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Kudos Workshop Workshop+ Case Study Marine Engineers

Kudos Workshop

A project and job management solution for workshops, dealerships and service centres.  

 

  Kudos in use in a workshop

 

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One complete workshop management system for all your workshop activities, records all parts and labour for each job, from estimate to invoice. It’s not just that Kudos Workshop saves time and money, it provides the platform for you to increase efficiency in your workshop whilst at the same time adding value to your customers.

 

Central Workshop Stock File
All of your parts stock is held on one central stock file. So at any one time, you can quickly look up items in stock. You can set minimum stock levels and the system will flag when you need to re-order. 
 
Customer Enquiries Answered Easily
All you need to know to answer customer enquiries is at the touch of a button. Look up parts or a standard job from the library. The result - big savings on time, better informed customers and a more efficient service, the route to profit.
 
Job Estimates – Price it Once
Produce estimates quickly and easily. Once you have shown an item on an estimate, that’s it. No more looking up prices again and again. Estimates are then seamlessly converted to live jobs.
 
Workshop Job Details – No More Duplication of Work
From estimate to job sheet to invoice to service history – the information carries through the system without any effort from you and no more duplication of work.
 
Hold Standard Job Libraries
Build and store standard job libraries, parts and labour for regular servicing jobs. Up to the minute prices and the right parts are there at your fingertips.
 
Schedule Your Workshop Jobs
Allocate your resources for maximum efficiency by scheduling each workshop job. Parts and labour ultilisation reporting helps with planning, to ensure that the right parts and people are in the right place at the right time.
 
Warranty Jobs
Invoice third parties for work done on warranty jobs in your workshop, whilst retaining the history on the unit itself. Over time, build full service histories - making life easier for you and adding value to your customers.
 
Comprehensive Job Reporting
Monitor current cost against estimate. Other reporting includes job start and due date, job type, job progress summary, parts and labour utilisation and profit centre reporting.

 

Workshop+ 

Productivity Tools for Busy Workshops, Dealerships and Service Centres.  This module is only available as an add on module for the Workshop management system and cannot be purchased seperately.

  Workshop+

  

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 Time Sheet and Log On Entry

Workshop+ gives you the ability to record work done by engineer’s timesheets, or have the computer calculate time on job just by logging on and off the job. Record time at work to allow comprehensive reporting of labour utilisation and improve efficiency. Maximum control, minimum admin hassle.

Break Jobs into Linked Tasks

Subdivide and break jobs into separate tasks which can then be invoiced separately. Allows separate scheduling, skills application, and even invoicing to different customers for warranty or insurance elements of a project.

Project Invoicing

Group linked workshop jobs on summary invoice or invoices.

More Ways to See the Work

Task based screens to manage jobs by type, fitter allocated, due dates and user defined parameters.

Schedule Workshop Jobs in Outlook

Schedule workshop jobs by using your Outlook diary to schedule resources and jobs in the workshop. Changes made in Outlook can then write back to the Kudos workshop timings.

Length Based Charging

Automatically charge parts such as storage or service parts, such as washing or painting, based on the length (or area) of the unit.
 

 

Marine Engineers

Mariners Weigh

 

Workshop at Mariners Weigh 

Marine Workshop Links and Downloads

 

  

Kudos Saves Time and Generates More Profit in a Busy Marine Workshop!
 

The Company

Mariners Weigh is a relatively small marine engineers business that has used Kudos programs for over 10 years. They are a Mercury dealer and an authorised main Mariner Service Centre. They also have a general workshop which deals with any make of outboard engine.

The People

Les is the owner and his father Mitch looks after parts and runs the store for three mornings a week. There is also a part time mechanic and bookkeeper, Louise, who works three mornings a week. Kudos' integration of functions is what appeals.

Les comments:
"It keeps the stores in touch with invoicing, as I work through jobs so the invoice is generated. Parts don't go AWOL - used on jobs, but not charged. I save time I would have spent on looking up parts, putting them on job cards, ordering them, checking them in, writing it down each time before finally doing a bill. With Kudos, its all one job - I only ever look it up once.

I generate all the invoices out of Kudos job tracking, so that all Louise has to do is take the invoice, enter it into her books and send it off. The time saved with Kudos is my time which is ideal as I am the money generator.

I save between 4 and 6 hours a week; thats about £150 extra I can earn each week. I do all my billings on Friday morning and get home at a sensible time the rest of the week or if I am late its because I'm earning.

My father is over 80 and at first he was very wary of the new system. Now he's won over and in particular, finds the parts reordering system very useful. We do a lot of special ordering of items for jobs and tracking them is a great help

Kudos' link to the Mercury electronics parts catalogue gets a lot of use as well; being able to pass long lists of complex part numbers accurately saves considerable time and reduces errors. Its a particular boon with estimating for repairs - another big time saver.

As a busy man, the quality of support is an issue to me. When I phone the support desk and pass on an idea for an enhancement and then see it put into practice on the next version, its wonderful. I don't feel like I'm dealing with a faceless tribe, and its nice also to talk to the same people.

Customer service is crucial to my business and I'm pleased that it is obviously the case at Kudos too."