It was a great start to the new year for Garage Hive with the release of our Vehicle Sales module and some great improvements to our online booking system.
1. Added a Vehicle Sales module.
Added Vehicle Sales Administrator role centre;
Vehicle Sales Invoices – Video
Vehicle Purchase Invoices – Video
Vehicle Stock ReportVehicle Reservations – Video
VAT Margin Scheme
Internal Preparation Jobsheets – Video
2. Add Vehicle Production Year and First Registration Date to the FactBox.
3. Added Comments (Extended) to Jobsheets, Estimates and VI-Estimates – Learn more here
4. Added the ability to print Comments.
5. Added Service Package filtering to Jobsheets, Estimates and VI-Estimates;
6. Added Customer arrival date/arrival Time field to Jobsheets, this is useful if it’s different from the booking date/time.
7. Added Mobile Phone Number, Phone Number & Email Address to posted jobsheet list.
8. Added “Safety Inspection” due date to vehicle cards and customer reminders.
9. Updated Xero API to work with oAuth 2.0 – Learn more here
10. Made several improvements to the Online Booking module
As always, we look forward to 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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