For garages and vehicle workshops

Garage and workshop management software

PieCMMS runs a vehicle workshop from the moment a customer books to the moment the car leaves the gate. Bookings, inspections, quotes, job cards, spare parts and invoices live in one system, so nothing is written on paper twice and every job shows what it really cost.

Built for

  • Independent garages and auto repair shops
  • Service centres and dealership workshops
  • Fleet operators with their own workshop
  • Workshop groups running several branches

What gets in the way

The problems PieCMMS is built to remove.

Job cards go missing

Paper cards get lost between the service desk, the bay and the cashier, and with them the record of what was done.

Parts leave unbilled

When parts are handed out without being tied to a job, stock disappears and invoices come out short.

Customers dispute the work

Without inspection photos and an approved quote, it is your word against theirs.

Margins are a guess

Labour time and parts sit in different books, so nobody knows which jobs actually make money.

What you get

Everything below is part of PieCMMS today.

Bookings and vehicle check-in

Take bookings online, by phone or as walk-ins, and check every vehicle in the same way.

  • Online booking requests from your customers
  • Booking calendar with service types and time slots
  • Check-in checklist with photos and the customer’s reported concerns
  • Booking confirmations to the customer by email and WhatsApp

Diagnosis and quotes

Record what the technician found and get the work approved before it starts.

  • Diagnostic reports with findings and photos
  • Quotes with parts, labour, taxes and discounts
  • Quote approval, then a service order in one step
  • Printable and emailed quotes

Job cards and the workshop floor

See every vehicle in the workshop and where its job stands.

  • Job cards assigned to technicians
  • A process flow from check-in through quality control to delivery
  • Labour time recorded per job
  • Status updates to the customer as the job moves

Spare parts and purchasing

Every part that leaves the store is issued against a job and priced.

  • Parts requested from the job card and issued from stock
  • Multiple warehouses with bin locations and stock adjustments
  • Low-stock alerts
  • Purchase requisitions, supplier quotations, purchase orders and goods receipt
  • TecDoc parts catalogue import

Invoicing, payments and release

Invoice from the job, take payment and release the vehicle only when it is paid for.

  • Invoices built from the job’s labour and parts
  • Customer payments, receipts and credit notes
  • Gate passes so a vehicle leaves only when released
  • QuickBooks Online sync, and KRA eTIMS e-invoicing for businesses in Kenya

Customers and vehicles

The full history of every vehicle, whoever brings it in.

  • Service history by registration number and VIN
  • Customer records with their vehicles, quotes and invoices
  • Repeat visits start from the vehicle’s past jobs and parts
  • Global search across customers, vehicles, jobs and parts

Branches, money and control

Run one bay or several branches with the same controls.

  • Multiple branches under one company
  • Role-based access for advisors, technicians, store and cashiers
  • Audit trail on every document
  • Petty cash, bank reconciliation and financial reports

How it works

  1. 1

    Book

    A booking arrives online, by phone or as a walk-in.

  2. 2

    Check in

    The vehicle is inspected, photographed and its concerns recorded.

  3. 3

    Diagnose and quote

    Findings become a quote the customer approves.

  4. 4

    Repair

    Technicians work the job card; parts are issued against it.

  5. 5

    Check and invoice

    Quality control, then an invoice from the job itself.

  6. 6

    Release

    Payment is taken and the gate pass lets the vehicle out.

Frequently asked questions

What is garage management software?

Software that runs the day-to-day of a vehicle workshop: bookings, vehicle check-in, job cards, spare parts, quotes, invoices and customer history. PieCMMS keeps all of these in one system, so a job, the parts used on it and the invoice that bills it are the same record.

Can my customers book a service online?

Yes. Customers send a booking request with their details, vehicle and preferred date, and it arrives in your booking calendar for the service desk to confirm.

Does it manage spare parts stock?

Yes. Parts are held in warehouses and bins, requested from job cards, issued at cost against the job, and flagged when stock runs low. Purchasing runs from requisition to supplier quotation, purchase order and goods receipt.

Can I run several branches?

Yes. Each branch has its own staff, stock and work, and head office sees all of them from one login.

We maintain our own fleet. Is this the right page?

If your vehicles come into your own workshop, the workshop features here apply. For servicing by kilometres or engine hours, driver defect reports and cost per vehicle, see fleet maintenance.

Does it support e-invoicing and accounting?

PieCMMS submits invoices to KRA eTIMS for businesses in Kenya and syncs with QuickBooks Online. It also has its own general ledger and financial reports if you do not use an external accounting package.

See it on your own workshop

Request a demo. We reply within one business day, walk you through PieCMMS on your own data, and set up a trial workspace for your team.

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