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The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) is a non-profit organization that develops and promotes electronic communication standards that allow the collision industry to be more efficient.

 

The standards are used by ...

03-28-2022 11:27 AM - Comment(s)

During the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce (CIECA) Board of Trustees meeting in Phoenix, AZ, on January 19, the organization’s Board of Trustees elected the following officers for 2022:

 

Chairman: Phil Martinez, Mitchell International, an Enlyte Company

 

Vice Chair: Greg Best, Califor...

02-03-2022 11:20 AM - Comment(s)

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As CIECA begins creating CIECA API Standards—the next generation of industry standards—we need your input! Members and interested parties are encouraged to attend any of the f...

01-04-2022 10:35 AM - Comment(s)


Founded in 1957 by Jack Taylor, Enterprise has long served the replacement rental needs of car insurers and repair service providers. While Taylor focused his business in neighborhoods, competitors targeted airport business. Over the years, Enterprise Holdings has grown to become the world’s largest...

12-22-2021 11:01 AM - Comment(s)

Like any organization, the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) has evolved over the years. Since CIECA was established in 1994, the primary objective has remained the same: to develop and publish data standards to help the collision industry be more efficient.

 

It’s an exc...

12-22-2021 10:46 AM - Comment(s)

 

Several CIECA Board of Trustees member companies named new representatives to sit on the board in 2022.

 

“We welcome all of the new representatives to CIECA’s Board of Trustees,” said Paul Barry, CIECA’s executive director. “Their diverse backgrounds will enable them to best support CIECA’...

12-21-2021 01:50 PM - Comment(s)

To improve access and usability of CIECA Standards, we have redesigned how standards are published and have upgraded our website to improve how members access CIECA Standards documentation.  Historically CIECA Standards were presented as a single large document that members would have to downlo...

10-16-2021 11:00 AM - Comment(s)
Following CIECA’s creation of the collision industry’s original data standard—the Estimate Management Standard (EMS) in 1994—the organization worked toward establishing the Business Message Suite (BMS). BMS was designed to support electronic commerce across the collision industry ecosystem and inclu...
10-01-2021 04:42 PM - Comment(s)
During the early years of CIECA, members created the Estimate Management Standard (EMS), CIECA’s original data standard. It was the first electronic communication standard designed by the organization and implemented throughout the industry in 1994.

Since then, the organization established ...
06-29-2021 04:38 PM - Comment(s)
Memories from Erick Bickett
Founder of CIECA
CEO and Co-founder of Fix Auto USA and Founder of Auto Center Auto Body

Looking back, the formation of the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) in 1994 was tied to a business need for the collision industry. CIECA was formed to address ...
03-09-2021 04:32 PM - Comment(s)