For auto body shops
Software for auto body shops
Plan all orders across lifts, frame bench and paint booth in one system. Gantway shows you for every vehicle which phase it is in, what is holding it up and which station frees up next.
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Gantway digital desk — lifts, frame bench, paint booth as stations with utilization
What Gantway takes over in body shops
No other trade has such a clocked lead time before the actual work. Appraiser appointment, cost estimate, insurance approval, spare-part order — everything runs in parallel, everything affects the repair start, none of it is under your control. In Gantway this lead time becomes steps of their own in the order, instead of sitting next to the plan as waiting time.
Lift, frame bench and booth at a glance
The digital desk shows each station with its current and planned occupancy. You see immediately where a slot frees up and which vehicle can be scheduled in next — without notes and without asking around.
- Each station with current and planned occupancy
- Free slots at a glance
- Schedule the next vehicle without asking around
Lift, frame bench and booth at a glance
Phases in the right order
You set up the body shop phase chain once as a template: teardown — straightening — painting — assembly — handover, each phase a task with its own status and assigned employees, linked by dependencies. If a phase shifts, the follow-on phases are recalculated and you see immediately which are affected — before the painter turns up for nothing.
- Phase chain set up once as a template
- Each phase with status and employees
- Follow-on phases recalculated when one shifts
Phases in the right order
Track spare parts right on the order
Every part sits on the order as a material line, optionally right on the phase that needs it — with a purchasing status from "to order" through "ordered" to "delivered". If it isn't in stock yet, Gantway flags a material shortage on the order — not only when the panel beater stands in front of an empty stockroom.
- Every spare part as a material line
- Purchasing status from to order to delivered
- Material shortage flagged right on the order
Track spare parts right on the order
Spot scheduling conflicts before they arise
When two vehicles are supposed to go on the frame bench at the same time, the conflict engine flags the conflict immediately, with the orders involved. One click takes you in to reschedule — instead of discovering it in person tomorrow morning.
- Double booking of the frame bench shown immediately
- Orders involved named directly
- One click takes you to reschedule
Spot scheduling conflicts before they arise
The right employee for every phase
Body panel beater, frame-bench experience, certified painter — every qualification is stored in the system, and every phase carries the qualification it requires. When you schedule, Gantway pre-fills it with the matching people; if someone without the training ends up on the frame bench after all, the conflict engine flags it.
- Qualifications stored per employee
- Each phase carries its required qualification
- Missing training is flagged
The right employee for every phase
Document hours per phase instead of estimating
Employees log times mobile, straight onto phase and order. The order lists every booking with date, employee and phase — so you can put the logged hours next to the appraisal. You hand over records, not estimates from memory.
- Times logged mobile onto phase and order
- Every booking with date, employee and phase
- Records next to the appraisal, not estimates
Document hours per phase instead of estimating
Is Gantway a fit for your business?
Gantway makes particular sense if …
- You have accident repairs, restorations and custom builds in the shop at the same time.
- Your orders sit in several phases at once — somewhere between teardown and handover.
- Every vehicle has to pass through the same few stations: lift, frame bench, paint booth, assembly.
- Before the repair starts there is the insurance lead time, and special-order spare parts take weeks.
- Today almost everything runs on shouts across the shop and the foreman's experience.
Frequently asked questions
How do I keep many parallel repairs under control in an auto body shop?
Every order in Gantway runs through a clear workflow with statuses — from draft to completion. Tasks, hours, materials, comments and history sit in one detail view that is always current.
Order management in detail →Can we record customer inquiries and vehicle history?
Yes, via the customer: the built-in CRM keeps master data, contacts and the complete order history per customer. There is no separate vehicle register; plate and model go on the order. When someone calls about their vehicle, you immediately see what happened last — no binders.
CRM & customer management in detail →How do I know whether a repair was profitable?
Through pre- and post-costing: planned versus actual hours and costs, per order and line item. Loss-makers stand out while you can still react — not only at year-end.
Pre- and post-costing in detail →What does Gantway cost for an auto body shop?
Three plans, billed by active accounts — employees you only schedule cost nothing. Test free for 14 days, no credit card.
See pricing →How safe is our customer and order data?
Data is stored on servers in Germany, GDPR-compliant with a data processing agreement. Roles and individual permissions control who sees what, and on the Premium plan an audit log records who changed what and when.
Plan your next repair order in Gantway
Bring a running order — in 30 minutes we'll show you how it looks in Gantway with phase chain, insurance approval as a lead-time step and station utilization.