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Torrington, CT, United States, 2007/02/08 - Gerber Collision & Glass has selected Visual Control Room software from InterGis to automate routing, scheduling and dispatching of field technicians - GerberCollision.com.
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Gerber Collision & Glass, Skokie, IL has selected Visual Control Room software from InterGis to automate routing, scheduling and dispatching of field technicians as part of the Company’s free mobile service replacing car windshields. InterGis is the premier developer of routing, scheduling and dispatching software solutions, including its Visual Control Room (VCR) product for companies providing field service operations. Visual Control Room automates routing, scheduling, dispatching, and route/territory planning, while reducing transportation costs and creating the most efficient delivery routes and work schedules possible. Gerber is experiencing much greater efficiency of technicians’ time traveling, a reduction in miles and related fuel costs as well as realize tremendous savings in the time that dispatchers spend planning routes and work schedules for the technicians.
Gerber Collision & Glass was founded in 1937 with one location in Chicago. Today, Gerber employs over 1,000 dedicated employees in six states and 50 service centers. Gerber operates a glass repair and replacement business based in Elmhurst, Illinois, and a corporate headquarters in Skokie, Illinois.
“Over our long history, our business has always been characterized by staying ahead of industry trends,” commented Eddie Cheskis, President. “We’ve standardized operating procedures, employ job segmentation for our repair technicians and have centralized our administrative functions. In fact, we were one of the first collision repair operators to successfully manage multiple locations over a computer network. The sophistication of InterGis’ Visual Control Room fits nicely with our business model and with the system’s automation capabilities, VCR brings efficiency in our business to new levels,” Cheskis added.
Gerber Collision & Glass (gerbercollision.com) is owned by the Boyd Group. The company offers a full range of services in-house, virtually eliminating the need to sub-contract steps of the repair process, reduce cycle time, enhance repair quality, and improve service to the insurance carrier and it's claimants. Gerber has repaired over one million vehicles to date.
InterGis (intergis.com) creates and markets proprietary software solutions that perform automated routing, scheduling and vehicle optimization for companies who have transportation, delivery or distribution fleets and for companies who have field service or mobile workers. InterGis products are designed to bring cost-saving, operational efficiencies to these businesses by providing software that produces the least cost assignment and best utilization of resources of work to be done, through a suite of easy-to-use, visual/graphic tools. InterGis also offers their software to developers and other business associates who are looking to form partnerships in marketing complete solutions, or use the routing, scheduling and mapping engine within their own software applications.
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