The Challenge
Quotes lived in spreadsheets, photos lived in WhatsApp, and the job board lived on a whiteboard nobody could trust. Insurance approvals took days and shops were bleeding margin on rework and forgotten parts.
Flowautobody
Autobody shops were running on paper, photos lost in WhatsApp, and a sticky-note job board. We replaced all of it with one live platform.
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Our Approach
We built a single platform that runs the whole shop — quoting, insurance-approved estimates, parts orders, scheduling, and technician check-ins — replacing three disconnected tools and a wall of sticky notes.
What We Actually Built
Two systems that turned a chaotic shop floor into something every technician and insurer could trust.
Quote & Estimate Engine
Standardised estimates with insurance-approved parts pricing, audit trails, and one-click submission to insurers.
- Parts catalogue synced with regional suppliers
- Insurance-ready PDF and EDI submissions
Live Job Board & Floor Tracking
A real-time board the whole shop sees — every job, every photo, every technician check-in, with a timeline insurers can audit.
- Per-job photo timeline with technician attribution
- Drag-and-drop scheduling tied to bay capacity
Key Results
Faster quotes, faster turnaround, fewer disputes.
65%
Faster Quote Turnaround
Quotes that took a day now go out within an hour — most of them while the customer is still on the lot.
30+
Shops Onboarded
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Paper Estimates Issued
Insurance-Ready From Day One
Every estimate produces an audit-ready PDF and EDI submission — insurers stopped sending jobs back for missing detail.
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Workshop Owner
Flowautobody Pilot Partner
"Before Flowautobody we lost two hours a day chasing paperwork. Now we quote on the spot, schedule in two clicks, and the shop runs itself."
Client Collaboration
We embedded in the shop floor for two weeks before writing a line of code. The system reflects how technicians actually work — not how a tech team imagined they did.
"They sat with our estimators, our painters, and our insurance liaison before pitching anything. The first prototype already felt like ours."
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Operations Lead
Flowautobody
"Rollout to thirty shops took weeks, not months. Every technician we trained adopted it on day one because it actually made their job faster."
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Head of Implementation
Flowautobody
What's Coming Next
Phase 2 expands beyond the shop walls — into the supply chain, into technicians' pockets, into multi-shop chains.
Parts Marketplace
Live parts availability and one-click orders across regional suppliers, with margin baked into every quote
Technician Mobile App
Check-ins, photos, and time tracking from a phone — no shared shop iPad required
Multi-Shop Console
One dashboard for chains running multiple shops — capacity, throughput, and margin in one view
Ready when you are