Mechanic Workshops / CEO Command Center

Your whole workshop, on one screen.

Jobs, hoists, cash and your market. Your software, Xero, the diary and the job cards each hold a piece. This puts them on one screen.

Example workshop: Ridgeline Auto Care, 4 hoists, 5 mechanics, $1.2M target. The workshop and numbers are made up. The market insights are real.

How are we tracking?

Key Numbers

This quarter, pulled from Xero, your workshop software and your booking system.

Revenue this quarter

$268k

89% of the $300k quarterly target, with 2 days left.

Hoist utilisation

71%

Hoist hours booked against an 85% target. About 22 hoist hours a week sit empty.

Hours billed vs worked

78%

Hours charged to customers against hours your mechanics clock. About 42 hours a week go unbilled.

Services due, not booked

Customers past their service date with no booking. About $17k of work at an average $370 service.

Click Act or Watch on any card to see what AI recommends.

What needs me?

Priorities

Ranked by impact on the business. Number 1 comes first, and nothing else gets your time until it's done.

Your list

0 of 5 done

The priority6 finished jobs still on paper job cards, not invoiced. $4.8k to raise todayAdmin

Then, in this order

Chase $3.2k across 5 overdue accountsAdmin

Send service reminders to the 46 customers past their service dateAdmin

Order parts for Thursday's 3 logbook services before the 2pm cut-offWorkshop

Check the apprentice's job times against the quotesOwner

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What's happening in my industry?

Key Market Insights

Three things hitting Australian workshops right now, and what each means for yours.

Applicants per mechanic job

Down from 8.2 in 2024. Seven in ten employers expect it to get worse this year.

Why it mattersYou can't hire your way out. Every hour a mechanic spends on paperwork is an hour off the hoist.

MTAA survey via Autotalk, Sep 2026 ↗

1 in 5

New cars sold in July were electric

Battery electric cars were 21.7% of all new vehicles sold in July 2026.

Why it mattersFewer oil changes, more diagnostics. Watch which jobs still make money as the mix changes.

FCAI, Aug 2026 ↗

Data

Right to Repair has to keep up

Newer cars lock more repair data behind the maker: parts pairing, diagnostic gateways and telematics.

Why it mattersKnow which jobs need dealer-only access, so you quote them right or send them on.

AAAA via Paint & Panel, Sep 2026 ↗

Insights last updated 28 September 2026.

We started our AI journey with One Level Up. Loz tailored the sessions to our industry and our challenges. A team member with zero prior experience recently freed up 2h30 on a single task, whilst keeping client data completely secure and reviewing the final output herself. We're now rolling the adoption program out to the entire team so the time and cost savings compound.

Brett Walker, Director, Align Business Accountants

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