for its cosmetic collision aspect, is popular with consumers and policyholders," said John Kotsopoulos, vice president sales, collision repair services North America, ADP Claims Services Group. "By designating Shoplink the preferred computerized estimating system, MAACO is helping its franchise owners to win and serve more insurance-driven business."

MAACO Collision Repair & Auto Painting operates more than 500 franchised centers repairs and paints more than 800,000 vehicles each year, with revenues of more than $400 million. The privately held company is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa.

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