About Repair Lines

When you select a part in the OEM Parts List (CEG), the result is a regular repair line. All of the information is completed for you from the collision estimating database.

When you select a part in the ATG Parts List, the result is an ATG repair line. All of the information, except the price, is completed for you from the Assembly Time Guide database.

You can change a regular repair line into an ATG repair line by changing the part type from New to Quality Recycled Part.

Add-To repair lines are specific to ATG assemblies. Add-To repair lines can be either a parent or a child line, depending on how it is selected.

Head Notes are items in the Parts List that only include labor operations (no parts). You can add a price to these lines.

Repair lines entered on the Related or Unrelated Prior Damage tabs can be billed to the customer as prior damage.

When a repair line applies to another repair line, it is an addition. Additions include explanation requests, discounts or markups, betterments, and added labor hours.

These repair lines represent any costs or materials that are not included in entries from the database. Enter dollar amounts for additional costs and materials.

These repair lines represent operations that are not included in entries from the database. Enter the labor units or a dollar amount.

These repair lines represent any parts that are not included in entries from the database. Enter the applicable part information (such as the type and price).

Use Special/Manual Entry repair lines to add a repair line where you manually enter all of the applicable repair line fields: labor time, part prices, part number, type, description, and so on.

Based on the estimate profile settings and the specific part selected, Mitchell Estimating may automatically generate repair lines for hazardous waste or paint and shop materials.

Values that can be edited are displayed against a blue background.

Values that cannot be changed are displayed in white text against a gray background.

You can save an estimate with errors, but you must resolve them before you can calculate and commit the estimate. A required field that is incomplete or in error displays red text and has a red border. When you select a field with an error, a description of the error appears in the status bar with the text, "Repair Line: ERROR." If two repair lines contain errors (for example, Row 1 and Row 2), the status bar identifies the error in Row 1, even though red text in Row 2 indicates an error as well. If you correct Row 2 first, the status bar displays the error in Row 1 until it is corrected.

The supplement number (of the estimate) on which the repair line was added.

The labor type:

B – Body

S – Body-structural

R – Refinish

G – Glass

F – Frame

M – Mechanical

Carbon Fiber

Aluminum

User Defined 1

User Defined 2

The labor operation:

RR – Remove/Replace

RP – Repair

RI – Remove/Install

Note: When an R&I labor unit is available, it is used. When it is not, the R&R labor unit is used instead. In this situation, an explanation line is generated and appears in the repair lines and on Estimate report. The explanation line can be modified but not deleted. The Labor Unit field does not indicate an estimators judgment, and the line is included in the R&R overlap calculation.

AL – Align

OV – Overhaul

AI – Access/Inspect

CA – Check/Adjust

PR – Paintless Repair

The part description. For CEG and ATG lines, this is completed by the system and cannot be changed. The part description must be entered for certain types of repair lines, such as Special/Manual Entry and Explanation Requests. For CEG lines only, if multiple instances have been entered, part quantity appears in the description along with the price, for example: 3@0.71.

The part type:

EX – Existing

NW – New

AM – Aftermarket New (and OE Discount)

RM – Remanufactured

LK – Quality Recycled Part

SL – Sublet

RC – Recored

RH – Rechromed

OS – OE Discount

The part number for CEG, ATG, and Special/Manual Entry repair lines. For OE Discount parts, the number includes the prefix ^^ OES. For AM parts that are not OE Discount parts, the number includes the prefix **. For ATG lines, the part number field displays Quality Recycled Part and cannot be modified. The part number for all other part types, with the exception of Existing, can be modified.

The part price from the database.

Tip: If the part does not have a price, the field is set to N.A., and the estimate cannot be calculated. To calculate the estimate, enter a price (0.00 is acceptable), or enter I (to indicate that the price is included in another repair line).

This column displays a list containing different refinish options: 

C – Clear Coat Only

B – Both

T – Two Tone Only

* – None

If the data identifies a refinish line as requiring clear coat, the list includes C – Clear Coat Only and * – None only.

If the data identifies a refinish line as requiring both Two Tone and Clear Coat, and a Two Tone operation has been added to the repair lines, the list includes all items: C – Clear Coat Only, B – Both, T – Two Tone, and * – None

Possible combinations:

If a repair line is refinish clear coat, the default value is "C." If it's also Two Tone, and a Two Tone Additional Operation repair line exists, the default is "B."

Adding a Two Tone Additional Operation repair line changes a "C" to "B" and a "*" to a "T" (if it wasn't previously set to "*").

Deleting a Two Tone Additional Operation repair line reverses the above.

Deleting a system-generated Clear Coat line changes a value of "B" to "T" and a "C" to "*."

Adding a clear coat line reverses the above.

Explanation lines are added when values change as noted above.

Footnotes are added to the repair line section of the estimate report for these types of refinish lines.

If the part price is taxable, this field is selected. You can clear the field by clicking it to remove the tax on a part.

The labor units in hours (up to one decimal place, such as 1.9). You can also enter I to indicate that the labor is included in another repair line.