Garage Management System
Tagline / Subtitle
A garage operations management system designed to handle vehicle servicing, repairs, job tracking, parts inventory, and customer service workflows within automotive workshops and service centers.
Detailed Description
Solution Modules & Specifications
Job Card Management
Vehicle check-in through completion, one workflow: Draft, Open, Diagnosis, Waiting Approval, Parts Requested, In Progress, Quality Check, Ready For Collection, Closed Technician and bay assignment at check-in, odometer reading and reported concern captured up front Customer notes vs internal notes kept separate so nothing meant for staff eyes only leaks onto a printed job card Full audit trail of every status change, so any job's history can be reconstructed after the fact
Vehicle & Fleet Registry
Vehicle master records with photo upload and ownership linked to a customer Make, model, category, fuel type and transmission held as shared master data, not retyped per vehicle Complete service and repair history per vehicle, searchable at check-in so returning problems are visible immediately Supports both individually-owned vehicles and fleet/corporate accounts with many vehicles under one customer
Vehicle Inspection
Reusable digital checklist templates instead of a paper inspection sheet per branch Photo capture against checklist items, timestamped for a defensible before/after record Customer approval captured with name and timestamp before further work proceeds Feeds straight into diagnosis and the quotation, so the inspection is not a dead document
Diagnosis & Fault Tracking
Technician findings logged directly against the job card, not on a separate loose form Fault categories and cost estimates recorded per finding Moves the job card into a Waiting Approval state until the customer signs off on the diagnosis Feeds line items straight into the quotation, so estimates are never re-typed from scratch
Quotation & Estimation
Labour and parts line items with tax and discount, priced from the live services and inventory catalog Draft, Sent, Approved or Rejected status flow, with the customer's decision recorded against the quotation Approved quotations convert directly into a job card in one action, no manual re-entry Keeps a permanent record of what was quoted vs what was eventually invoiced, for margin and accuracy checks
Work Order Tracking
Repair task assignment across mechanics and bays, visible on one workshop board Progress monitoring per service team, so a stalled job is visible before the customer calls asking Bay occupancy and utilization tracked so scheduling reflects real workshop capacity Technician workload balanced against open job cards rather than assigned blind
Quality Control
Final inspection and road test checklists required before a vehicle can be released Pass/fail recorded per check, with failed checks kicking the job back into progress rather than silently passing Vehicle only moves to Ready For Collection once QC actually passes, enforced by the status workflow itself Gives the workshop a documented quality record to point to if a comeback complaint arises
Workshop Parts Requests
Job card to parts request to store approval to issue, kept as one auditable trail Store staff approve or reject each request before parts leave the shelf Issuing parts automatically posts the stock movement and its journal entry, no separate manual step Parts consumption rolls up into job costing, so true job profitability is visible, not just the invoice total
Spare Parts & Inventory
OEM part numbers and compatibility fields alongside the ordinary stock catalog Batch tracking, reorder levels and stock take/valuation across every store Usage tracked per job, so slow-moving and fast-moving parts are both visible at a glance Multi-store support, with stock transfers between stores kept in the same audit trail as sales
Procurement & Suppliers
Supplier records, purchase orders and goods-received notes in one procurement flow GRNs post stock and cost straight into inventory, no re-keying quantities by hand Supplier payments tracked and reconciled against outstanding purchase orders Every receipt lands in the general ledger automatically, so procurement and accounting never drift apart
Customer Management
Customer types - cash, credit, corporate, fleet, government, insurance - each with their own handling Blacklist flag with a recorded reason, so a bad-debt customer cannot quietly get served at another till Credit limits, credit days and running credit balance tracked per customer, not just a note in a file Tags, notes and full service history kept in one place per customer, across every vehicle they own
Billing, Invoicing & Payments
Invoice generation for labour and parts straight from a completed job card or a quotation Cash, bank, card, cheque, M-Pesa and credit sales all recorded against the same invoice Partial payments and outstanding balances tracked per invoice, not just marked paid/unpaid Every payment posts its own journal entry, keeping billing and the books permanently in sync
Point of Sale
Counter sales for parts and walk-in services, separate from the workshop job card flow Split payments and credit sales supported at the till, not just single-tender transactions M-Pesa accepted at the counter via STK push, manual entry, or till/paybill reconciliation Stock deducts from the correct store the moment a sale is completed, no end-of-day reconciliation needed
M-Pesa Payment Integration
STK push straight from an invoice or a POS sale, so the customer pays from their own phone Manual payment entry and till/paybill (C2B) reconciliation for payments that arrive outside STK push Every transaction logged to a dedicated M-Pesa ledger with the raw Safaricom callback payload kept for audit Matched payments post straight to the invoice or sale and into the accounts automatically, no manual matching
Bulk SMS & Communication
Templated SMS for every customer-facing event - job status, invoices, reminders, campaigns Bulk sending to customer segments for promotions or announcements, not just one-off messages Delivery tracked per message, so a failed send is visible rather than assumed delivered Each template independently enabled or disabled, so messaging can be tuned per branch or per client preference
WhatsApp Business Integration
Official WhatsApp Business API integration, not a workaround through a personal number The same notification templates used for SMS carry a WhatsApp variant, toggled per template Approved WhatsApp template names, language and variable order configured centrally Gives customers a richer channel than SMS for the same job-status and billing events, at their choice
Multi-Channel Notifications
One template per event, dispatched across SMS, WhatsApp and email without duplicating the message Covers job card status changes, quotation approvals, invoices, payments, and proposal/contract decisions Optional admin copy on any template, so staff are alerted the moment a customer takes an action Central template library means wording changes once and applies everywhere that event fires
Service Reminders
Automated reminders for service due, insurance expiry, road-license and inspection expiry Battery replacement, oil service and warranty expiry reminders scheduled per vehicle Sent via the same SMS/WhatsApp channels as every other notification, no separate system to manage Completing a service auto-reschedules the next occurrence when an interval is set, so nothing needs manual re-entry
Fleet Management
Vehicle groups for corporate fleet customers with many vehicles under one account Maintenance schedules tracked per vehicle group, not just per individual vehicle Service contracts recorded against the fleet account, with their own terms and coverage Gives a fleet customer one consolidated view of every vehicle's status instead of checking each one separately
Warranty Management
Service and parts warranty tracked per vehicle, with its own expiry and coverage terms Warranty claims run through their own approval flow - requested, approved or rejected, then completed Protects against a comeback job being billed twice when it should have been covered under warranty Gives the workshop a defensible record when a customer disputes a warranty decision
CRM - Leads & Campaigns
Lead capture with source tracking - website, referral, walk-in, field agent - through to conversion Follow-ups logged against each lead, so nothing goes cold from being forgotten Converting a lead creates the customer and its accounts-receivable account in a single action SMS/WhatsApp campaigns and a customer loyalty points program to keep existing customers coming back
Service Scheduling
Appointment booking so a customer's slot is reserved before the vehicle even arrives Workshop service planning across bays and technicians, avoiding double-booking a bay Reduces walk-in bottlenecks by spreading expected arrivals across the day Gives front-desk staff a clear view of who is expected and when, not just who has arrived
Accounting & Financial Reporting
Full double-entry general ledger under the hood of every invoice, payment and stock movement Trial balance, income statement, balance sheet and cash flow generated from live data, not a month-end export Journal entries created automatically by operational actions, not typed in separately by an accountant Always in step with operations, so the books never need a separate reconciliation exercise
Workshop & Business Reporting
Revenue, job completion rate and technician performance on one dashboard Inventory valuation and stock movement visibility without exporting to a spreadsheet Workshop KPIs broken down by branch once multi-branch is in use, not just one blended total Gives an owner a daily read on the business without needing to ask staff for a manual summary
Document Management
Attachment library spanning vehicles, job cards and invoices, not scattered across email threads Everything on a job's paper trail - inspection photos, signed quotations, invoices - kept in one place Documents retrievable against the vehicle's history, useful for insurance or warranty disputes Reduces reliance on physical paper files that can be lost or damaged
Customer Self-Service Portal
Customers track job status and approve quotations online, without a phone call to the workshop View invoices and full service history from a dedicated customer login, separate from the staff system Approvals captured through the portal feed straight back into the job card workflow Cuts down front-desk phone traffic asking 'is my car ready yet'
Multi-Branch / Multi-Shop Support
One system, add more branches as the business grows, instead of a separate install per shop Each branch's customers, vehicles, job cards and inventory kept separate from every other branch Staff see only their own branch's data; owners get a consolidated, all-branch view Consolidated financial and workshop reporting for owners, without losing per-branch accountability
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| Date Record Created | 22 May 2026, 05:02 PM |
| Last Modified Timestamp | 07 Sep 2026, 02:14 PM |