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BUSINESSES WHO USE PARTSCHECK ARE INCREDIBLE ADVOCATES FOR THE PROGRAM SAYING HOW MUCH TIME IT HAS SAVED AND THAT IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTED PROFITS.
10 YEARS OF MAKING LIFE EASIER
Apex was PartsCheck’s very first customer back in 2010.
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DECADE ON FROM ITS HUMBLE
roots in a room above a work- shop, the PartsCheck plat- form has proven an invaluable tool in helping the repair industry
streamline the part sourcing process. Reaching this milestone would not have been possible without the support from the network and PartsCheck thanks
each of its customers and partners.
The company is especially grateful to its very first registered repairer, Apex Auto Group in Milton, Brisbane which is owned
by Jeremy Pszczonka.
The business was founded back in
mid-1980s by Jeremy's father George and, like PartsCheck, has grown and prospered over the years and now employs 36 staff.
"We are constantly extending the shop as we grow. The building started off very small and now we are fighting for space to fit everything. The technol- ogy has changed and we have changed with it. Whether its new shop equip- ment or software packages."
As well as collision repairs Apex also has a mechanical wing and specialises in transmission rebuilds.
Being the first adopter of PartsCheck has contributed to the business' growth and success: "Our motivation back then would have been simply to save as much possible time as we could, the number of phone calls to distributors for every quote is time consuming.
“PartsCheck has made sourcing parts and finding the best price simple.
PartsCheck has made sourcing parts and finding the best prices simple. Without it I would need more staff to handle the number of quotes we generate.”
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“Without it I would need more staff to
“We are very pleased with the manner
“All in all it’s a win for everybody.”
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handle the number of quotes we gener- ate,” Pszczonka said.
One of the most recent converts to PartsCheck is Toyota preferred repairer Fawkner Body Repairs in Melbourne. Like many repairers, owner Raphael Glykokal- amos first signed up for PartsCheck when he took over the business two years ago. However the staff weren’t initially keen to use it and it wasn’t until recently that Glykokalamos fully experienced the ben- efits to his business.
“Since we began using PartsCheck we have seen efficiencies in our busi- ness, both in time savings and the gen- eration of profit,” he said.
in which PartsCheck saves us time which is in more ways than one.
“No longer do we have to call suppli- ers for quotes and then input parts and prices manually, PartsCheck does that for us automatically as it integrates with our quoting package.
“I have estimated this to equate to a saving of at least three hours of my quot- ing process, let alone the input of parts and prices.
“In addition, we also do not have to man- ually source, non-dealer, used parts, as this can also be done on PartsCheck, resulting in competitive pricing, which we can then pass on, as savings to our customers.
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