SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Mitchell International has reported record sales of its shop management solutions — ABS and ABS Enterprise. Sales of Mitchell’s business management solutions were up by nearly 20 percent over the previous year, the company said.

"We realize that this is a challenging time for the collision repair industry,” said Marc Brungger, executive vice president of Auto Physical Damage Solutions at Mitchell. “Our goal at Mitchell — as it has been for the past 60 years —  is to continue to support collision repairers by providing them with powerful solutions like ABS and ABS Enterprise. Mitchell helps collision repair facilities get better control over their business operations, which can be even more important in a difficult or down economy. We’re proud that record numbers of repairers continue to choose Mitchell products to out-perform the competition no matter what the economic environment and we remain committed to continuing to invest in these solutions to make them even more powerful. The key for any successful collision repair facility is to focus its energy on what it can control— its customers, its business operations and its trading partner relationships."

ABS Enterprise and ABS are designed to streamline shop operations and provide repair facilities with a solution for optimizing their business performance by automating business functions and providing insight into key performance metrics. The products automate many vital, everyday tasks such as parts-pricing, job costing, scheduling of repairs and integrated e-mail and event messaging capabilities.