Alternate Parts Profile: Add Alternate Parts

If you are an Alternate Parts Profile user, you can write an estimate with alternate parts in Mitchell Cloud Estimating. If you have MAPP and/or QRP, you can access parts profiles to compare alternate part options including aftermarket or recycled parts.

Add alternate parts repair lines to an estimate

  1. In the Parts or Split View tab of Mitchell Cloud Estimating, search for parts in the search bar or select a vehicle area and part (for example, Front Bumper).

  2. Select the part or number in the diagram for the part.
  3. Select the R&R labor operation.
  4. Select the line for the parts you need to display the part description, labor type, labor units, part type, part number, price, and tax.

  5. Click Compare to find an alternate part.

    Note: For Commercial Trucks, after market parts are available directly from the database as you write the estimate. You do not need to use the Compare Alternate Parts feature.

  6. Select an option in the window and click Done.

  7. Click Add Line to add it to the estimate.

  8. The Aftermarket and or Recycled Part Vendor information will appear on the estimate report (PDF).

Note: Insurance companies may require alternate parts when completing an estimate. The Required Part Comparison section in the Parts tab of the estimate profile allows the insurance company to enable required parts comparisons. With this feature enabled, you will automatically see the Compare button when adding parts to the estimate that meet the minimum price criteria set in the estimate profile.

As an insurance company, follow the steps below to require appraisers to search for alternate parts when completing an estimate.

  1. Open a new or existing estimate.
  2. Click the Estimate Profile icon.
  3. In the estimate profile, click the Parts tab.
  4. Click Edit and make sure that an Alternate Parts Profile is selected.
  5. In the Alternate Parts Search Rules section, select Parts Compare Required for Parts Over. next to Required Part Comparison.
  6. Enter the minimum dollar amount required to enforce a required part comparison. If the value is set to zero, a required part comparison will be enforced for all parts.
  7. Click Apply Changes.

  8. To verify the change, navigate to the estimate and add a part that is over the minimum required amount for required part comparison.
  9. Click Compare Parts to search for alternate parts.
  10. Click Done. If you selected more than one part, the window automatically compares the next part.
  11. When you are finished viewing the alternate parts, click Add Lines to add those parts to the estimate.

Note: You can compare any individual part by clicking Compare. If you compare a part using the in-line Compare button, that part will not have to be compared again.