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Are parts leaving my shop without being billed?

You buy a lot of parts. You're not sure they all end up on a ticket. Here's how Nolavi works through it, the same way a good mechanic works on a car: find the concern, the cause, the correction, then verify the fix.

1

The concern

Nate's parts profit was 38% when it should have been about 45%.

Nolavi red alert that 41 parts were bought by an auto repair shop but never billed on a repair order
Lost profit, found automatically.
2

The cause

Nolavi matched every part bought to a repair order. 41 parts in two months, worth $2,870, were never billed to anyone. Most were brake parts picked up by the same tech.

Table of unbilled auto repair parts grouped by who ordered them
One pattern stood out.
3

The correction

Nate set a rule that every parts order needs a repair order number, and Nolavi flags any part that isn't billed within 3 days.

4

The verification

Unbilled parts dropped to 2 the next month, both caught and billed, and parts profit is back to 45%.

Auto repair parts profit results after matching every part to a repair order
Every part has a job now.

How we work. We make changes like this for shops all the time, using each shop's own data. The numbers shown are examples.

Auto repair shop bookkeeping, checked every day. Nolavi checks every bill and every day's deposits, so your books stay right without the late nights. See how it works

Questions

Quick answers.

How do I know if parts are being billed?

Match each part on your vendor invoices to a repair order. Anything left over needs a reason.

What should parts profit be at a repair shop?

Many shops aim for 40% to 50% gross profit on parts. A drop is often unbilled or misused parts.

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