Method and system of determining status of automobile undergoing repair

A method of tracking the repair process of a vehicle that is in a repair shop comprising the steps of:

• (1) periodically electronically transferring data on the status of a plurality of vehicles undergoing repair to a database on a computer;
• (2) determining the length of time that the status data for each vehicle remains unchanged via software on the computer;
• and
• (3) identifying a vehicle for which the status data is unchanged beyond a predetermined length of time and identifying the unchanged status data.

A system for determining the status of an article on which work is being performed comprising:

• a data transfer device for entering data on the status of an article on which work is being performed;
• a computer database for tabulating data entered in the data transfer device and transferred to said computer database;
• software for identifying an article in said database and the corresponding data on the status of the article;
• and
• means for transferring the corresponding data to a remote location.

A system of determining the status of an article on which work is being performed comprising:

• (1) means for electronically transferring data on the status of an article to a computer database;
• (2) means for searching the computer database to locate the article;
• and
• (3) means for identifying the data on the status of the article.

A system of tracking the repair process of a vehicle that is in a repair shop comprising:

• (1) means for electronically transferring data on a periodic basis on the status of a plurality of vehicles undergoing repair to a database of a computer;
• (2) means for determining the length of time that the status data for each vehicle remains unchanged via software on the computer;
• and
• (3) means for identifying a vehicle for which the status data is unchanged beyond a predetermined length of time and identifying the unchanged status data.