Tekmetric's October 2024 Product Rundown

Hannah Connolly Sackett

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November 8, 2024

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If you take away anything this month, it's that the Tekmetric Mobile app is now yours! We’re thrilled to have launched this across iOS and Android to make your techs’ lives easier, cutting their inspection time in half. As well, it delivers increased customer trust, ultimately driving up your bottom line. 

Other top release highlights include improving the efficiency of Smart Jobs, adding fresh permission settings for increased financial control, speeding up the process of finding parts across your inventory, and making the 10DLC registration process simpler.

If you’re using Tekmessage, please complete your 10DLC registration ASAP.

Starting December 1st, this requirement will be enforced. 

Save Time and Drive More Revenue With The Tekmetric Mobile App 

Perform inspections from any mobile device, complete with photos and videos, building customer trust and increasing job approval. Tekmetric customers using it today have seen their inspection times cut in half. As well, shops that share digital vehicle inspections (DVIs) with their customers, see an average increase of $15k in revenue per month.  With real-time synchronization your team stays coordinated, whether they're under a vehicle or discussing repairs with customers at the front desk.

 

 

Who’s this for?: All customers

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App Store   Google Play Store

Learn more about the Tekmetric Mobile App

Reduce Manual Tasks with Smart Jobs 

Minimize the impact of time consuming tasks with these enhancements to our Smart Jobs feature. 

Have you ever built a job using Smart Jobs, only to realize you accidentally selected the wrong part? Now you can instantly search PartsTech again without leaving your current job screen - ensuring you always quote the right part at the right price for your customer. 

Oil changes are a necessary maintenance to keep any car running. So, it’s no wonder that repair shops offer oil change promotions to get new customers in the door. These promotions are usually for the standard 5 quarts, but what happens when a customer’s car requires extra oil? Smart Jobs will automatically calculate the adjusted price for the extra oil and add it to the estimate. This means no more hassling with a calculator to calculate the additional price tag. Smart jobs will simply provide clear and accurate estimates every time. 

Who’s this for?: All Customers  

Learn more about Charging for extra oil    Learn more about recalling PartsTech on a Smart Job

Register Your Tekmessage Number With 10DLC ASAP 

Starting December 1st, 10DLC registration will be required for all businesses using 10 digit phone numbers for application-to-person (A2P) messaging. This requirement will impact all customers using Tekmessage. So, we’ve made it easy for you to complete this registration in-platform. This process should take no more than 10 minutes and can be done from the Tekmessage Integration Card on the integrations page. 

To ensure your service is not interrupted, please be sure to check your status and complete your enrollment ASAP. The approval process typically takes 2 to 3 weeks. Learn more about 10DLC and how to do this here.

Who’s this for?: All customers using Tekmessage.  

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Manage Fees Across Multiple Locations

Ensuring shop fees are consistent across all of your locations is critical, especially for maintaining customer trust. This process is now easier than ever to manage using the Multi-Shop dashboard. You can create new fees, edit existing fees, and delete fees across all of your locations. Need to maintain shop-specific pricing? No problem. Individual shops can manage their unique pricing details without impacting universal pricing. 

Who’s this for?: All customers with the Multi-Shop add-on. 

Learn More Here  

Control Permissions for Accounts Receivable 

We heard you when it comes to wanting more control over your finances in Tekmetric, especially for those with lots of employees accessing the platform. Within the payments permission, there’s a new sub-permission for engaging with accounts receivable. By checking this box, the employee will have the ability to send repair orders to accounts receivable. 

Tip: This will default to “on” for newly created shop owners and shop admins. If you had employees with the payments permission “on” at the time of the release (10/28/24), this sub-permission was defaulted to “on”. 

Who’s this for?: All customers. 

Learn More Here

View Inventory Across All Your Locations From One Place 

Locating parts across your network can be extremely cumbersome, especially if you have to hop in and out of shop views. Your Multi-Shop account now brings inventory from all your locations into a single view, saving you time & getting your team back to work quickly. Filter by shop, status, and part type to find what you need in a snap. 

Who’s this for?: All customers who have the Multi-Shop add on.

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