Art Harris

Administrator, Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG)

Art Harris is the administrator of the Database Enhancement Gateway, also known as The DEG, which is an initiative developed to help improve the quality and accuracy of collision repair estimates, through proactive feedback from the collision repair industry and other "end users" to the information providers that supply the databases for the various estimating products. The DEG is created, equally funded and maintained by the Automotive Service Association, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists.

Operations

Determining reimbursement for a vehicle wash after teardown

Art Harris

June 18, 2015

Should shops be reimbursed for the washing of a vehicle after teardown? The DEG weighs in.

Operations

DEG Inquiry: Roof molding replacement labor times

Art Harris

May 28, 2015

This DEG inquiry tackles the time to replace the roof molding, which many shops argued was not enough given the amount of rivets and time needed to remove the part.

Operations

DEG Inquiry: Getting proper labor rates on wheel R&I

Art Harris

May 28, 2015

This DEG inquiry addresses getting proper labor rates for tire R&R, R&I OR R&R/R&R.

Operations

The DEG tackles your questions

Art Harris

Jan. 9, 2015

The Database Enhancement Gateway, or The DEG, help improve the quality and accuracy of collision repair estimates, through feedback from the industry to the information providers...