Method and system for reporting on the quality of a repair process
First Claim
1. A method of reporting on the quality of repair work performed on an article comprising the steps of:
- (a) identifying occurrences of quality problems in repair of an article at a repair facility;
(b) creating repair checkpoints in a repair facility;
(c) generating estimate data on the estimated cost for repairing the article, the estimate data being transferred to the database, said estimate data includes a repair estimate factor;
(d) generating quality data on the occurrences of quality problems of step (a) at each repair checkpoint in a repair facility for an article;
(e) electronically transferring the quality data to a computer database;
(f) sorting the quality data in the database utilizing said repair estimate factor for producing a report of said quality data which relates to industry indicators; and
(g) producing a report of the sorted quality data.
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Abstract
A method of reporting on the quality of repair work performed on an article such as a vehicle including the steps of: (1) identifying occurrences of quality problems in repair of an article at a repair facility, (2) generating quality data on the occurrences of quality problems of step (a), (3) electronically transferring the quality data to a computer database, (4) sorting the quality data in the database and (5) producing a report of the sorted quality data. A system for practicing this method includes one or more repair shops in communication with a computer. Data on the insurance of quality problems during the repair of vehicles is transmitted from the repair shops to the computer which then sorts the quality data in the database and produces reports of assorted quality data to provide information to repair shops, insurance companies and manufacturers.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of reporting on the quality of repair work performed on an article comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying occurrences of quality problems in repair of an article at a repair facility; (b) creating repair checkpoints in a repair facility; (c) generating estimate data on the estimated cost for repairing the article, the estimate data being transferred to the database, said estimate data includes a repair estimate factor; (d) generating quality data on the occurrences of quality problems of step (a) at each repair checkpoint in a repair facility for an article; (e) electronically transferring the quality data to a computer database; (f) sorting the quality data in the database utilizing said repair estimate factor for producing a report of said quality data which relates to industry indicators; and (g) producing a report of the sorted quality data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for reporting on the quality of repair work performed on an article comprising:
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(a) means for collecting quality data on occurrences of quality problems in repair of an article at a checkpoint of a repair facility; (b) a computer having a database for tabulating the collected quality data; and (c) software for sorting the tabulated quality data based on estimated repair factors for repair work needed at the checkpoint and producing a report of the sorted quality data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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