Audatex’s recycled parts locating application available in Canada

Audatex is expanding its recycled parts locating application, Real Steel Download (RSDL) into Canada, the company recently announced.
RSDL enables insurance carriers and collision repair facilities throughout the US to locate and insert recycled parts into Audatex estimates. Audatex has introduced RSDL in the Greater Toronto area by making over 350, 000 parts available for use in the estimating process. The rollout will continue regionally in Canada throughout 2007.
Users of RSDL can see an average savings of up to US$170 per part on recycled parts and assemblies inserted on their estimates. Other benefits include time saving in locating parts and improved part availability by accessing the largest recycled part database in North America.
Hollander, a Solera Company, powers RSDL and it uses the Hollander EDEN part-locating database, which is the industry’s largest with over 120 million available parts from 3,000 auto recycler participants.
“When we set out to build RSDL for Canada, our goal was to provide our customers with an efficient workflow to access real parts with real prices from local suppliers,” said John Kotsopoulos, vice president and GM for Audatex Canada. “Shops can save about 30 minutes per day in telephone calls to recyclers and meet their DRP alternative parts utilization requirements more efficiently.”
Tony Aquila, founder, chairman and CEO of Solera Inc., added, “Hollander provides Audatex with unique access and a capability to deliver a fully integrated workflow to carriers, collision repair facilities, and recyclersThe expertise that we have developed in Hollander provides an outstanding launching pad for further international recycled parts activities.”