System controlled by data bearing records

Apparatus usable to cause vehicle repair parts to be available to repair damaged vehicles, comprising:

• a repair estimate calculation circuit (RECC), wherein the RECC is operative responsive at least in part to receipt of vehicle identifying data corresponding to a damaged vehicle to cause
• determination of a plurality of vehicle repair parts usable to repair the damaged vehicle,
• generation of a needed parts record (NPR), wherein the NPR includes parts identifying data usable to identify at least some of the plurality of vehicle repair parts,
• wherein the RECC is operative to communicate with a remote parts pricing circuit (PPC),
• wherein the RECC is operative responsive at least in part to communication with the PPC and the NPR to cause
• a parts pricing record (PPR) to be produced, wherein the PPR includes repair parts identifying data and respective price data for at least some of the repair parts corresponding to the parts identifying data included in the NPR, and
• wherein a unique identifier (ID) is associated with the PPR,
• responsive at least in part to the PPR included data, generation of a repair order record corresponding to the damaged vehicle,
• communication of at least one of the repair order record and the ID to a remote parts order circuit (POC), wherein the POC is associated with a seller of vehicle repair parts,
• where the POC is enabled to operate responsive to at least in part to the ID to make the PPR included data accessible to the POC, and the POC is enabled to operate responsive at least in part to the PPR included data to cause at least one repair part corresponding to the PPR included data to be available to a vehicle repair entity (VRE) to install on the damaged vehicle.

Apparatus usable to cause vehicle repair parts to be available to repair damaged vehicles, comprising:

• a repair estimate calculation circuit (RECC), wherein the RECC is operative responsive at least in part to receipt of vehicle identifying data corresponding to a damaged vehicle to cause
• determination of a plurality of vehicle repair parts usable to repair the damaged vehicle,
• generation of a needed parts record (NPR) data, wherein the NPR data includes parts identifying data usable to identify at least some of the plurality of the vehicle repair parts,
• wherein the RECC is operative to communicate with a remote parts pricing circuit (PPC),
• wherein the RECC is operative responsive at least in part to the communication with the PPC and the NPR data to cause
• parts pricing record (PPR) data to be produced, wherein the PPR data includes repair parts identifying data and respective price data for at least some of the repair parts corresponding to the parts identifying data included in the NPR data, and
• a unique identifier (ID) to be associated with the PPR data,
• generation of repair order record data corresponding to the damaged vehicle,
• communication of at least one of the repair order record data and the ID to a remote parts order circuit (POC), wherein he POC is associated with a seller of vehicle repair parts,
• wherein the at least one of repair order record data and the ID are usable by the POC to make the PPR data accessible to the POC, and the POC is enabled to operate responsive at least in part to the PPR data to cause at least one repair part corresponding to the PPR data to be available to a vehicle repair entity (VRE) to install on the damaged vehicle.