Digital check-in
Drop-off details, concerns and contact preferences captured.
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Auto-Repair Shops · Columbus, GA
Your service writers shouldn't spend the day saying 'still waiting on parts.'
CAB can build shop software that handles digital intake, inspection photos, repair approvals, technician queues and status updates — so customers stop calling and bays keep moving.
Tell CAB How Your Business Works
You don't need to know what app to build. Tell CAB what's slowing the business down.
Sound familiar?
What's slowing you down?
Tell CAB How Your Business Works
Check what applies — or skip it. CAB will confirm with you, not assume.
If several of these sound familiar, the problem may not be a lack of software. It may be too much disconnected software.
What's actually happening
Where the friction comes from.
Auto shops lose hours to phone calls and approvals. When customers can't see what's happening, they call — and when approvals stall, bays sit idle.
What this may be costing
The cost hides in everyday work.
Hours lost to re-typing and chasing information
Leads and customers that slip between tools
Owner time pulled into admin instead of growth
Capacity capped by manual coordination
Every business is different. CAB only puts numbers on this with figures you provide during discovery.
Best first move
Start small. Prove it. Then expand.
Quick win
Digital check-in
Drop-off details, concerns and contact preferences captured.
The full transformation below can follow in phases, once the first piece is working.
Before CAB → With CAB
See how the work changes, step by step.
With CAB — the plan, step by step
People stay in charge of every approval step.
Specialty Software match
A proven CAB system to start from.
CAB Conductor™ White Label
A white-labeled version of CAB's intelligent intake and discovery architecture. Designed for businesses that need to deeply understand a customer before recommending, quoting, routing, or serving them.
Starting at $6,500
CAB Field Command™
Field operations for crews and technicians: jobs, dispatch, job-site documentation, checklists and customer updates in one command center.
Starting at $8,500
Your Blueprint confirms whether to adapt this system or build custom. Final price is set in your agreement.
Your current stack vs. your CAB system
Today you connect everything by hand.
Today — a business like this may be using…
A shop management systemPhone callsA whiteboardText messagesSupplier websitesPaper inspection sheets
↓ You connect everything manually.
With CAB — your branded business system
Digital check-inPhoto inspectionsText approvalsTechnician queueParts trackingStatus updatesDeclined-repair follow-upShop dashboard
↓ The system connects the operation.
What CAB could build
One system for auto-repair shops.
Photo inspections
Findings with photos customers can understand.
Text approvals
Customers approve or decline line items from their phone.
Technician queue
Jobs prioritized by promised time, skill and parts readiness.
Parts status
Parts orders tied to jobs with expected arrival.
Declined-work follow-up
Timed reminders for repairs customers postponed.
What CAB could automate
Software where rules are clear. AI where judgment helps. People where authority matters.
SoftwareAIAutomationHuman approval
01 · Software
Customer checks in
02 · Human approval
Tech inspects with photos
03 · AI
Findings explained
04 · Automation
Estimate sent by text
05 · Software
Customer approves
06 · Software
Parts ordered & tracked
07 · Automation
Status texts
08 · Software
Pickup & payment
09 · Automation
Declined repair reminder
Keep what works
Keep what works. Replace what doesn't.
Replace
Paper inspections and phone-tag approvals.
Connect
Your shop management system, parts suppliers and payment processor.
Build around
Keep your shop management system and add a customer-communication and queue layer.
CAB's job is the right operating architecture — not rebuilding tools that already work. Examples include QuickBooks, Gusto, Stripe, an existing point-of-sale system or an industry system you depend on.
Example end-to-end workflow
What a day could look like.
- 1
A customer drops off her car with a noise concern.
- 2
The tech photographs worn brake pads; a plain-language explanation is drafted.
- 3
She approves brakes by text and postpones tires.
- 4
She gets texts when parts arrive and when the car's ready.
- 5
Three months later she's reminded about the tires.
What changes operationally
Before, after — and what you still control.
Before
Service writers spend hours on status calls.
After
Customers get status updates automatically.
You still control
Writers decide what's communicated.
Before
Approvals wait on phone tag.
After
Customers approve from a text with photos.
You still control
Writers set prices and recommendations.
Before
Declined repairs are forgotten.
After
Postponed work gets timed reminders.
You still control
You choose which reminders go out.
People and outcomes
What stays human — and how it can help the business.
What stays human
- • Diagnosis and repair.
- • Pricing and warranty decisions.
- • Customer trust conversations.
Possible business impact
- • Fewer status calls
- • Faster approvals and bay turnover
- • More postponed work completed later
- • More transparent customer experience
These improvements can support growth and revenue performance. Results depend on your business and are not guaranteed.
Example Blueprint
What CAB would map before building.
- 01Shop workflow from drop-off to pickup
- 02Inspection and estimate format
- 03Technician queue rules
- 04Shop system and supplier integrations
- 05Follow-up rules
Typical starting range
$5,000–$20,000+
Business App. Scope-driven; ranges are not hard maximums.
See pricing · CAB FlexRelevant CAB Skills
- Intelligent Notifications
- API & Software Integration
- Context-Aware Customer Intelligence
Stop adapting your business to software. Build software around your business.
You don't need to know what app to build. Tell CAB what's slowing the business down.
Or explore Blueprint Intelligence
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