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Wednesday February 23

Co-Auto Collision Repair Network Selects Summit Software for Shop and Network Management Software

Summit Software and the Co-Auto Dealership Collision Network have announced that Co-Auto has selected Summit Software Solutions as the exclusive supplier for its body shop and repair network management software for its recently announced dealership franchise and banner program throughout Canada.

Norm Angrove, Vice President, Co-Auto Dealership Collision Network, commented, “We knew that shop and network wide management, measurement, and reporting technologies were going to be a key factor in differentiating the Co-Auto repair network from others. After evaluating different solutions for over a year we selected Summit because they offer our members the best technology with the most options, flexibility, and value. Their solutions also focus on helping our members improve their businesses while processing claims better, faster, and more efficiently, which we see as another key difference between our repair network and others.”

Summit President, Frank Terlep said, “Being selected by the Co-Auto Dealership Collision Network as their exclusive technology partner validates our company’s position as the collision industry leader in shop and repair network management technologies. Operating a successful repair network requires tools that drive and support performance and consistency. The CollisionRepairNet(TM) technologies Co-Auto will offer their members were specifically designed to help them measure, manage, and improve shop and network performance while driving consistency through process control, network-wide benchmarking, reporting, and feedback.

Several of Summit’s CollisionRepairNet technologies will be offered to network members including repair shop management, advanced scheduling, integrated executive dashboards, integration with a central data warehouse and an automated benchmarking solution.

The Co-Auto Cooperative Group is a designated ISO9001 Co-operative Dealership Buying Group with over 900 members and 300 collision repair facilities. They manage business relationships and invoicing for a complete range of products and services which results is ongoing cost savings due their economies of scale.

Summit Software Solutions, Inc. is a business-to-business information technology provider that delivers information and communication management solutions to auto and truck collision repair businesses and repair networks.

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