Computer-implemented method and system for collecting and communicating inspection information for a mechanism

A computer-implemented method for collecting and communicating inspection information for a mechanism, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a first computer, repair order information from an original electronic repair order to initiate a repair on the mechanism;
• generating, at the first computer, an electronic inspection form including a questionnaire for inputting inspection information;
• receiving, into the electronic inspection form, the inspection information while in the process of repairing the mechanism based on the repair order information;
• transmitting, to a second computer, concurrent with the process of repairing the mechanism based on the repair order information, at least a portion of the received inspection information and the repair order information;
• causing the original electronic repair order, at the second computer, to be appended with the at least a portion of the received inspection information to obtain an electronic appended repair order;
• wherein information contained on the electronic appended repair order is suitable for communication to an individual requesting repair of the mechanism;
• determining whether the electronic appended repair order is available to print;
• executing the steps of causing the original electronic repair order to be appended with the at least a portion of the received inspection information to obtain the electronic appended repair order and determining whether the electronic appended repair order is available to print one or more times;
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• determining a value for a cashier based metric which corresponds to a number of the electronic appended repair orders printed as a percentage of those available to print based on the number of times the steps of causing the original electronic repair order to be appended with the at least a portion of the received inspection information to obtain the electronic appended repair order and determining whether the electronic appended repair order is available to print is executed.