Committee Descriptions

·        Reviews BMS and code list changes

·        Updates schemas for two releases per year

·        New technology awareness and assessment

·        Plans annual conference and CIECAst webinars

·        Develops initiatives to educate members

·        Develops CIECA’s annual conference

·        Includes all System Development Committee (SDC) chairs & vice chairs

·        Manages and approves changes to technical committee

·        Ensures SDC cross communication

·        Approves charters, business plans, Implementation Guides (IG) and IG Appendix Cs

·        Develops and establishes an industry standard workflow and documentation standards

·        Develops industry repair procedures for repairs, including ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems), legacy systems, system relearning, etc.

·        Includes scans (pre- and post-scans) in the workflow

·        Created due to government regulations

·        Eases the reporting burden of repair facilities

·        Goal: Create one record containing all data for government reporting

·        Creates standard questions and answers

·        Enables the maintaining of historic databases

·        Goal: Have one standard for collision Industry (repairers, parts providers, rental, salvage, etc.)

·        Includes FNOL, eFNOL, iFNOL 

·        Goal: Reduce time from accident to repair process to keys-to-owner and improve customer satisfaction

·        Develops inspection message

·        Works on glass-specific Implementation Guides

·        Goal: Integrate glass data standards into assignment, estimate, invoice, CSI, procurement

·        Created procurement request for quote (RFQ) to order to shipment to invoice and return

·        Includes OE parts, recycled parts, aftermarket parts, parts providers and parts brokers

·        Integrates procurement data into repair order

·        Integrates artificial intelligence (AI) data into estimate message

·        Carries photo estimate identifier into body shop management system

·        Integrates ARA (Automotive Recycling Association) and CIECA standards

·        Integrates recycled parts into procurement standards

·        Includes inventory records

·        Tracks recycled parts in estimate to part order

·        Locates rental locations and inventory

·        Matches rental owner vehicle to rental vehicle

·        Goal: Rental integration into repair status process; assignment to keys-to-owner

·        Monitors repair procedure with repair status, reporting to carriers and rental companies

·        Proactively extends rental period for repair facility with carriers’ approval

·        Established extensive workflow from salvage pickup to auto auction

·        Integrates whole vehicle auctions

·        Determines valuation process for salvage vehicles

·        Incorporates all formats of scan documents in related CIECA messages

·        Integrates Implementation Guides for consistent implementations across all collision industry segments

·        Creates appointment messages for collision industry companies

·        Acquires appointment options to appointment request and confirmation

·        Enables subrogation assignments and their status reporting

·        Supports subrogation negotiations between demanding and responsible parties

·        Enables third-party/vendor integration

·        Goal of reducing cycle time of salvage vehicles via title processing plus Power of Attorney (POA)

·        Enables communication among carriers, salvors, lenders, state title companies & title processors

·        Integrates financial messages for loan payoff

·        Establishes valuation assessment

·        Supports requests for information, inquiry requests, status request and cancel messages

·        First SDC; developed estimate and assignment messages with Architecture Committee

·        Extends parts exchange, enabling replacement of an OE with recycled parts including assemblies

·        Creates towing messages

·        Tracks multiple claims in single claim folder