A mechanic work order app is the job card for a small workshop: the customer and the vehicle, the fault, the hours at the shop rate, the parts at cost with the markup, the shop supplies and the tax on parts, priced from the workshop's own figures and kept against the customer with a status from raised to done to paid. The workshops that search for one usually run two to six bays and a counter, and they want the card on a phone or a tablet in the bay without paying per seat for a dealer management system. This guide is what the app has to do for that workshop, and how Jobcardo does it.
The job card, priced from the workshop's figures
Labour hours at the shop's rate, parts at cost with the workshop's markup, a flat charge for shop supplies or a diagnostic in the travel line, and the sales tax on the parts: the work order template on this site prices the card on the page from those inputs and returns the labour, the marked-up parts, the tax, the total and the balance after any deposit. Every figure is the workshop's, and the sheet prints or saves as PDF for the customer with no account needed.
Kept against the customer, with the vehicle in the record
In Jobcardo Pro the customer record holds the owner and the site or the vehicle's details in its address and notes, and every job card is raised against it with a status and a date. The second visit for the same car opens with the first visit's hours, parts and price on the record, which is the history a small workshop's counter has always kept in a drawer of paper cards and never been able to search.
Where a dealer management system is the right buy
If you run a parts counter with stock control, book the bays by the hour, and need the invoice, the payment and the books in one system, a dealer or shop management system is the product and it is priced per user. Jobcardo does the job card and stops: raised, priced, tracked and exported, one flat price for the team. It does not hold a parts catalogue, a bay schedule or an invoice, and this guide says so rather than pretending otherwise.
Questions people ask about mechanic work order app
Does the mechanic work order app hold a parts catalogue?
No. Parts go on the card at your cost with your markup, as a figure. Stock control and catalogues are a parts or inventory product, not this one.
Can I use it on a tablet in the bay?
Yes. The worksheets and the Pro workspace are web pages that run on any tablet or phone with no install.
Does it record the VIN or mileage?
The customer record has address and notes fields where the vehicle's details sit; a dedicated vehicle record with VIN and mileage is a request we hear from workshops.