Systems And Methods For Unbundling Scheduled Maintenance Operations

• US 20090048731A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Precis Limited (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Original Assignee: Precis Limited (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Inventors: Levy, Chad, Levy, Donald
• Application Number:
  US12/192,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20090048731A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination

Abstract

A computer system running software operating as a vehicle service advisor is presented. The software on the computer system identifies one or more sets of scheduled maintenance operations for specific vehicles identified by make or build. The sets of the maintenance operations are unbundled into an individual operations that are recombined based on additional factors relating to the vehicles into a recommendation of maintenance operations. An estimate on the cost can be calculated and presented to a customer by correlating specific parts or labor costs with the operations in the recommendation.

Claims

1. A computer system that operates software that provides the following functions:

identifying different sets of scheduled maintenance operations for each of first and second specific vehicles, respectively, according to make and build of the vehicles;

unbundling the scheduled operations;

preparing a modified set of operations as a function of the different sets of scheduled maintenance operations and a plurality of additional factors; and

correlating a standard price with each of the operations of the modified set.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the different sets of scheduled maintenance operations is based upon a manufacturer'"'"'s maintenance schedule.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the different sets of scheduled maintenance operations is based upon a dealer'"'"'s maintenance schedule.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the factors comprises reported driving conditions.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the factors comprises mileage.

6. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising correlating specific parts and specific labor costs to each individual operation in the modified set of operations.

7. The computer system of claim 6, further comprising producing a hard estimate for transmission to a customer, the estimate based on the specific parts and specific labor costs.

8. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the specific parts costs comprise individual SKU pricing, not weighted average pricing.