When we talk about mechanics, unconsciously envision a place with lots of tools for different purposes, from the simplest as pliers and screwdrivers to the most sophisticated as pneumatic and electric equipment, but too often overlooked tool is perhaps one of the most important for today’s garages, this tool is the software. Today computer programs have covered a lot of different areas, from education, science, entertainment, and administration, to name just a few, so of course the area of automotive repair. With the advent of the computer programs as another tool in the repair shop, amazing progress has been made that have helped to dramatically increase the productivity of the workshops. These tools range from control of the administration of the workshop activities, through assistance in the repair of vehicles to the diagnostic computer. With the large number of vehicles currently in circulation and the wide variety of brands available at present, it is virtually impossible for even the most experienced mechanic, to remain competitive.

Software as a support tool for automotive workshops, provides three essential components for survival and growth of the workshops today, and are the systematization of the activities, the speed with which it works, and the accuracy of the results Systematization of activities specially designed software for the management of garages, promotes standardization of activities within the workshop, obtaining with this a higher level of systematization, ie, activities and information and are not owned by any particular person but that once defined and formalized a process, this can be done by anyone, even if you have experience, this is the case how to operate the fast food chains, where the whole operation is performed by staff very young but thanks to the level of systematization which they operate, get the same results in all its establishments. The speed with which you work programs use as a working tool within the automotive repair allows repair work to make vehicles much more simple and efficient, and assisting in all the mechanic telling you exactly what steps to take for repair, so that it minimizes the amount of time spent in researching the right way to be repaired, and also avoids trial and error phase. The accuracy of the results

Finally, the results obtained with the software when used as support tools in the garage, resulting in high levels of accuracy in the work, as it has all the information necessary to carry After each stage of the repair correctly and in a short time. All the above is the reason why more and more and more automotive repair shops, this adopting the software as one of its main tools allowing them more competitive and therefore its ability to generate income. David Uribe is a software development professional with 20 years of industry experience, is the author of Autoshop Manager, a tool specifically designed to manage auto repair medium and small.