TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor
Sales, U.S.A., Inc., announced
today an all-new way of delivering recommended repair procedures
through a partnership with Mitchell, a leader in providing
technology, connectivity, and information solutions to the
collision repair and insurance industries. Mitchell's new
mobile/online estimating system is being developed to expose Toyota
recommended repair procedures during the estimating process. The
new solution should reduce the time required to write a collision
estimate by eliminating the need to reference multiple sources when
repairing a Toyota vehicle to its pre-accident condition. It will
also provide standardized information needed throughout the entire
repair process.
"Our goal is simple, to ensure customer safety and confidence,"
said Rick Leos, Collision Program
Developer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. "By combining Mitchell's
expertise in estimating and Toyota's quality repair procedures, we
have found a way to help repair shops save time and money, while
decreasing cycle time and reducing supplements. It's a win for our
customers, repair experts, and insurance companies alike."
"Mitchell is excited to offer direct access to repair procedures
from Toyota within a collision repair estimate," said Jim Brady, Vice President, Product Management,
Mitchell. "By capitalizing on Mitchell and Toyota's core
competencies and strengths, together we will create a dynamic
solution in which Toyota vehicle information automatically appears
when parts are added to an estimate."
Toyota's integrated repair procedures include recommendations on
parts that should be replaced rather than re-used along with
supporting information detailing the non-reusable parts. Toyota
repair procedures will be available with the release of Mitchell
mobile estimating in 2014.
To learn more about Toyota's partnership with Mitchell or see a
prototype of Mitchell's mobile estimating solution with integrated
recommended repair procedures, please visit the Toyota Wholesale
Parts booth #16107 at SEMA, November 5-8,
2013, in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Also at SEMA, Toyota will announce the winner of the Toyota
Dream Build Challenge at a press conference on Tuesday, November 5th at 10AM PST. This year's Toyota Dream
Build Challenge invited a diverse group of Team Toyota athletes
along with their big-time partners to modify vehicles, letting fans
participate in the process and vote for their favorites at
www.toyotadreambuild.com. The fan favorite will earn bragging
rights and the Toyota Dream Build Challenge Cup.
About Toyota
Toyota, the world's top automaker and creator of the Prius, is
committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our
Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we've
built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants and directly employ nearly 40,000
people. Our 1,800 North American dealerships sold more than
2.3 million cars and trucks in 2012 – and about 80% of all Toyotas
sold over the past 20 years are still on the road
today.
Toyota partners with a wide variety of organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the
environment. As part of this commitment, we share the
company's extensive know-how from building great cars and trucks to
help community organizations and other nonprofits expand their
ability to do good. (NYSE:TM) For more information
about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
About Mitchell
Mitchell empowers clients to achieve measurably better outcomes.
Providing unparalleled breadth of technology, connectivity and
information solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and
Collision Repair industries, Mitchell is uniquely able to simplify
and accelerate the claims management and collision repair
processes.
As a leading provider of Property & Casualty claims
technology solutions, Mitchell processes over 50 million
transactions annually for over 300 insurance companies/claims
payers and over 30,000 collision repair facilities throughout
North America. Founded in 1946,
Mitchell is headquartered in San Diego,
California, and has 1,700 employees. The company is
privately owned primarily by the Aurora Capital Group, a
Los Angeles-based investment
group. For more information about Mitchell, visit
www.mitchell.com.
SOURCE Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.