Custom app for parts delivery times in collision repair
In a collision repair shop, the schedule stands or falls with the parts. Ordering and tracking happen in the office, but only in the workshop do you find out whether the right part is actually there: complete, undamaged and for the right car. Appfront builds an app for the workshop that scans deliveries on arrival, reports a discrepancy straight away with a photo, and shows the repairer per car what has arrived and what is still to come.
What is a parts delivery time app for collision repair?
In the office, the collision repair shop knows what has been ordered per job and when it should arrive. But the moment that counts is delivery. If a bumper arrives with a scratch, a clip is missing, or the wrong headlight type has been supplied, the workshop only finds out once the car is on the ramp. By then the schedule has been made and the customer already called.
In many workshops, receiving goods is done on paper or from memory. The delivery note is signed, a discrepancy is passed on verbally, and the photo for the supplier is taken on a personal phone and sent somewhere. The office hears too late, the return is delayed, and the new delivery time never makes it into the schedule.
We build custom because businesses differ: how many suppliers, one site or a chain, a dedicated warehouse employee or the repairer at the door, and which system in the office is the leading one. The app connects to that system, so the workshop and the office are looking at the same thing.
Delivery scanned
Every part linked to the right car on arrival.
Discrepancy with photo
Damaged or wrong parts reported immediately, with evidence.
Status per car
What has arrived, what is still to come, what needs to go back.
How we build your parts delivery time app for collision repair
We start in your workshop: how parts arrive, who accepts them, how discrepancies are currently reported, and which system in the office tracks the orders. We often begin with scanning deliveries and linking them to the car, because that gives immediate visibility. Next come discrepancies with photos, returns and the status per car. The app runs on a phone or a rugged scanner, and we test it in the workshop before everyone starts using it.
Delivery, roles and systems.
Part linked to car.
Photo, report, new delivery time.
Tested on the shop floor.
What a parts delivery time app for collision repair actually does
The components below feature in almost every parts delivery app for collision repair. Which ones you need depends on your workshop.
Expected
Per car and supplier.
Scanning
Delivery at the door.
Discrepancy
Reported with a photo.
Return
Registered and tracked.
Per car
What is here, what is coming.
Office
Status passed on immediately.
Who we build a parts delivery time app for collision repair for
The app is intended for collision repair shops where the workshop is waiting on parts. The more cars and suppliers, the greater the benefit.
Collision repairers
Many parts per car. Receiving goods matters most.
Chains
Multiple sites. One way of working is key.
Body shops
Large parts. Damage on delivery matters.
Parts warehouses
Central receiving. Forwarding to the shop floor matters.
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This page is about an app for the workshop. For ordering and tracking parts in the office, see our page on parts delivery time software for collision repair; for matching the right part to the right car, our page on the TecDoc parts matching app; and for exchange parts, our page on the exchange parts app. You can read about our approach on building software.
Why Appfront for your parts delivery time app in collision repair?
A wrong part that only gets noticed on the lift, and a return that sits around for days, cost a collision repair business a workshop bay and a promise to the customer. That is what we build around: receipt scanned, discrepancy logged with a photo, and a status per car that the office sees straight away.
Know sooner
Discrepancy spotted at the door.
Proof
Photo for the supplier.
Planning is accurate
The office sees it immediately.
Security and privacy for a parts delivery time app in collision repair
The app contains data on cars, damage files and suppliers, and sometimes licence plates and customer names. Access is set up per role, the app stores as little as possible on the device, and every receipt and report is logged with a time and name.
The data is stored in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups. We set out the processing in a data processing agreement.
Frequently asked questions about a parts delivery time app in collision repair
Questions that collision repair companies ask before getting started.
The app shows the workshop which parts are expected per car, records receipt with a scan, and reports a discrepancy straight away with a photo. The office sees it immediately, so a new delivery time makes it into the planning before the car is on the lift.
In the office, parts are ordered, tracked and planned. The app is for the moment of receipt in the workshop: scanning, checking and reporting. Both look at the same data, so the workshop and the office see the same thing.
By scanning the barcode or QR code on the label or delivery note and linking it to the car's file. Where suppliers don't provide a usable code, the employee selects the car from the list of expected parts.
Yes, if you want it to. The report with photos goes to the office and can be passed on from there directly to the supplier, with the order number included. The return is tracked until the new part arrives.
Yes. The app works on a phone or tablet, and also on a rugged scanner if you use one in the workshop. The buttons are large enough for work gloves.
Yes. Expected parts come from the system you order in, and receipts, discrepancies and returns are sent back. Which system that is and how the integration works, we look at in the first step.
Check that first. Some packages have a receiving function. Custom development makes sense if receipt is currently done on paper, if discrepancies are not recorded with a photo, or if the workshop cannot see the status per car.
Checking parts at the door, not on the lift?
Tell us how parts currently arrive, who accepts them and how discrepancies are reported. We will show you what the app looks like.