Utilities

Set Up the Refinish Materials Calculator (RMC)

Use the Refinish Materials Calculator (RMC) to calculate the refinish (paint) costs for the vehicle in the estimate.

The Refinish Materials Calculator combines average refinish times, average material costs, amounts of paint (based on a spray-able mixed quantity), and related materials. Material costs are taken from the following paint manufacturers: American Standox, Inc., Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., BASF, ICI Autocolor, PPG, Sherwin-Williams, and Spies-Hecker.

Pricing is an average of materials cost from the suggested refinisher price lists (Cost). No adjustments are made to these averages. Compare this average pricing to the cost from the paint company representative, regional pricing, and specific job costing before applying a markup or discount.

Refinish materials costing is available for both imported and domestic vehicles.

RMC is a value-added option. To purchase and activate the option, contact your Mitchell representative.

Note: For detailed information about the RMC tabs, access the Help on the RMC dialog box.

How to

  1. Activate the RMC value-added option.
  2. Open the profile, and click the Calculations profile tab.
  3. In the Paint/Material Calculation Method list, click RMC.
  4. Select a Default Paint Type.
  1. On the Utilities menu, click RMC.
  2. On the Paint tab, enter the Vehicle information.

  3. Select or enter the Two Tone Code, Paint Code, Paint Type, and Method as needed. If you know the paint code, start with that. (Doing so automatically enters the appropriate information in the remaining fields.) The list of available paint codes is specific to the selected vehicle information.

    Note: The Default Paint Type is set on the Calculations tab of the system profile.

  4. Enter the Refinish Materials, Body Materials, and Total Materials information as applicable.

    Note: For detailed information about these tabs and using RMC, refer to the RMC online Help.

  5. Click Print Preview to preview the RMC report and see the refinish total.

    Your entries are saved for each RMC session and are available the next time you access RMC from the estimate.

  1. On the Refinish Materials Calculation dialog box, click Print, and select your Print Preferences. You can create a print image, TIFF, and PDF files along with the hardcopy.
  2. Click OK to print the report.

 

See also:

Use RMC in an estimate