Sending an Open Shop Assignment
The Open Shop Assignment feature allows you to send an assignment to a non-DRP repair facility asking them to share the estimate electronically. They may already have the estimate written (walk-in) or they can create the estimate from the assignment. See Learning Open Shop.
To send an Open Shop assignment (Open Shop Facility Search)
- From the CCC® Workflow – Claims Management Portal Home page, click the Open Shop Facility Search link, under Claim Management (on the left side of the screen).
- The Search for a Repair Facility screen appears. Fill in the mandatory fields, denoted with an asterisk.
- Click the Search button. The search results page is displayed. Locate the repair facility you want.
- Click the select link.
- The Send an Open Shop Assignment screen appears, Enter the Claim Reference ID. Click the Send Assignment button. A success notification will display at the top of the page.
- The shop will see the Open Shop assignment in the CCC Portal.
To send an Open Shop assignment (from Claim Folder)
- From the CCC® Workflow – Claims Management Portal Home page, enter the Claim Reference ID in the Quick Search for Claim Folders search box.
- Click the Search button. The search results page is displayed. Locate the claim folder you want.
- Click the Claim Reference ID link. The Claim Folder for the selected claim is displayed.
- Click the Send Open Shop Assignment link, under Claim Management (on the left side of the screen). The Search for a Repair Facility screen appears.
- Fill in the mandatory fields, denoted with an asterisk, then click the Search button. The search results page is displayed.
- Locate the repair facility you want and click the select link. The Send an Open Shop Assignment screen appears.
- Confirm the Claim Reference ID is correct. Click the Send Assignment button. A confirmation pop-up page is displayed.
- Select the OK button to confirm you want to convert this claim to a Demand Estimate.
- The pop-up page will close, and a success notification will display at the top of the Send an Open Shop Assignment page.
- The shop will see the Open Shop assignment in the CCC Portal.
To send an Open Shop assignment (from Assignment Entry)
- From the CCC® Workflow – Claims Management Portal Home page, click the Create/Modify Assignment link, under Claim Management (on the left side of the screen). The Assignment Entry – Key Data screen appears.
- Enter the Claim Reference ID, then click the Create/Modify Assignment button. The Assignment Entry – Create/Modify Assignment screen appears.
- Fill in the mandatory fields, denoted with an asterisk, then click the search for appraiser link, under the Appraiser section. The Search for Appraiser to Assign screen appears.
- Enter the mandatory fields, denoted with an asterisk and click the Find Appraiser button. The search results page is displayed.
- Locate the repair facility you want, under the Open Shop Repair Facility section, then click the select link. The Create/Modify Assignment page is displayed, the selected repair facility is displayed in the Appraiser section, denoted with (Open Shop)
- Click the Send button, and then select the Confirm Send button. The Assignment Entry – Key Data page displays. A success notification will display at the top of the page. The shop will see the Open Shop assignment in the CCC Portal.