RocketPros and CrashCodex Partner to Bring Real-Time RPS Intelligence to Canadian Collision Repair

Key findings

1. 1RPS is shifting from a lagging monthly score to a live operational signal that needs to be acted on while the repair plan is still open - not after the month closes.
2. 2RocketPros provides the Canadian execution layer: RPS tracking, MPI and SGI workflow support, carrier-specific rules, parts savings visibility, and manager visibility before month-end.
3. 3CrashCodex contributes the intelligence layer: estimate-aware analysis, missed operation detection, ADAS trigger review, repair logic evaluation, and explainable AI recommendations.
4. 4Combined, the platform moves shops and insurers from reactive post-repair audits to proactive decision support before the estimate is finalized.
5. 5ADAS-aware filtering is central: a parts savings recommendation must never become a blind cost-cutting tool when sensors, cameras, radar brackets, or OEM calibration procedures are involved.
6. 6This is operator-built collision intelligence, not generic AI - the goal is to help estimators, parts teams, managers, and insurers decide what should happen next, not to replace the estimator.

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1. Why Canadian collision repair needs real-time RPS intelligence

Canadian collision repair is becoming more complex, more expensive, and more dependent on data-driven decisions. Parts costs are rising. ADAS systems are changing how repair plans are written. Insurers are asking for tighter documentation. Repairers are being asked to control severity without compromising safe repairs. In that environment, Realized Parts Savings - RPS - is no longer just a monthly metric. It is becoming a live operational signal.

RocketPros was built around that problem. Now, through a strategic partnership with CrashCodex, RocketPros is evolving from a Canadian RPS performance engine into a deeper collision intelligence platform. The combination brings together RocketPros' carrier-specific RPS workflow with CrashCodex's AI-powered estimate analysis, repair logic, ADAS review, and documentation intelligence. The result is a practical intelligence layer for Canadian insurers, collision repair networks, MSOs, and independent shops.

CrashCodex is not a concept. It is the in-house AI software built by The Crash Co., a Southern California multi-shop operator, with co-owner and lead developer Ali Jakvani. As reported by Autobody News, the product began beta testing inside live ProColor Collision locations, and roughly two dozen shops have expressed interest in testing it. Jakvani describes CrashCodex publicly as an "evolving brain for collision repair, starting with ADAS and estimating, and growing into operations" - and, critically, as an intelligence layer that sits on top of the shop management system rather than replacing it. That is the same architectural idea this partnership brings to Canada: a brain that orchestrates data, tasks, and decisions across the systems a shop already uses.

2. Why RPS needs better intelligence

Realized Parts Savings measures how effectively a repair facility captures appropriate parts savings opportunities during the repair process. In Canadian markets such as Manitoba (MPI) and Saskatchewan (SGI), RPS can directly affect insurer relationships, shop performance, and monthly operational results. But RPS is difficult to manage manually. The estimator has to write a proper repair plan. The parts team has to review availability, quality, pricing, and fit. The shop has to follow carrier rules. The repair still has to meet OEM and safety requirements. Managers need visibility before the month ends, not after a score has already been missed.

Most shops do not need more reports. They need earlier signals. They need estimate-level recommendations. They need carrier-specific rules. They need to know which parts decisions actually affect performance. That is the gap RocketPros and CrashCodex are designed to close.

3. What RocketPros brings

RocketPros is the RPS and estimate-performance engine built for Canadian collision workflows. It helps repairers monitor RPS performance, identify missed savings opportunities, track carrier-specific requirements, and understand how individual estimates affect monthly results. Instead of waiting for a lagging report, RocketPros brings RPS visibility closer to the live estimate. That allows estimators, parts teams, and managers to act while the repair plan is still open.

• RPS tracking tied to the live estimate, not a month-end reconciliation
• MPI and SGI workflow support aligned to accredited program rules
• Parts savings visibility across recycled, aftermarket, and alternative OEM lines
• Carrier-specific rules so recommendations match the insurer's actual workflow
• Estimate-level opportunity detection rather than generic scorecard noise
• Shop and location performance monitoring across teams and estimators
• Manager visibility before month-end, while the outcome can still change

For Canadian repairers, that matters because parts performance is not only a financial issue. It is a process issue. The shops that win on RPS are the ones whose process produces documented savings consistently, claim after claim.

4. What CrashCodex adds

CrashCodex adds the intelligence layer. CrashCodex is designed to analyze estimates, identify missing operations, detect ADAS triggers, evaluate repair logic, and help explain why a recommendation should be reviewed. This gives RocketPros a deeper brain behind the RPS engine. Instead of only identifying that a parts savings opportunity may exist, the combined system can understand the repair context around that opportunity.

• Is the part connected to ADAS, or to a calibration concern?
• Is there a missing related operation, clip, bracket, or fastener?
• Is the recommendation appropriate for this carrier's specific rules?
• Is the estimate missing documentation that the insurer will expect?
• Is the opportunity appropriate for this vehicle, carrier, and repair scenario?

That is where the partnership becomes powerful. RocketPros tracks the performance. CrashCodex interprets the estimate. Together, they create a smarter workflow for parts savings, compliance, and repair planning.

5. The marriage: an RPS engine plus an estimating brain

The value of this partnership is not simply that two software platforms are being connected. The value is that RocketPros and CrashCodex solve two sides of the same problem. RocketPros understands the RPS performance layer. CrashCodex understands the estimate intelligence layer. When combined, the platform can help shops and insurers move from reactive review to proactive decision support.

That means a shop can identify potential RPS opportunities before the estimate is finalized. It can review missed parts decisions before the month closes. It can flag ADAS-sensitive areas before a recommendation becomes unsafe or incomplete. And it can give managers a clearer picture of why performance is improving or falling behind. This is the difference between a dashboard and an intelligence system. A dashboard shows what happened. An intelligence layer helps decide what should happen next.

6. New features added by the intelligence layer

Estimate-aware RPS recommendations

The system can analyze the actual estimate instead of treating RPS as a generic score. It can look at the vehicle, carrier, part type, operation, estimate structure, and repair context to identify where a savings opportunity should be reviewed. This helps shops focus on the right opportunities instead of overwhelming staff with generic alerts.

Carrier-specific rules

Canadian carrier workflows are not one-size-fits-all. MPI, SGI, private insurers, and U.S. DRP programs can all have different expectations around parts usage, documentation, supplements, and repair planning. RocketPros and CrashCodex can support carrier-specific logic so recommendations are tied to the actual insurer workflow. That makes the system practical for real shops.

Parts opportunity detection

The combined platform can identify possible missed parts opportunities, including recycled parts review, substitute parts review, alternative parts decisions, non-reusable components, related parts, clips, brackets, and fasteners. The goal is not to push the cheapest part. The goal is to help the shop make the right part decision with the right documentation.

ADAS-aware parts review

Modern collision repair cannot separate parts decisions from ADAS and safety systems. A bumper cover, grille, mirror, windshield, radar bracket, camera mount, blind-spot component, or sensor-related part may affect calibration and repair planning. CrashCodex helps RocketPros apply safety-aware filtering so RPS recommendations do not ignore ADAS, OEM procedures, or repair quality. This is critical because a parts savings engine must never become a blind cost-cutting tool - it has to understand when a savings opportunity requires deeper review.

Missed operation detection

RPS is only one part of estimate performance. A shop can improve parts savings but still lose money through missed operations, missed materials, weak documentation, missing scans, incomplete calibrations, or poor supplement preparation. CrashCodex expands RocketPros by helping detect these broader estimate gaps, so the platform supports both savings and estimate completeness.

Explainable AI recommendations

Collision repair teams do not need mysterious AI suggestions. They need clear, reviewable recommendations. The combined system is designed to explain why a recommendation appeared, what estimate data triggered it, what the user should review, and how confident the system is. That makes the platform more useful for estimators, parts teams, managers, insurers, and auditors alike.

Manager and owner visibility

RocketPros already gives leadership visibility into RPS performance. With CrashCodex, managers can go deeper - seeing which types of opportunities are being missed, which carriers need more attention, which locations are improving, and which estimate patterns are creating repeat issues. That creates a coaching loop. Instead of telling a team "our RPS is low," a manager can say "we are missing recycled parts review on front-end claims," or "we are not documenting alternative parts decisions consistently on this carrier." That is the kind of visibility that changes behavior.

Embedded training for estimators and parts teams

The partnership also creates a training advantage. New estimators and parts staff can learn from live recommendations inside real claims. The system becomes a workflow guide, not just a reporting tool - helping staff understand carrier rules, parts decisions, ADAS concerns, missed operations, and documentation standards while they work. That makes the platform especially valuable for MSOs, growing repair networks, and shops that need consistent execution across multiple people or locations.

7. Value for insurers

For insurers, the RocketPros and CrashCodex partnership offers a stronger path to cost control without sacrificing repair quality. The platform can help improve parts discipline, reduce missed savings, strengthen documentation, identify repair-plan gaps earlier, and support more consistent carrier rule execution. Instead of relying only on post-repair audits, insurers can benefit from a workflow where shops receive better guidance before the estimate is finalized. That creates the possibility of fewer disputes, cleaner files, better estimate quality, and more predictable severity management.

8. Value for collision repairers

For repairers, the value is equally practical. RocketPros helps shops protect RPS performance. CrashCodex helps shops improve estimate intelligence. Together, they help repairers reduce missed opportunities, improve documentation, train staff, support carrier compliance, and make better decisions before it is too late to affect the outcome. This matters because shops are not only competing on repair quality anymore - they are competing on process quality. The shops that can write better estimates, document better decisions, manage parts more intelligently, and respond to carrier expectations faster will have an advantage.

9. Not generic AI - collision-specific intelligence

The collision industry does not need generic AI layered on top of complex workflows. It needs systems built around real repair operations. RocketPros and CrashCodex are designed around the realities of estimating, parts decisions, RPS performance, carrier compliance, ADAS triggers, supplements, and shop management. That is what makes the partnership different. It is not AI trying to replace the estimator. It is AI helping the estimator, parts team, manager, and insurer make better decisions at the right point in the workflow.

10. The bigger vision

RocketPros began as a focused RPS engine for Canadian collision repair. CrashCodex brings broader estimate intelligence, market credibility, and a growing collision AI platform around repair logic, missed operations, ADAS triggers, and documentation review. Together, they create a new category of collision software: a carrier-aware intelligence layer that sits between the estimate, the parts process, the repair plan, and the insurer.

The future of collision AI will not be measured by how much software can automate blindly. It will be measured by how well software can guide high-stakes repair decisions with context, safety awareness, explainability, and operational value. The future of collision AI is not replacing estimators - it is giving them the right intelligence at the right time. RocketPros and CrashCodex are building that future for Canadian collision repair.

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Citations

1. [1]Autobody News - "California Collision Repair Partners Developing AI Software Booster for Body Shops." The Crash Co.'s CrashCodex as an "evolving brain" starting with ADAS and estimating; Ali Jakvani on the intelligence layer that sits on top of the shop management system.https://www.autobodynews.com/news/california-mso-developing-ai-software-booster-for-body-shop-operations
2. [2]Autobody News - "Two Collision Companies with Self-Developed AI Software Could Involve Other Shops." Ali Jakvani (co-owner, The Crash Co.; lead developer of CrashCodex) on shop interest, integration, and Codex as "the glue that connects systems."https://www.autobodynews.com/news/two-collision-companies-with-self-developed-ai-software-could-involve-other-shops
3. [3]Autobody News - "Shop Owners Have Options in Adding Collision Repair AI." Ali Jakvani on why shops need tools beyond bundled operations software and on unifying fragmented estimate, financial, and compliance workflows.https://www.autobodynews.com/news/shop-owners-have-options-in-adding-collision-repair-ai
4. [4]RocketPros - Canadian Realized Parts Savings and estimate-performance engine (RPS tracking, MPI/SGI workflow support, carrier-specific rules).
5. [5]Manitoba Public Insurance - Body Shop & Glass Information portal (Light Vehicle Accreditation Agreement, parts program bulletins, accreditation framework).https://www.mpi.mb.ca/
6. [6]SGI - Accredited collision repair program, parts and estimating guidelines (Saskatchewan Government Insurance).https://sgi.sk.ca/
7. [7]Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index - vehicle parts, maintenance and repairs (Table 18-10-0004-01).https://www150.statcan.gc.ca
8. [8]Insurance Bureau of Canada - auto insurance industry data and provincial program comparisons.https://www.ibc.ca
9. [9]I-CAR Repairability Technical Support (RTS) - OEM position statements on ADAS calibration, alternative parts use, and structural restrictions.https://rts.i-car.com
10. [10]Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) - alternative parts position, documentation, and estimating best-practice guidance.https://www.scrs.com
11. [11]Mitchell International - Mitchell Connect estimating platform documentation and Industry Trends Report.https://www.mitchell.com
12. [12]CCC Intelligent Solutions, Crash Course Report - parts mix, alternative parts utilization, and severity benchmarks.https://cccis.com
13. [13]Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) - parts procurement, alternative parts, and shop accreditation discussion materials.https://ccif.ca

What this looks like inside RocketPros

The audit logic, scoring, and documentation patterns in this paper map directly to four RocketPros modules. If you want this applied to your shop's real estimates, start with the module that fits the workflow you're trying to fix.

• RPS ComplianceTrack MPI, SGI, and DRP program risk before it affects scorecards.
• Estimate AnalysisCatch missed labor, materials, parts, and documentation gaps before submission.
• AutomationRead saved Mitchell, CCC, and Audatex files without manual upload.
• ADAS CalibrationSurface calibration triggers tied to sensors and OEM procedures.

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