• Art Harris

    Administrator, Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG)

    Art Harris is the administrator of the Database Enhancement Gateway, also known as The DEG, which is an initiative developed to help improve the quality and accuracy of collision repair estimates, through proactive feedback from the collision repair industry and other "end users" to the information providers that supply the databases for the various estimating products. The DEG is created, equally funded and maintained by the Automotive Service Association, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists.

    Art Harris
    June 18, 2015
    Should shops be reimbursed for the washing of a vehicle after teardown? The DEG weighs in.
    Art Harris
    May 28, 2015
    This DEG inquiry tackles the time to replace the roof molding, which many shops argued was not enough given the amount of rivets and time needed to remove the part.
    Art Harris
    May 28, 2015
    This DEG inquiry addresses getting proper labor rates for tire R&R, R&I OR R&R/R&R.
    Art Harris
    Jan. 9, 2015
    The Database Enhancement Gateway, or The DEG, help improve the quality and accuracy of collision repair estimates, through feedback from the industry to the information providers...