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Mission: Clarify collision repair issues requiring
vehicle manufacturer cooperation, and seek vehicle manufacturer support to
resolve key issues.
Committee Report: The new OEM Committee conducted
its first meeting on April 5, 2001. The committee reviewed and approved its
Mission Statement and discussed the Prioritized Issues as identified by the CIC
survey. Two recommendations were made:
- Further clarification is needed on the Prioritized Issues if
they are to be addressed effectively.
- Once clarified, it is likely a number of the Prioritized Issues
will be similar. If so, these need to be consolidated and the resulting list
needs to be re-prioritized.
To start the process, the committee will begin building an OEM
Collision Repair Support Matrix, which will attempt to quantify existing OEM
resources that address, in whole or in part, one or more Prioritized Issues.
The matrix, which will include all major OEMs, will provide resource categories
and contact methods for acquiring information. Once reviewed and approved by
the OEM Committee, the draft OEM Collision Repair Support Matrix will be posted
on the CIC website for review and comment. Specifically, CIC members will be
asked whether the resources listed on the matrix provide answers to the
Prioritized Issues. If not, the clarification provided will help the committee
refine and better address the Prioritized Issues. It is hoped that feedback
from this process will be presented at the CIC meeting in July.
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