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1st
Quarter Tactical Plan Results |
The first quarter was
another good quarter for tactical plan completions:
- 13 Action Items were planned
for completion
- 6 Action Items were completed
- 2 Q2 Action Items were
completed
- 3 Q3 Action Items were
completed
- 3 New Action Items were added
- 7 Q1 Action Items were
rescheduled to Q2 (due to some committee priority changes)
The entire Tactical Plan can be
reviewed in the Members Only area of the web site under Committee
Minutes. |
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Strategic Planning |
On January 9-10, in Palm Springs, the Strategic Planning Committee
met to review and modify the Strategic Plan that was originally
developed in 2005. The committee reaffirmed the 6 Strategic
Initiatives; however, decided to place additional emphasis on
Communication to the Collision Repair Industry.
The RAP (see below),
Webinars (Seminars on the Web, see below), standards
Implementations, Education, and this Newsletter are some of the
methods to improve this communication.
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Strategic Alliances/Partnerships |
In 2005, CIECA formed strategic alliances with AAIA
(aftermarket parts), ACORD (insurance), ARA
(recycling), and STAR (OEM parts). The alliances with these
organizations will allow all parties to leverage their individual
work toward a common goal of standards that work together.
Throughout 2006 and into the future, you will hear more about the
joint efforts in progress. Currently, STAR's Web Services efforts
are being piloted by CIECA. A report will be issued in Q2 2006.
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Seminars on the Web (Webinars) |
Webinars have been planned and will begin in Q2. An
Introduction to CIECA, as well as, Getting around the CIECA web site
is available. See the CIECA home page for details. These are
available to CIECA members and prospective members. |
| CIECA
at CIC |
CIECA will present its annual update to CIC at the April 5-6 meeting
in Portland, OR. If you are attending CIC, don't miss the update.
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11 New
Members join CIECA in the 1st Quarter - 7 are from the Repair
Segment |
| Name |
Segment |
| Carras
Technology |
Information
Provider |
| Cua, James IM |
Repairer |
| Dakabi, LLC |
Information
Provider |
| Eicher, Lenny
IM |
Repairer |
| Gerber Group |
Repairer |
| Gur, Jack IM |
Repairer |
| Lovell,
Lillian IM |
Repairer |
| RobustNet |
Information
Provider |
| SimSol |
Information
Provider |
| Spina, Anthony
IM |
Repairer |
| Sun Devil Auto |
Repairer |
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Certification Program |
ADP and Process Claims products were certified. To review which
products were certified, visit the CIECA web site. |
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Repairer Advisory Panel - Next meeting August 1, San Jose, CA |
The issues discussed at the RAP are to enable the adoption of
technology in the repair shop; that shops are concerned with their
IT budget above the standards. If the shop was able to take care of
their IT environment, then they would be in a better position to
adopt the standard and have more of a cost-benefit proposition with
regard to technology. This was one of the prime messages that was
heard from repairers.
As a result, the RAP continues in
2006 to review and recommend hardware and software configurations
along with "Best IT Practices" for use in the repair facility.
The next meeting of the RAP
(Repairer Advisory Panel) will be held from 7-9 PM on
Tuesday, August 1, in San Jose, CA. Non-CIECA and CIECA
repairers are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Upcoming
CIECA Board Meetings |
April 5, 2006
@ 8:00 AM - Noon
Attire:
Dress Casual
The Meeting will be held at:
Doubletree Hotel,
Portland, OR
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August 1, 2006
@ 8:00 AM - Noon
Attire:
Dress Casual
The Meeting will be held at:
Fairmont Hotel, San
Jose, CA
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| CIECA
Meeting Calendar |
Make sure that you visit the
CIECA
Calendar at least once a week to keep up with all the committee
activities. If you have a meeting that you need to schedule, please
email
Fred Iantorno or
Charley Quirt. |
