Whilst the team have been focusing on a particularly large feature very close to release, they have managed to deliver another batch of community requested features.
View what’s new in the Garage Hive product here.
1. Added the ability to set a parking location on a jobsheet, editable by service advisors and technicians. This information is also Username, date and time-stamped.
2. Added the service advisors name to the sales invoice printout.
3. Added the ability to send an SMS straight from a customer card.
4. Added the ability to copy/paste service packages.
5. Added the ability to share/export/import checklist with other GH users.
6. Added the ability to mark a jobsheet as an online booking for reporting purposes when using an external online booking system.
7. Added the ability to score the quality of a vehicle inspection from a technician for reporting purposes.
8. Autodata repair times now load 4x~ faster.
9. The Garage Hive platform idle timeout has been increased from 20 minutes to 2 hours.
10. Added the ability to view vendor/customer description on the General Ledger entries table.
11. Extended status are now visible on posted jobsheets.
12. Added a Natwest Bankline bank statement import.
13. Labour extended descriptions now copy from estimates to jobsheets.
14. Improved the two-column vehicle inspection printout.
We want to thank our community for all the feedback and ideas as usual and we look forward to our large feature release next month.
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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