In the Repair Plan stage, all the operations required to complete the repairs on the vehicle is identified. This includes:
- Strategic disassembly to identify 100% or operations and parts required to complete the repair without additional supplements
- Record all operations and parts in estimating software
- Photos taken of all damage and non-collision related damage to the vehicle
- Correctly identifying all required parts – verify parts on estimating software to actual parts on the vehicle
- Identify all required refinish operations
- Submit estimate to insurer for approval