Another busy month for the development team in October, as usual, we want to thank our community for all the great suggestions, we still have plenty to work through.
View what’s new in the Garage Hive product here.
1. Introduced User Tasks;
2. Added Pop-out work description;
3. Added Item Overview report;
4. Added an Open Estimate Analysis report to Power BI;
5. Updated the VHC Analysis report in Power BI;
6. Introduced Group Tasks;
7. Added several new embed reports for Power BI;
8. Added a dual column layout for vehicle inspection printouts;
9. Added a faults and actions section to vehicle inspection;
10. Added the ability to add links to external websites on service advisor and service financial controller role centres;
11. Added the ability to send SMS directly from survey entries;
12. Added the ability to record a review request date from survey entires;
13. Added access to customer comments from survey entries;
14. Added the ability to opt customers out of booking reminders;
We hope you enjoy this months changes and we look forward to hearing your feedback.
The Penygroes Service Centre located in South Wales was founded in 2014 by Jonathan. He has extensive 17 years of experience in the industry. However, Jon found himself doing a lot of manual labour for data management to keep a finger on the pulse of the business. Therefore, joined Garage Hive's garage management software in March 2021 and has already seen a significant improvement in his garage, an increase in gross profit and has achieved a great NPS® Score.
Tom and Kayleigh runs their garage TR Autos in Yeovil, Somerset. They joined Garage Hive last year. Tom has two decades of industry experience , both practical and technician side and now business as TR Autos was founded in 2008; since then the team has grown, practices have moved away from paper diaries to garage management software, their productivity has increased and they also have moved into bigger premises.
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