Log on to Total e-Business Solution from BodyShop Direct

BodyShop Direct, the integrated computer management system from Brown Brothers, part of the Unipart Group of Companies, now offers users a total e-business solution. The latest Internet-based technology incorporated into its management and estimating program, dramatically reduces the time spent during the repair process, with the entire parts ordering procedure now completed within a matter of minutes.

EDI parts ordering was pioneered by BodyShop Direct over four years ago, and now, using the Internet, the procurement facility is available to all suppliers who have a web browser and compatible software. The package allows bodyshops to send suppliers electronic purchase orders and receive order acknowledgements, transmit sales invoices to customers, and keep in contact with colleagues via email, improving the speed and efficiency of information transferred.

By operating in conjunction with estimating modules, including Audatex, Glassmatix, Motex, ARCS, Quoits, Inter-est and Pathways and its own Thatcham TTS/TPS estimating modules, BodyShop Direct allows users to create a parts purchase order with instant transmission via the Internet to the chosen supplier.

Ian Fryatt, sales manager BodyShop Programmes, Brown Brothers, comments: "The introduction of the Internet transmission facility is the latest added-value initiative from BodyShop Direct. By using an Internet browser, the parts procurement process is extended to all suppliers, allowing repairers to dramatically reduce the repair process resulting in a direct benefit to their customers and Work Providers."