Reconditioning software for car dealers who want cars frontline faster
carassessments.com.au includes reconditioning software for car dealers that tracks every car from inspection to frontline ready. Each job carries its vendor, quote and actual cost, and the days in recon count themselves.
Recon jobscar
| Mechanical service, quote $420 | $460 |
| Paintless dent repair, quote $250 | $250 |
| Full detail, quote $180 | $180 |
| Total recon | $890 |
In the app
Recon
The recon board in the app. Sample data.
Every day a car sits at the detailer costs you money
A car waiting on a mechanic, then a panel shop, then a detailer, then photos, can lose two weeks before anyone sees it online. Nobody knows which car is where until someone rings around.
And recon costs creep. A $600 quote becomes a $1,100 invoice, it isn’t recorded against the car, and the profit you thought you made was never there.
How it works
- 1
Inspect and raise jobs
From the appraisal, raise recon jobs per car with tasks, the vendor and a quote. Jobs over your dollar limit go for approval.
- 2
Move it across the board
Inspect, mechanical, panel, detail, photos, ready. Everyone can see where each car is and how long it has been there.
- 3
Close it with the actuals
Upload the invoice and before and after photos. The actual cost lands on the car’s profit, against the quote.
One board for every car in recon
The recon board shows every car by stage: inspect, mechanical, panel, detail, photos, ready. Days in recon and days to frontline are tracked automatically, so the slow cars are obvious.
- Stock location and key tracking: yard, offsite, detailer, mechanic
- Days in recon and days to frontline, per car
- Recon days in your owner reports
Quote vs actual on every job
Each recon job records the tasks, the vendor, the quote and the actual cost, with the invoice uploaded and before and after photos attached. Anything over your dollar limit needs a manager’s approval first.
- Recon approvals over a dollar limit
- Invoice upload and before and after photos
- Expense capture by photo, allocated to the car
Know which vendors are fast
Vendor management keeps your mechanics, detailers and panel shops with their job history and average turnaround, so you can see who is holding cars up.
- Vendor job history
- Average turnaround per vendor
- Consigned cars: recon approved by the consignor with a cost cap, charged back on settlement