Software to benefit workshops

New software for automotive workshops has been hailed as a great way for mechanic businesses to streamline operations and boost productivity. 

Called Auxo Workshop, the software has been tested extensively with users and designed with their input. 

Terry Allen, chief executive officer, describes feedback as having been “overwhelmingly positive” from early customers. 

“It’s like a new tool for the business – smart tech with a slick, simple design interface that sets a new standard for workshop automotive software,” says Allen, pictured above. 

“It’s rare to see the high level of enthusiasm for a new product, which our beta-testing workshops have expressed. It’s fantastic.” 

Auxo Workshop has inbuilt data intelligence to make workshop management simple. The software includes a digital workshop dashboard, online job management, invoicing and customer reminders. 

It integrates with Xero for accounting and Repco Navigator Pro for parts ordering, while more features are being rolled out monthly. 

The intelligence in the software automates job cards and invoicing, reduces manual data entry and frees up the road for workshop managers. 

“Even though Auxo Workshop is a new entrant, the way the product is designed – to actively guide the workshop team at every step – has struck a chord with users,” says Allen.

“It is suited to smaller workshops that are not currently using any workshop management software. Features and capability are being added regularly, and we expect the new platform to near feature parity with SAM within a year. 

“Many existing customers will be able to start migrating to Auxo Workshop within three to four months and will be delighted by its ease of use.” 

For more than three decades, Auxo has been delivering software, such as SAM, Orion and Systime, to the Australasian automotive industry. 

The Motor Trade Association (MTA) bought Auxo Software in 2021 in part to help accelerate the development of this software. 

Auxo Workshop has been built from scratch, informed by customer feedback, and after two years researching and scoping leading automotive and other software-as-a-service platforms guiding product design to latest and safest standards. 

Bob Boniface, the MTA’s president, pictured below says: “We bought Auxo for three very good reasons. 

“Half of MTA members use Auxo software, half of Auxo customers are MTA members and it was widely recognised the business needed an owner with resources to develop a new software platform, which would futureproof Auxo and our customers’ businesses into the next decades.” 

Allen adds: “Auxo is special because it’s owned, designed and governed by the very people who use it – workshop owners. We are motivated by improving our customers’ and MTA members’ businesses for the long haul.”