September 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019 AFTERMARKET 39 www.aftermarketonline.net e t a glanc y a y and e cienc tivit oduc tion, pr ee utilisa S t emen vo or impr ti es ar e iden ting suit epor R eas f e use or o c kshop manager scr orW een f , tablet or PC or use on a phone obile job car M d f e manc or per echnicians ack t ely tr tacur cA ’ f wie eamV y orkshop e cienc e wvompr I with T 20 226 3529 10 .online korwo .aut www tracking the time technicians spend working, waiting or idle, the software provides an at-a-glance assessment of utilisation, productivity and efficiency, and can calculate your overall and individual technician's labour recovery rates. This combination of tools gives you the ability to act on the here and now, while making efficiency improvements for the future.” Full potential Commenting on how to make the most from job cards, Nathan says: “Job cards are essential to any workshop, and TeamView introduces electronic versions to help improve efficiency. The more accurate and exhaustive a job card is, the easier it will be for your technicians to complete jobs efficiently and on time. TeamView enables you to communicate exactly what work needs to be carried out on a vehicle, and technicians can record notes on jobs they are working on. Having an overview of the day-to-day running of a workshop is invaluable - and TeamView provides you with the tools capable of leading to cost and efficiency savings.” He adds: “TeamView is an add-on module for MAM’s Autowork Online garage management software that is due to be released to beta users later this month.” Parts identification Then there is parts sourcing. On this topic, Shaun Greasley, TecAlliance’s General Manager UK & Ireland, Regional Sales Director for Central & Eastern Europe says Version 3.0 of the TecDoc Catalogue spare parts identification solution is more user- friendly and intuitive, enabling faster and more precise searches: “The improved in-depth integration of a wide variety of vehicle manufacturer- compliant repair and maintenance information (RMI) allows users to access it directly from the spare parts search. The system is component-driven and clearly structured. The scope, quality and up-to-date status of the data and information in the TecDoc Catalogue enable independent workshops to offer vehicle maintenance in line with the manufacturer’s specifications, maintaining the manufacturer's warranty. “The new TecDoc Catalogue now allows workshops to calculate costs for their customers in a more precise manner. Workshops can make all organisational preparations and place necessary orders before the vehicle arrives in the workshop. Furthermore, the dashboard now makes it possible to search for the appropriate product groups and products in an even more intuitive manner. All functions can be used through the desktop, as well as on mobile end devices. Shaun adds: “The TecDoc Catalogue now includes more than 110,000 vehicle models, data for 6.6 million articles from more than 700 brands, 254 million links and 48 article groups.” www.aftermarketonline.net TechMan: GMS TechMan is a garage management system (GMS), designed by an independent garage, specifically for independent garages. Its features expand beyond the boundaries of traditional invoicing software in order to offer improved business processes, all the way from booking a customer in, to ultimately taking final payment on a job. Its focus is to reduce many of the manual admin tasks performed by a workshop business on a daily basis, and assist these garages in improving their bottom line takings. Key features like tablets for technicians, making workshops paperless, clocking on and off jobs to track technician efficiency and seamless audit trails for parts ordering and returns, are offered by the TechMan GMS. www.techmangms.com It is very important for a garage owner to understand their return on investment (ROI) on a technician ”