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BodyShop Direct
Features:
BodyShop Direct seamlessly interfaces with Audatex, Glassmatix,
ARCS, Motex, Quoits, Pathways and Inter-est
estimating systems. It also operates independently using Thatcham
TTS (database of industry standard repair times) and TPS (comprehensive
parts pricing system linked to TTS). The Thatcham Estimating module
uses a simple "point and click" operation allowing easy selection
of the damaged panels and all associated components. Opinion time,
if required, can then be added simply and quickly. An unlimited
number of digital photos can be attached to the estimate to record
damage to support the assessment. Both can then be electronically
transmitted to your work provider or engineer for assessment and
authorisation.
BodyShop Direct also contains the full SSVG Q Parts catalogue.
Once an estimate is created an instant comparison between OEM and
SSVG aftermarket parts can be carried out in line with work provider
agreements.
Benefits:
- Produces a fully priced estimate quickly and easily using Industry
approved times. Importing estimates created with Audatex, Glassmatix,
Motex, Quoits, ARCS, Pathways and Inter-est
eliminates the need for dual data entry and, therefore, avoiding
risk of errors.
- Visual support with the estimate helps speed up the authorisation
process allowing repairs to start almost immediately by possibly
eliminating the need to wait for an on-site inspection.
- Capture photographs of non accident damage · Save time by automatically
cross-referencing from OEM to SSVG Parts. Eliminate phone calls,
looking up parts in catalogues, and manually adding lines to your
estimate.
Features:
The Claims Logging screen captures all the relevant information
from the job referral sheet supplied by your work provider. This
data can then be automatically transferred to the estimate screen
enabling immediate progress as soon as the car arrives at the bodyshop.
A courtesy car can be allocated at this time without having to create
an estimate.
Benefits:
- Eliminates the need for dual data entry reducing the risk of
errors
- Records courtesy car details
- Automatic estimate set up
Features:
"How do you ensure you have just the right number of courtesy cars
to minimise cost and maximise utilisation? The first step is to
keep track of costs and utilisation - you really cannot allow such
an expensive resource to go unchecked. The next step is to take
control of the costs. And the final step is to take a very firm
grip on utilisation" "Kindly reprinted from Sewells Aftersales Management
with the permission of EMAP Automotive".
BodyShop Direct controls and manages your fleet of courtesy or
hire cars by incorporating an easy book out & book in scheduler.
BodyShop Direct includes all the details of each courtesy car, running
costs and bookings. The system can also cope with additional courtesy
cars hired in. There is a series of summary reports including late
returns, history reports, vehicle lists, vehicle status, running
costs, usage, and utilisation
Benefits:
- By using BodyShop Direct to monitor courtesy car costs and utilisation,
the actions individual bodyshops need to take to minimise costs
and maximise utilisation become a lot clearer:
- Operate with fewer "owned" cars - use hire cars at times of
greatest demand
- Take action against late returns
- Makes you totally aware of the add-on costs for excess mileage
and vehicle return condition
Features:
BodyShop Direct lets you take control after the estimate is complete
allowing a parts purchase order to be created directly from the
job saving you time entering individual parts. Orders can then be
sent directly to your chosen supplier via e-mail or fax. Purchase
orders can be sent electronically via EDI to your local Brown Brothers
Branch. BodyShop Direct also contains a comprehensive stock management
programme from purchase order to invoice.
Benefits:
- Improved tracking of parts orders making it possible to monitor
when parts are due to be delivered in time for repair.
- The information returned by your suppliers can be used to maintain
the parts status on vehicles
- Review parts gross profit during the repair operation
Features:
"Bodyshops, like service departments, are primarily in the business
of buying and selling time. They buy time from panel beaters and
painters (we'll call them 'productives' from now on), and then sell
it to customers like insurance companies. Of course bodyshops sell
other things too - parts, paint and materials, and sublet and sundry
- but none of these sales are made without selling labour first.
And sales other than labour tend to be proportionate to labour sales;
the more labour a bodyshop sells, the more sales of parts, paint
and materials, and sublet and sundry sales are made". "Kindly reprinted
from Sewells Aftersales Management issue 2/2000 with the permission
of EMAP Automotive".
"If you don't measure efficiency, how do you become
more efficient?"
BodyShop Direct's Shop Floor Data Capture programme uses a barcode
system to clock productives on and off jobs by department. The result
is not only accurate and easy recording of time, but also on-screen
vehicle and productive status reports for effective control of the
repair shop. The system produces all the summary reports you require
- productivity, clocking, labour recovery, efficiency by productive
and re-work.
How it Works:
Each job, department and productive is issued with an individual
barcode, which is then scanned into the system when work is done
on that particular job. If the job has to be put on hold for some
reason, e.g. awaiting parts, the job can be suspended pending parts
and productives transferred to another job. Progress reports indicate
the percentage of work by job, by department, and any delays to
the job with the relevant reason - providing reception with vehicle
progress information at the touch of a button. In addition, Shop
Floor Data Capture data can be used to produce individual reports
that monitor the overall efficiency of each productive and each
department in the bodyshop.
Benefits:
- Improved labour efficiency = improved bottom line profit
- Dramatically cuts the costs and inconvenience of reception involvement
in manually checking vehicle progress. Monitor the location of
work and the progress of work at every stage of the repair process.
- Shop Floor Data Capture provides precise, reliable information
in the fastest possible time - live and immediately available
- It dispenses with the need to fill in time sheets and frees
managers from monitoring and calculating tasks
Features:
Instant access to quality management information is a vital tool
in today's market, in order to identify:
- Improvement areas
- Solutions
The main objective is one of continual development of the operational
areas which in turn enhances bottom line profitability.
BodyShop Direct provides a comprehensive range of reports but a
bodyshop only needs to focus on those identified as critical to
themselves and should be used proactively.
Key profit influencer reports include:
- Profit margins achieved in the three sales categories of
- Labour
- Parts
- Paint & Materials
- Labour Recovery Rates
- Labour Efficiencies
- Courtesy Car Utilisation
- Overheads Reports section also includes:
- Sales and Margin reports by Insurance Company / Group, Vehicle
Manufacturer
- Average Repair Cost
- Estimate conversion analysis
- Work in Progress
Benefits:
- Know where your business is
- Know where you want your business to go
- Plan how you are going to get there
- Know what you will need to measure
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