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Sherwin-Williams Continues Successful Training Class for University of Toyota

This hands-on workshop provides estimators with the techniques, skills, and information necessary to write more accurate estimates. Estimating Solutions for Profit challenges Toyota damage estimators to move away from the traditional method of estimating and embrace a more comprehensive approach known as “blueprinting” the repair plan.

“We have been using Sherwin-Williams’ ‘Estimating Solutions for Profit’ class to train our estimators for several years,” said Brad Brahe, Body Shop Development Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. “We have seen the value of this course and are pleased to include it as one of our requirements for the newly develop estimator certification program.”

“Most estimators fail to capture all of the necessary repairs on their initial estimate,” said Jason Crager, OEM Account Executive, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corporation. “With the blueprinting method, estimators learn techniques to prevent these mistakes, and, on average, they increase their estimating accuracy by 28 percent.”

Toyota Motor Sales, USA found a solution by teaming up with Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corporation and utilizing its Estimating Solutions for Profit course, which is one of the industry’s most recognized estimator training courses. Approved and accredited by the Automotive Management Institute (AMI), it offers 12 credit hours toward AMI’s diploma program.

“We consider the Sherwin-Williams collision repair estimating class to be an integral part of Toyota's requirements for a certified estimator,” Brahe added.

For the second consecutive year, the course will be available to all of Toyota’s 1,200 dealership partners nationwide that have collision centers.

Don Stewart, Collision Center Manager at Champion Collision Centers in Austin, Texas commented, “I’ve been a manager for many years, and this is one of the most useful classes I’ve attended. It provides best practices that can be applied in work and estimating situations every day.”

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