CCC Announces Online Access to Motor Guide To Estimating Pages and Web-Based Training Tool

    CHICAGO--Sept. 17, 2002--CCC Information Services Inc. announced the online availability of MOTOR Information Systems' Guide to Estimating pages and a web-based training tool, Understanding the MOTOR Guides. The training tool illustrates how CCC's Pathways(R) Estimating Solution and the MOTOR Crash Estimating and Replacement Assemblies data guides work together to help collision repairers and appraisers improve the speed of the automotive claims estimating process.
    "Understanding how the MOTOR guides and Pathways work together is important in order to assist collision repairers and appraisers in writing estimates," said Mary Jo Prigge, president of CCC sales and service. "Making this information available to customers via the Web is another way that we are helping repairers and appraisers become more efficient in writing estimates."
    Accessible via CCC's corporate Web site, www.cccis.com, the training tool walks repairers through information including MOTOR-specific parts layout and terminology, the organization and features of MOTOR crash data - such as paint times, labor times, head notes and footnotes - and where to find this information in Pathways.
    A link to the online Guide to Estimating pages for MOTOR's Crash Estimating and Replacement Assemblies data guides is also found in the tutorial. In addition to online availability, the Guide to Estimating pages may still be found in the printed version of the MOTOR Crash Estimating Data guide and electronically within Pathways.
    MOTOR's Crash Estimating and Replacement Assemblies data guides are both sources for automotive service and repair information within CCC's Pathways Estimating Solution. They clearly outline the processes and procedures for accurately calculating repair costs and labor times - critical information for writing estimates.
    "MOTOR has always been keenly aware of the industry's need for training estimators," said Kevin Carr, president of MOTOR Information Systems. "This program continues MOTOR's tradition of providing the very best tools for understanding and using its estimating guides."
    MOTOR Information Systems has been CCC's exclusive collision database provider for more than 10 years. CCC's customers receive monthly updates to the MOTOR database via compact disc so that they have access to the latest available part listings and prices.
    To access the online MOTOR Guide to Estimating and the Understanding the MOTOR guides web-based training tool, visit www.cccis.com, where a direct link to the guide and training tool is found on the left sidebar.

    About MOTOR Information Systems

    MOTOR Information Systems, a division of Hearst Business Publishing, Inc., is the world's premier supplier of automotive data. MOTOR's mission since 1903 has been to provide customers with unbiased, accurate, authoritative and reliable information in consistent, easy-to-use formats. For more information, contact Lori Aemisegger of MOTOR Information Systems at 248-312-2700, extension 211.

    About CCC

    CCC Information Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CCC Information Services Group , headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a leading supplier of advanced software, communications systems, Internet and wireless-enabled technology solutions to the automotive claims and collision repair industries. Its technology-based products and services optimize efficiency throughout the entire claims management supply chain and facilitate communication amongst nearly 15,000 collision repair facilities, 350 insurance companies, and a range of industry participants. For more information about CCC Information Services Inc., visit our Web site at www.cccis.com; or contact Susan Jablonski at 312-229-2830, or Lisa Wahrmund of Ketchum/CTC at 312-228-6821.