Suppliers
Parts ordering, simplified
Search suppliers, compare prices, place orders, and track deliveries — all from one screen. No more phone calls, no more spreadsheets, no more alt-tabbing between portals.
Supplier Dashboard Preview
Sound familiar?
Every workshop knows the pain of manual parts ordering. Here's what it actually costs you.
Phone tag with suppliers
Service advisors spend up to an hour daily calling suppliers to check stock and compare prices. Hold times alone eat 5-15 minutes per call.
Alt-tabbing between portals
Each parts lookup means bouncing between supplier websites — different logins, different interfaces, different ordering flows.
Delayed by parts
One late part cascades your entire day. The bay sits occupied, the next appointment gets pushed, the customer calls asking why.
Invisible margin leakage
Stale cost prices, missed supplier price increases, and inconsistent markups quietly erode your profit on every job.
Whiteboard order tracking
Delivery status tracked via phone follow-ups and sticky notes. "Call if it's not here by 2pm" is not a system.
Invoice reconciliation
Matching supplier invoices to purchase orders by hand. 10-15% of invoices have discrepancies nobody catches in time.
The impact of getting it right
When parts ordering works, everything else follows.
From 12 minutes per lookup to under 3. Search, compare, and order without leaving the app.
Fewer idle bays, fewer delayed jobs, and tighter margins add up to real money back in your pocket.
In-app ordering replaces phone-based workflows. Your team stays focused on cars, not hold music.
Automated PO-to-invoice matching catches discrepancies before they become disputes.
How it works
From needing a part to receiving it — three steps, one screen.
Search
Type a part name or number. See results from all connected suppliers with pricing, availability, and delivery estimates — instantly.
Order
Select the best option per line item. Place orders directly from the job card. Costs link to the job automatically.
Track
Follow every order from placed to delivered. Receive parts with one tap. Stock levels and job costs update instantly.
One screen. Full visibility.
Everything you need to manage suppliers — without leaving Workshop1.
Unified parts search
One search bar across all your suppliers. Prices, availability, lead times, and quality tiers — side by side, in seconds.
Price comparison that works
Compare your real trade account pricing. Historical tracking catches price creep before it eats your margins.
Order from the job card
Click, order, done. Parts from different suppliers in one flow. Costs link to the job automatically — no double entry.
Live delivery tracking
Know where every part is: ordered, shipped, or delivered. No more follow-up calls asking "where's my part?"
Receiving that updates everything
Scan to receive. Stock levels, job costs, and supplier records update in one action. Flag discrepancies instantly.
Supplier performance insights
On-time delivery rates, price competitiveness, fill rates — make supplier decisions with data, not habit.
The old way vs Workshop1
Side by side, the difference is clear.
Stop losing time and money on parts
Join workshops already using Workshop1 to simplify supplier management and protect their margins.