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Parts ordering for auto shops: every supplier on one screen

PartsTech searches your parts suppliers at once with live price and stock, and orders from your shop system. Free, or from $45£34€40A$65C$64 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costsFree–$50Free–£38Free–€45Free–A$72Free–C$71 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$572£430€512A$826C$809 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn a few days

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

For each job the advisor rings or logs into three parts stores to compare price and who has it on the shelf. If that takes about 4 minutes more than it should on 15 jobs a day, that's an hour a day on hold and in tabs.

What the AI does

PartsTech connects to all your wholesale supplier accounts and shows live wholesale pricing and inventory from each, with license plate and VIN lookup and vehicle diagrams. The free plan has unlimited users, suppliers, lookups and orders, and links to more than 35 shop management systems, so parts go onto the repair order. Plus adds the full tire network, tire quotes and a retail pricing matrix.

A worked example

A five-bay shop in Kansas City with two advisors orders parts for about 15 jobs a day from three local suppliers. The advisors connect their supplier accounts to PartsTech and order from inside their shop management system.

Before

About 4 extra minutes per job phoning or logging into suppliers: 15 jobs x 22 days = 22 hours a month

After

One search shows price and stock from all 3 suppliers; about 22 hours a month saved

What it's worth

About $572£430€512A$826C$809 a month saved (22 hours a month at $26£20€23A$38C$37 an hour for advisor time). PartsTech Free does this; Plus is $45£34€40A$65C$64 a month billed annually or $50£38€45A$72C$71 monthly if you also want tire quoting and custom jobs.

How to set it up

  1. Sign up for PartsTech Free and connect each wholesale supplier account you already use.
  2. Link PartsTech to your shop management system so ordered parts land on the repair order.
  3. Search by plate or VIN first to cut wrong-part returns.
  4. Check the part and price on the repair order before the estimate goes out; the service advisor approves every estimate.

What goes wrong

  • PartsTech shows your suppliers' prices; it doesn't replace the account terms or delivery runs you've agreed with them.
  • Tire suppliers beyond the in-network list need Plus ($45£34€40A$65C$64 a month annually).
  • User permissions and controls are only on Complete ($85£64€76A$123C$120 a month annually); on Free anyone with a login can order.

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Last updated October 18, 2026.