Cieca Standards

Introduced in 1994, EMS was the original standard designed specifically to export estimate data. Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association CIECA Home

An XML-based standard that has been the industry staple for over a decade. It offers a comprehensive set of "messages" for workflows like assignments, estimates, and parts ordering. cieca standards

If you are a collision repair executive or IT director looking to adopt CIECA standards, here is a roadmap: Introduced in 1994, EMS was the original standard

Before CIECA, if a body shop wanted to send a supplement request to Geico, and another supplement request to State Farm, they often had to log into two different proprietary portals, manually type the same data twice, or rely on clunky FTP file transfers. CIECA created a common XML and JSON schema so that any compliant system—whether it is CCC, Mitchell, Audatex, or a shop’s own management system—can speak the same language. If you are a collision repair executive or