Aftermarket May 2022

22 AFTERMARKET MAY 2022 TOP TECHNICIAN AND TOP GARAGE www.toptechnicianonline.co.uk TECHMAN: SPONSORING SECTOR EXCELLENCE Top Technician and Top Garage 2022 sponsors TechMan explain why they have signed up again as sponsors T echMan is proud, yet again, to be a main sponsor for the 2022 Top Technician and Top Garage competitions, which culminate in the Top Technician and Top Garage Awards Evening, taking place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on Saturday 1 October. Having hosted the semi-finals and finals last year and understanding first-hand what the competition means to each entrant, the goals and ethos behind the year-long competitions align with everything TechMan was founded on and aims to deliver year-in, year-out, with its software. By definition, the aim of each garage and technician is to become top of the pile. With over 40 finalists for Top Garage last year and the usual top-drawer mechanics in the Top Technician final, competition was fierce. It is often asked, why do garages and techs alike put themselves through this scrutiny? The driver for most was the desire to be recognised for hard work and achievement, but this wasn’t simply a spanner waving exercise. Nearly every entrant was seeking improvement of either their skills or performance as a business by critique from the judges, who have included industry titans. The result for nearly all but a few well-deserved winners, was simply the chance to take their new honed skills or ideas back to their workshops and re-enter for next year’s competition. They were stronger and wiser from the experience too. Continual improvement How does this align with TechMan? TechMan was founded back in 2016 initially ‘from a need’ by workshop owner Terry Dorney, in his quest to deliver the best service to his garage customers and improve his knowledge on the inner workings of his garage business. Much like the technicians and workshops entering Top Technician and Top Garage, Terry’s ethos of continual improvement and personal goals to be the best workshop that he could, led to the creation of TechMan, a garage management system. TechMan’s sole purpose was, and still is today, to help garage owners be the best they can. The ever-growing list of features are aimed at improving customer service, reducing admin tasks, increasing productivity and ultimately maximizing bottom line revenue. TechMan have since been on a quest to help educate the automotive sector in newer quicker ways of working, finding more efficient ways to navigate the day to day of a busy workshop environment and pioneering new technology to help digitalize the aftermarket. Following a stellar year of feature upgrades in 2021, users are now able to access a parts catalogue with electronic ordering from LKQ Euro Car Parts, Haynes Pro’s E3 Technical data on tablets, telephone integration and QuickBooks integration complementing exports to Sage and Xero. TechMan has an extensive roadmap of new developments and integrations planned with some of the most used services in workshops for its software platform in 2022. Service and performance TechMan has also looked to improve on its own service and performance levels, with huge new investments in infrastructure, new offices, multiple personnel appointments and accreditations from the likes of ISO. All this is intended to help the company deliver the best service possible to its exiting and new customer base. This is where the alignment was found with these fantastic competitions and the reason TechMan continue to support and sponsor them. So, if throwing your hat in to be scrutinized by the UK’s toughest critics, whether you are a garage business or a technician looking to hone your skills, an entry to this year’s competition, could be the challenge you need. If you are a garage business that feels they could benefit from any day- to-day process improvements, are looking to increase technician productivity, want to take your workshops paperless by using tablets, or simply want to improve bottom line revenue, perhaps you should get in contact with the team. www.techmangms.com TechMan is proud, yet again, to be a main sponsor for Top Technician and Top Garage ” Sponsored by: