AutoMaker was developed in 1992 as a means to keep control of the everyday task of taming the paper giant and allowing me to get back to fixing the cars as I understand all too well every hour I spend in The Office or on the telephone is Dollars lost. I examined other programs on the market and have found there is a real need for a program written for a Tech by a Tech. In the real world of being a automotive technician, Information Overload is a problem.
Basic Program Overview:
A NEW customer enters your shop and checks in his car. Get his phone numbers and correct name spelling if possible. In the Real world the customer enters the shop while you are under a car and as soon as you released the oil drain plug :-) So I pull out a clip board and listen "Greasy hands and all" and scratch down the needs and info. When I'm ready to start on this car, I grab the clip board and retrieve the car info such as mileage, vin#, year, make and model, engine and trans type and enter the info into the Phone Directory. Each name in the Phone directory will hold up to four cars at this time. After all this is entered, You can start the invoice. Click on the TAB of the car that you want to start the invoice on. Invoice opens up and has all the customer and car info entered. Invoice prompts you for Mileage and the Technicians initials that is going to be doing that particular job. You also have the ability to have many techs doing multi jobs on the same car. Just make sure you have the proper initials on the labor and parts to credit them when it comes Payroll time or pay parts commission time. Note: Payroll and Parts Commission are not included in the Base AutoMaker System.
Now that we have started a Invoice, Its time to build it, but first its proper to make a Estimate Usually a car gets checked in for a complete check out with a Oil Change service or small list of concerns.
