Sherwin-Williams Collision Core™ Suite transforms collision repair operations
IndustryNews
21 May 2025

Sherwin-Williams Collision Core™ Suite transforms collision repair operations

Sherwin-Williams' Collision Core™ Suite is an innovative, cloud-based platform designed to streamline and enhance the operations of collision repair centers.

Sherwin-Williams' Collision Core™ Suite is an innovative, cloud-based platform designed to streamline and enhance the operations of collision repair centers.

By integrating five specialised applications—Inventory, Production, Quality, Scorecard, and Color—Collision Core™ offers a comprehensive solution to improve efficiency, accuracy, and profitability in auto body shops.

Collision Core™ Inventory simplifies inventory management by enabling users to scan products with a mobile device, facilitating real-time tracking and automated reordering. This reduces overstock and ensures optimal stock levels, saving time and minimising production delays.

Collision Core™ Production provides real-time insights into scheduling and workflow, allowing for predictive and flexible labour optimisation. This helps management make informed decisions to enhance productivity and reduce cycle times.

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Collision Core™ Quality replaces traditional paper checklists with a mobileapplication that offers in-process, timestamped, peer-to-peer quality verification. This ensures consistent repair standards, reduces rework, and improves customersatisfaction by delivering high-quality repairs the first time.

Collision Core™ Scorecard delivers automatic Key Performance Indicator (KPI)reports focusing on critical lead and lag measures. By providing comprehensiveperformance data across all departments, it aids in identifying opportunities forimprovement and driving profitability.

Collision Core™ Colour offers 24/7 access to an extensive, continuously updated library of colour formulas. Accessible from any web-enabled device, it ensures accurate and efficient colour matching, enhancing the quality and speed of refinishing processes.

With this comprehensive product suite Sherwin-Williams has combined innovationand technology to give collision repairers a one-stop solution for their dailyoperations.

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Staff Writer

Reporting from the front lines of the collision repair industry, delivering expert analysis and the technical updates that drive the African automotive sector forward.

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