GUESSING GAMES

Today’s estimating processes—more streamlined or continuously cumbersome?

No matter how long you’ve been in the industry, you’ve likely witnessed a bevy of different ways to process an estimate—whether it be via the pen-and-paper methods of yesteryear or finagling with the web- and cloud-based technology of today. We asked Collision Repair readers for their feedback on today’s estimating platforms. What works? What can be improved? Here’s what some of them had to say.