On October 26th, the Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) received its 10,000th inquiry nearly nine years after the launch in November 2007.
The DEG was designed to help improve the information in collision repair estimates through feedback from the industry about vehicle-specific errors, omissions and inaccuracies in the database and labor times. The free service was initially founded by the Automotive Service Association (ASA), Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) and continues to be managed by a Joint Operating Committee (JOC) of association representatives.
“We can’t be more pleased with what the DEG