What Makes Summit the Industry’s Most Powerful Business Improvment System?
We Help Your Business Operate Better, Faster, Leaner and More Profitability!
Summit’s Shop Management Solution Includes:
- SQL Data Base
- Summit Data Base Server
- Estimating Interfaces with TruckEst, Adjustrite, Audatex, CCC, and Mitchell Estimating Systems
- Integrated Media Storage for Digital Images, Scanned Documents, Audio, Video, and More
- Visual management controls that support Lean Business Processes
- Integrated Communications System for automated internal and external communications to personnel, customers, insurers, and rental car companies
- Complete Calendaring and Scheduling
- Complete Production Management
- Shop Floor Information System
- Technician Time Clocks
- “Auto” Flagging Software
- Complete Parts Management Software
- Complete Job Costing Software
- Integrated Accounts Receivable Software
- Integrated Custom Data Analysis and Reporting System
- Vendor, Insurer, and Rental Car Management Software
- Customer Follow Up and Thank You Letter Software
- Hourly, Commission and Flat Rate Payroll Management Software
- Marketing Management Software
- Powerful Cycle Time Tracking and Reporting Software
- IOU Management Software
- Parts Search Software
- Invoicing, Repair Order, Supplement, Work Order, Power of Attorney, Repair Authorization, and up to 50 Custom Forms
- Dozens of Reports and Graphs
- Professional Installation, Training, and Technical Support
- On-site Training and Consulting (Optional)
Integrated Digital Documentation System™: An integrated Digital Documentation/Electronic RO filing system that allows collision repairers to move to a paperless environment. Integrated digital filing options include, Digital Pictures, Scanning, Audio Notes, Video, Digital Library, SOP’s, Job Descriptions, Digital Signatures, a Digital Viewer, as well as the ability to package all digital files from an RO and share them via the Internet, e-mail, CD’s, and/or memory sticks.
Automated Event Triggered Automated Communications: Dramatically improves internal and external communications eliminates administrative and non-value added processes, and improves customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Automated Push Technology: This integrated technology automatically sends critical information to internal shop personnel which eliminates the need to “dig” for information while reducing non value added administrative expenses and improving documentation and office productivity.
Advanced Scheduling: Allows shops to schedule anything from estimate appointments to repair order follow up calls. Provides ability to automatically generate Arrival and Delivery dates by shop capacity as well as Repair Type while allowing shops to schedule vehicles into up to 14 different departments or repair process steps by their daily capacity!
AutoImport™ and Line Item “Scrubbing”: Eliminates tedious manual import process, insures accurate batting average and conversion ratio measurements, and eliminates non-value add and expensive administrative process of manually changing RO Line Items to meet financial and payroll needs!
Customizable Production Departments and Unlimited Production Sub-Departments: All Summit management systems allow the user to create up to 14 customizable production departments and an unlimited number of sub-departments. This means each shop can match their existing processes within Summit while creating an unlimited # of process sub-steps. For example, by allowing Main and Sub-steps a vehicle can be in two places at once such as Disassembly and Parts are in Cut In or Sublet and Dealer Air Bag.
Integrated In-Process QC Checklists: This allows Summit users to automate and integrate in-process quality directly into their production, payroll, and reporting processes.
Shop Floor Productivity Monitor, Scoreboard™: Completely integrated shop floor scorekeeping solution designed to provide you and your employees with daily, weekly and monthly performance feedback.
Automated Pre-Close Checklist: This feature, which automatically checks custom closing rules set up by the user, can reduce the pre-close process by as much as 30 minutes while increasing accuracy by more than 50%.
Custom Forms and Reporting: All Summit management systems offer users the ability to create up to 50 Custom Forms with Image Capabilities which can be used by the shop to automatically create any form they need. All custom forms utilize data from the Summit management systems leading to the elimination of hand printed form completion. All Summit systems also allow the shop to export all of their reports to Excel so they can customize them with the format and data they want.
Shop Floor Information System: Our TechCentral™ connects the shop floor with the front office and the outside world. By implementing TechCentral™ the shop provides the technicians with the ability to update vehicle status from their stall, review digital work orders, add and/or view digital images from the ERO, complete in-process QC Checklists, communicate via e-mail to the estimators, parts personnel, and/or production person-nel, view their personnel productivity and payroll, share data with the Chief Measuring system, and access technical information and websites from their workspace.
Departmental Cycle Time Tracking: The measuring and reporting option provides a shop with the ability to meas-ure and manage cycle time by every step of their process. This means they can get accurate in process cycle time for each of their keybusiness process to determine where their “constraints” or “bottlenecks” are
Jump Drive Access to Summit from any PC: All Summit systems can be loaded onto an inexpensive portable memory stick and the software can then be used just like you were sitting at your desk from anywhere in the world.
Lean Monitoring and Measurement: Summit has made a major commitment to integrating Lean/Six Sigma features, functionality, and reporting into its products and solutions. Today this means we already incorporate throughput calculation and reporting, in-process quality controls and reporting, and dozens of options designed to automate or eliminate non-value added processes from a collision repair business.
Ongoing Technical Support, Software Maintenance, and Enhancements: This service insures you receive the most benefit from your Summit technology solution as well as the latest product improvements and enhancements.
On-Site Training, Implementation, and Consulting: This important service insures the business implements the right processes and technologies so they receive the maximum ROI in the shortest amount of time. These services will be performed by one of the industry’s most experienced management system consultants.
Automated Departmental and Line Item Commission and Flat Rate Payroll Flagging: By automating flag and com-mission payroll processing Summit can eliminate dozens of hours of non-value added processes and improve the shop’s cash flow by only flagging hours when a repair process is completed.
Web Based Vehicle Status: Our Status On-Demand™ solution provides you with a web based vehicle status solution designed to help you eliminate unnecessary telephone calls, improve customer service, insurance relations, and customer satisfaction. Status On-Demand will also allow your shop to share documents with consumers and insurers, share audio status messages with consumers, and allow consumers to send e-mails directly to estimators responsible for the vehicle.
