Estimate Compliance
Drive Greater Accuracy With Estimate Rules
Mitchell's Estimate Advisor is an audit tool designed to enhance the collision claims estimating process. Capable of creating complex and customized estimate rules, Estimate Advisor produces alerts for virtually any required estimate guideline—including labor rates, material allowances and custom-defined fields.
Ensure Estimates Meet Your Business Standards With 170+ Base Rules and Endless Configurations
Estimate Advisor Can Help You
- Create, test, distribute and easily manage business and collision claims estimate rules between you and partners
- Confirm appraisers are following your defined rules before the estimate is uploaded
- Decrease the number of compliance profiles you need to maintain by using lookup tables
- Ensure compliant estimates enter the workflow from the start for maximum efficiency
- Reduce the time and expense of producing supplements
- Reduce cycle time while improving repair partner relationships
- Make impactful decisions from Estimate Advisor Reporting features
Improve Direct Repair Program Relationships
Staying connected is essential for strong direct repair shop relationships, which is why you need to establish clear rules and guidelines to avoid expensive rework and partner misunderstandings. Estimate Advisor keeps the focus on collision claims, while avoiding inefficiencies with your direct repair shops since it:
- Reduces supplements by alerting program participants of compliance issues before they upload
- Maintains standards for partner-authored estimates
- Allows shops to focus on what they do best—restoring vehicles to their pre-accident condition
Optimize Parts Utilization
Deciding when to use OEM versus aftermarket parts can be challenging. Estimate Advisor solves this problem by:
- Flagging parts that may not be the most cost-effective
- Providing carrier-defined parts guidelines at the vehicle age or mileage level
- Ensuring correct labor rates are applied at every opportunity