Let customers book while you're under a car

One job, twelve handoffs, no retyping

This is the chain a workshop actually runs. In most garages each link lives somewhere else — a diary, a WhatsApp thread, a parts pad, an accounts package. In Escargo each one hands to the next.

1. BookingWork arrives online, by phone or from the Escargo directory — and lands in one diary.
2. Check-in and inspectionRecord what the vehicle arrived with, with photos, before anyone touches it.
3. EstimateTurn the inspection into a priced estimate without retyping it.
4. Customer approvalThe customer approves extra work from their phone while the car is still on the ramp.
5. The jobApproved lines become the job card the technician actually works from.
6. Technician and labourTime goes against the job, so you know what the work really cost you.
7. Parts and inventoryParts come off the shelf against the job — stock falls as work happens.
8. Supplier orderingWhat you do not hold gets ordered from your suppliers and received against the job.
9. InvoiceLabour, parts and VAT come straight off the job. Nothing is rekeyed.
10. PaymentTake payment in the workshop or send a request — it reconciles against the invoice.
11. Customer notificationThe customer is told the vehicle is ready without somebody finding time to ring.
12. Service historyThe completed work stays on the vehicle record for the next visit and the next owner.

Example figures from the Escargo demo workspace, shown to illustrate the flow — not a customer's records.

And a network the workshop can use

Escargo is more than software behind your roller door.