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Use case · Auto repair

Bay to invoice, on one screen. The workshop that doesn't drift.

A workshop management app for independent garages, MOT centres, and auto-body shops. Bay diary, technician allocation, parts ordering, customer authorisation, MOT schedule, invoicing. We integrate Euro Car Parts, GSF, Autodata, Xero, and customer comms via SMS / WhatsApp.

admin/week
customer auth time
parts margin
Live signal
2–6 wks Build, fixed price14 h → 5 h admin/week30 m → 4 m customer auth time90 days Stabilisation included
What's in the build

Six pieces, one workflow.

Bay diary, parts, labour, customer auth, MOT — one screen for the workshop.

01 · Bay diary

What's on, who's on it, what's next.

Live bay diary: jobs in, technicians on each, expected finish. Drag-drop reschedule. Walk-ins slotted. The diary you wished was on the wall is now on the screen.

  • Live bay diary
  • Tech-allocation drag
  • Walk-in queue
  • Estimated finish per bay
02 · Parts ordering

Multi-supplier rate-shop, in one click.

Tech identifies part needed; app rate-shops Euro Car Parts, GSF, GSF Direct, your local factor. Cheapest in stock wins. Order placed; ETA tracked. Tech gets notified at goods-in.

  • Multi-supplier rate-shop
  • Stock + ETA visibility
  • One-click order
  • Goods-in alert
03 · Customer authorisation

Photo, quote, signature — same loop.

Tech finds extra work; takes a photo, raises a quoted line, sends to the customer via SMS or WhatsApp. Customer signs digitally. Work resumes. No phone tag, no surprise on collection.

  • Photo + quote SMS
  • Digital signature
  • Line-by-line auth
  • No-surprise audit trail
04 · MOT schedule

Renewal-driven retention.

MOT due dates pulled from DVSA. Reminders 6, 4, 2 weeks ahead via SMS / WhatsApp. Pre-booked slots offered. Customer doesn't need to remember; the workshop is the reminder.

  • DVSA MOT due lookup
  • Multi-cadence reminders
  • One-tap rebook
  • MOT pass-rate tracking
05 · Invoicing

Job done, invoice issued, payment captured.

On job complete, invoice auto-generated from the bay record. Payment via card / Apple Pay / link. Xero entry created. The invoice doesn't wait for the back office.

  • Auto-invoice on complete
  • Card / Apple Pay / link
  • Xero auto-entry
  • Outstanding-balance alerts
06 · Workshop reporting

Bay utilisation, tech productivity, parts margin.

Live: bay hours billed vs available, tech recovery (hours billed vs paid), parts margin, customer auth turnaround, MOT pass rate. Decisions on data, not guesswork.

  • Bay utilisation
  • Tech recovery hour
  • Parts margin
  • MOT pass-rate trend
Sample engagement

The independent garage that reclaimed 9 hours of admin a week.

Three bays. Two technicians. Paper job cards and Sage.

An independent garage ran on paper job cards and Sage. Admin hours per week: ~14 between owner and admin staff. Customer authorisation took 30+ minutes per job, often holding up bays. We shipped a workshop app integrated with Euro Car Parts and Xero. Three months in: admin time 14 → 5 hrs/week, customer auth time 30 mins → 4 mins, parts margin up 2 points from rate-shopping.

How we measure: Admin time tracked via self-report and timesheet audit, auth time measured from extra-work-found to auth-signed (n = 240 jobs pre/post), parts margin measured against ledger pre/post.

14 h → 5 hadmin/week
30 m → 4 mcustomer auth time
+2 ptsparts margin
Industries this is built for

Where this build earns its rent.

Most-relevant verticals — but the same shape works for adjacent ones.

Workshop, one screen.

We integrate your suppliers, your accounting, your customer comms.