Money-blind means money-blind.
Technicians and other non-financial roles never receive estimate totals, balances, parts costs, or payment data from the server. It is not a hidden column or a checkbox someone can undo.
Collision shop management, prioritized
You write the estimate. AutoHound runs the rest.
AutoHound tells the shop what needs attention now. Catch late promise dates, stalled repair orders, parts risk, unread customer replies, and total losses before they cost another day.
Estimates import automatically
AutoHound Today — the shop’s prioritized work for today.
Priorities before the first coffeeCapacity by labor hoursTotal loss has its own laneMoney stays out of technician viewsFast PIN switching on shared devicesiPhone, Android, tablet apps + browser access
From estimate to action
Keep the estimate. Stop rebuilding the rest of the story.
Your estimating system defines the repair plan. AutoHound carries that plan into the morning huddle, capacity schedule, production handoffs, parts queue, customer thread, delivery, and closeout.
Estimating systemEstimate versions · labor · parts · repair totals
AutoHound BSMSPriority · owner · blocker · promise date · handoff · customer · closeout
Command / Today
Open the shop. See what needs you.
Today ranks overdue repairs, promise risk, waiting authorizations, blockers, parts due, unread customer replies, ready vehicles, and assigned work. Open any alert to see the repair order, the person responsible, and the next move.
- Run the huddle from one screen.
- Catch risk before the promise date slips.
- Jump from the exception to the repair order.
Today puts late, blocked, and at-risk work first.
Daily Digest
Your morning brief arrives first.
The exceptions-first Daily Digest tells the owner what changed overnight, what could delay delivery, and what needs cash-flow attention. Zero-count sections disappear. The risk stays at the top.
- Lead with the owner’s takeaway.
- Flag late, blocked, stale, and waiting work.
- Show today, yesterday, month to date, and customer silence.
Built differently
Six choices that change the shop’s day.
These are structural product decisions—not settings layered onto a generic dashboard.
The Digest does the morning thinking.
AutoHound ranks late work, blockers, stale estimates, waiting customer threads, parts arrivals, and cash-flow exceptions before the doors open.
Total loss is a real workflow.
Track suspected and confirmed total losses, the storage clock, insurer silence, fees, salvage, owner release, and the checklist required to close the job.
Estimate data comes in.
Approved estimate versions and parts land on the repair order. The shop does not rekey work it already completed.
The software and shop tech share one vendor.
AutoHound builds BSMS and manages workplace devices, Microsoft 365, security, files, networks, and support.
No lock-in. Your data stays yours.
Export your shop data at any time. You do not need an exit process to get your own records.
Where the work moves
Protect the promise date at every handoff.
Book hours, not dots.
Load each day against bookable labor hours. AutoHound warns before the week is full and keeps unscheduled repair orders visible until the floor can take them.
Run parts across the whole shop.
Work Needed, Ordered, Backordered, and Problems queues across every repair order. See vendor, ETA, due status, and what blocks production.
Keep the customer thread on the repair order.
Send milestone texts, receive replies, honor consent and quiet hours, and keep every message with the job.
Serve the shop in both languages.
Give shop users a Spanish interface and send customer updates in Spanish without splitting the repair record.
Close the books without rekeying.
Sync customers, invoices, and recorded payments with QuickBooks Online on demand or on a schedule.
Share the device. Keep the user distinct.
Turn a front-desk iPad, parts computer, or shop-floor tablet into a shared AutoHound device. Each teammate switches in with a personal PIN, so permissions and activity stay with the person—not a generic login.
Clear by role
Show each person the work they can move.
Owner
Start with the Digest. Open Today for late jobs, blockers, delivery risk, and cash-flow exceptions.
Production manager
Balance capacity, assign work, clear blockers, and catch backward moves.
Front office
Track authorization, promise dates, customer replies, balances, and delivery handoffs.
Parts and technicians
Work from prioritized queues with the job context each role needs—and no financial data where it does not belong.
From the shop floor
Built around the way body shops actually work.
AutoHound gives our team a clear view of every repair and what needs attention next. We spend less time chasing updates, communication is easier, and everyone stays on the same page. It’s intuitive, practical, and feels like it was designed by people who understand how a collision shop operates.
Questions
Get the facts before the walkthrough.
Does AutoHound replace our estimating system?
No. Keep estimating in the system your estimators know. AutoHound imports the repair data and carries the job through scheduling, production, parts, customer updates, delivery, and closeout.
How do money-blind roles work?
Financial data is excluded at the server and query layer for technicians and other non-financial roles. It never reaches their screens, search results, or timelines.
Can the shop and customer use Spanish?
Yes. Shop users can work in Spanish, and customer messages can be sent in Spanish while both languages stay connected to the same repair order.
Can the team use AutoHound on phones and tablets?
Yes. AutoHound supports iPhone, Android phones, and tablets through the available mobile apps or a modern web browser.
Can the team share shop devices?
Yes. Mark an iPad, tablet, or workstation as a shared shop device. Each teammate selects their profile and enters a personal PIN, so the handoff takes seconds without sharing passwords or losing individual permissions and attribution.
What does AutoHound record?
The repair-order timeline records edits, stage moves, assignments, estimate versions, parts events, photos, messages, payments, notes, and overrides.
Can we export our data?
Yes. Export your shop data at any time. No support ticket or contract milestone stands between you and your records.
Live product walkthrough
Bring us the workflow you want off your plate.
Pick one: a missed promise date, a stalled total loss, a backordered part, a silent customer, or a week that keeps getting overbooked. We’ll show exactly how AutoHound handles it.
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