ADP Collision Repair Services Signs Agreement with Sterling Collision Centers
5 January 2000
ADP Collision Repair Services Signs Agreement with Sterling Collision Centers
SAN RAMON, Calif.--Jan. 4, 2000--ADP Collision Repair Services, a leading provider of information services for the collision repair industry, announced that it has signed an agreement to become a primary provider of estimating and imaging services for all collision repair facilities owned and operated by Sterling Collision Centers.Sterling Collision Centers Inc., based in Natick, Mass., is one of the major body shop consolidators in the United States. Just two years old, Sterling now owns and operates 36 collision repair facilities in the East and Midwest, and continues to add new facilities monthly.
Under the terms of the agreement, ADP will provide its Shoplink(TM) for Windows(R) and Photolink(TM) products to all Sterling autobody centers. Shoplink for Windows utilizes the ADP Database, the industry's most automated database of parts prices and labor rates for purposes of developing accurate collision repair estimates.
"This new relationship helps enable our stores with a key resource to get cars back to customers faster and at higher quality," said Patricia Pulos, chief technology officer of Sterling Collision Centers. "ADP's products will help to improve the efficiency of our operations, enhance our electronic communications with automotive insurance companies and help us get repaired vehicles back to our customers more quickly."
Shoplink for Windows will be used by Sterling's collision repair facilities as a primary estimating system for their electronic trading partner relationships, including major insurance carriers. Photolink will allow Sterling's collision repairers to capture, integrate and transmit detailed color photos of vehicle damage to support damage estimates submitted to insurers.
According to James Boswell, vice president and general manager of ADP Collision Repair Services, "All of us are very proud to be initiating a strategic relationship with Sterling, one of the most prestigious names in the entire collision repair industry."
Sterling Collision Centers (formerly CarQuarters) was formed in September 1997 to consolidate the collision repair industry and create a branded national chain of owned collision centers. The company is focused on creating a superior retail experience for consumers and a national service resource for the insurance industry. Sterling currently owns and operates automobile collision repair facilities in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Texas.
ADP Collision Repair Services is a strategic business unit of ADP Claims Solutions Group (CSG). With headquarters in San Ramon, Calif., ADP CSG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing Inc. . ADP, with more than $5 billion in revenues and more than 450,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world.
ADP CSG provides the property & casualty and collision repair industries with integrated and independent information services for automotive, medical and property claims management in 18 countries.
ADP Claims Solutions Group is located at 2010 Crow Canyon Place, San Ramon, Calif. 94583; 925/866-1100. The company's Web site can be found at http://www.csg.adp.com.
Note to Editors: Windows(R) is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.