Video Training Library


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Learn how to Manage and Measure your business with Auto Apps Training Videos

 

Our on-line training videos allow you to view training over the internet 24/7 and instruct using Auto Apps “Best Practice” processes and application


PartsTech Connector

R.O. Writer – PartsTech Connector


Service Estimator Overview

Overview of Service Estimator and Gross Profit Per Hour


Vehicle Life Plan Overview

Overview of the new “Vehicle Life Plan”


Managing and Measuring – Labor Hours and Gross Profit per Labor Hour

Priority and Carry-over hours allow everyone in the service center to focus on labor hours that need to be delivered that day. Learn how to use all the new labor-management tools in Service Connect, Tech Connect, and Insights. Changing the focus from sales to labor hour management immediately increases shop productivity and net profit dollars


Vehicle Life Plan – A Powerful Customer Retention Tool

The “Vehicle Life Plan” allows a different conversation with your customer; in less than ten seconds, you can auto-fill the maintenance information from current and history repair orders. An easy to read, simple to understand maintenance plan that is designed by both the customer and service advisor around their vehicle goals, helping build a better relationship based on caring about the customer


Service Advisor “Best Practice”

In 10 minutes or less each Service Advisor can review and update their closed invoices for proper follow-up, updating next oil change due date, adding recommended service to that date, also updating vehicle notes and customer notes so anyone can do the phone, text message, e-mail and/or letter follow-up (This daily review process should take less than 10 minutes a day)


Enhanced Parts Management

Enhanced Parts Management allows tracking of parts through the whole service process, so everyone in the service center knows the status of each part, updating invoice number and tracking date and time part was ordered and received


Customer Analysis and Retention

Insights Essentials allows you to analyze your customer base in seconds, with customer analysis and retention reporting tools you can analyze your customer base in seconds. Run reports on new, returning, best, and lost customers. Identify customers in the critical time before they become lost. Overview and functionality of the new powerful customer reporting tool


Key Profit Numbers – Manage and Measure the 5% Difference

On one screen you can manage and measure the key profit numbers that matter most, learn and understand how to quickly use the advanced reporting tool, with gross-profit-per-hour, current work in progress, and profit reports


Service Estimator – Fastest Quoting Tool on the Market

Service Estimator solves quoting problem in R.O. Writer™ with approved and recommended jobs displayed on one screen – click and unclick jobs to be sold – recalculates in a second. Drag and drop service jobs, previous history, and current inventory. This powerful new tool puts the fun back into being a service advisor


Reporting – Technician and Time Management (12 minutes)

New reporting on time clock, time management, technician efficiency and shop productivity


Service Advisor “Best Practice” and Follow-up (33 minutes)

Vehicle history lookup, customer care, and oil service follow-up


Shop Productivity, Dash Board, and Labor Time Management

Auto Apps Dash Board allows for managing Technician hours and loads all on one screen. Reporting on the time clock, e-time, technician productivity, and efficiency


Tech Connect Usage and Functionality (18.5 minutes)

Tech Connect usage and functionality, learn how to best use all the features built into Tech Connect


Inventory Browse – R.O. Writer™ Software

Learn how to use inventory browse feature when editing and updating parts in inventory


Inventory Control – R.O. Writer™ Software

Learn how to use and implement the inventory control module, system setup, detail posting, part and core return, along with reporting, all taught around using “best practice” of inventory module


Smart eCat Setup and Configuration – R.O. Writer™

Learn how to setup and configuration of Smart eCat. Class teaches how to configure Smart Jobs to labor operations, configure for labor times, inventory, job descriptions and parts interface


Smart eCat Usage and Operation – R.O. Writer™

Smart eCat allows you to build invoices and estimates in seconds. Learn usage and operation of this powerful feature, understand how it works and the best configuration for your service center


2018 Marketing Plan and Service Advisor Best Practice

Learn new ideas and how to create a powerful marketing plan that has proven to work. You will learn and be provided documentation to create a written Marketing Plan for 2018

Timing follow-up correctly and applying Service Advisor “Best Practice” will increase customer retention 5 to 10 percent along with kick starting your business by adding 10 to 20 additional vehicles to your service bays each week

Most customers fall into the lost category after 8 months, learn how to be proactive by using Follow-up and Text Messenger to build stronger relationships and increase customer retention


Time Management Dashboard

The new enhancements have shown technician have more time to work on vehicles than the service advisors realize

The new time clock and technician time management dash board is simple and easy to use. Learn about these powerful new features and all the new updates and enhancements for this release.


Managing Labor Times – Increase Shop Productivity

Priority and Carry-over hours allow everyone in the service center to focus on labor hours that need to be delivered that day. Learn how to use all the new labor management tools in Service Connect and Tech Connect and how changing the focus from sales to labor hours immediately increases shop productivity 5%


Accounts Payable – Part 2 – R.O. Writer™

Learn best practice for detail posting and implementation if accounts payable module, including part return, and daily AP audit


Accounts Payable – Part 1 – R.O. Writer™

Learn how to use and implement the accounts payable module, system setup, detail posting, part and core return, along with reporting


Advanced Reporting – 5 Key Reports – R.O. Writer™

Learn how to read the 5 key reports in R.O. Writer reporting module, the key profit indicators and best configuration of part departments and labor categories


Parts & Labor Metrix Pricing – R.O. Writer™

Learn how to setup parts and labor matrix pricing, understand how it works and the best configuration for your service center


RSS Updating Inspection Layout

Learn how to edit and change verbiage on drop down and how to add and update information


RSS Setup and Configuration

Learn how to get started with the digital inspection program, covers setup and configuration


RSS Digital Inspection Reporting

Learn how to use service adviser and technician reporting to manage inspection habits and sales


RSS Digital Inspection with Pictures

Repair Shop Solutions Digital Inspection with Pictures, learn best practice of taking pictures and preforming the digital inspection


New Time Clock and Auto Apps Dashboard

New time clock and time management, new enhancements and Auto Apps Dashboard


New Enhancements for 2017

All the new enhancements for 2nd and 3rd Quarter for Service Connect and Tech Connect


Getting Started with Priority and Workflow

Best way to get started using Auto Apps Priority Hours and Workflow


Manage Priority & Carry-over Labor Hours

Jeff’s team at Evergreen Autoworks, WA and Tony’s team at Leonardi of Leonardi Automotive, CA started using Auto Apps Software to manage each day’s labor hours, by changing the service centers focus to labor hours they both increased their gross profit 20% the following month, it’s was easy and simply works.


Text Messenger Dashboard with Quick Text

Service Advisor can create the text message relationship in seconds at the front counter, ensuring a better customer experience. Customer communication is greatly improved allowing for faster approvals, in-process updates of the service visit and follow-up on service performed after vehicle is delivered. All text communication is saved to customer record and can be quickly viewed


Text Messaging with Service Connect

Customer communication is greatly improved allowing for faster approvals, in-process updates of the service visit and follow-up on service performed after vehicle is delivered

All text communication is saved to customer record and can be quickly viewed


Tech Connect with Time Management

The Time Management software provides a tool to track 100% of a technician’s time – total vehicle time, actual time and E-Time (expense time)


Tech Connect – Overview

Tech Connect is a powerful software tool for the Technician, provides labor hours, reporting, vehicle history and the ability to make notes


Service Connect Overview

Service Connect is a powerful software tool for the Service Advisor, with Text Messaging, updating next oil change due date, adding notes and looking up vehicle history in seconds.


Customer Follow-up with Service Connect

Auto Apps Customer and Vehicle Follow-up with Service Connect.


Creating a Marketing Plan

It is all about bringing your vision together with a real plan. In this class we will outline walk through a real world marketing plan that applies to your business. We will talk about using all your tools and make a game plan to increase customer retention by 10% over the next 6 months.


Service Advisor Best Practice and Daily Use of Marketing Console

Learn best use of updating follow-up on each vehicle the next day. Includes updating customer and vehicle notes. This is one of the service advisors primary responsibility to increase customer retention. The goal is timely follow-up of recommended service and oil change follow-up.

What Customers are Saying

I can not say enough good things about Paul and Bruce, I have been working with them for the past 6 years. They listen and bring out new updates and software every month. Text messaging is saving us 20% to 30% percent in productivity and the customer love it, the marketing process is spot on

- Beachler Vehicle Care and Repair

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