Body shop production board so you know where every car is.
Every vehicle, every stage, every deadline on one kanban-style board: define your own production stages, track promised dates against internal targets, and see colour-coded warnings before a promise slips.
No credit card needed to start. Cancel any time.
One shared picture
The whole team can see what is in the shop and where it stands, without walking the floor or asking around.
Promises stop living in one head
The client-ready date and the internal workshop target sit on the job, visible to everyone who needs them.
Late jobs surface early
Approaching and overdue work is flagged in colour, so you can re-prioritise while there is still time to fix it.
Every job on one board
Every active vehicle appears on a kanban-style board grouped by production stage, and moves across as the work progresses.
- See every active vehicle grouped by production stage.
- Workshop status at a glance, without walking the floor.
- Jobs move as work progresses, so the board reflects reality.
Stages that match your floor
Define your own production stages instead of forcing your process into someone else's fixed workflow.
- Strip & assemble, panel, paint, polish, quality check, your call.
- Rename and reorder stages to mirror how you actually work.
- Stages stay consistent across the board and job card views.
Promised dates vs workshop targets
Each job carries the client-ready date you gave the customer and an internal workshop target, with a configurable gap so the floor finishes before the promise falls due.
- Two dates per job: the customer promise and the internal target.
- Default dates calculated in business days, weekends excluded.
- Set them when a quote converts to a job card, or add them later.
Colour-coded warnings
Jobs approaching their target date are highlighted before they become a problem, and anything overdue stands out in red.
- Approaching jobs highlighted ahead of the target date.
- Overdue jobs in red on the board and on job card lists.
- Warning window configurable to the notice your team needs.
How it runs
How production planning stays ahead of promises
Define your production stages
Set up the stages your floor actually uses and the order vehicles move through them.
Set dates when work is approved
Capture the promised client-ready date and internal workshop target when a quote converts, or add them later.
Track jobs across the board
Move jobs through stages as work progresses and keep the whole team looking at the same live picture.
Act on warnings before promises slip
Use colour-coded approaching and overdue indicators to re-prioritise work while there is still time.
In detail
Body Shop Production Board & Target Date capabilities
Your production stages
- Define your own production stages, for example strip & assemble, panel, paint, polish, and quality check.
- Rename and reorder stages so the board mirrors how your workshop actually works.
- No forcing your process into someone else's fixed workflow.
- Stages stay consistent across the board and your job card views.
Promise and target dates
- Track two dates per job: the client-ready date you promise the customer and an internal workshop target.
- Set a configurable gap between them so the floor finishes before the promise falls due.
- Set dates when a quote converts to a job card, or add them later.
- Keep delivery promises visible to everyone instead of living in one person's head.
Business-day date logic
- Default target dates are calculated in business days, not calendar days.
- Exclude Saturdays and Sundays from date calculations, configurable to suit your hours.
- Set sensible default lead times once and let new jobs inherit them.
- Adjust any individual job's dates whenever plans change.
Tracking on the board
- See every active vehicle on a kanban-style board, grouped by production stage.
- Get workshop status at a glance without walking the floor or asking around.
- Jobs move across the board as work progresses, so the board always reflects reality.
- Give the whole team one shared picture of what is in the shop and where it stands.
- Run the board on the same job cards your team already uses, with no duplicate capture.
Warnings before dates slip
- Jobs approaching their target date are highlighted before they become a problem.
- Overdue jobs stand out in red on the board and on your job card lists.
- Configure the warning window to match how much notice your team needs.
- Act on at-risk promises before the customer has to call and ask.
- Keep production visible and deadlines honest, from approved quote to collection day.
FAQ
Body Shop Production Board & Target Date FAQs
The questions body shops ask most often about this part of PanelDesk.
Yes. You define, rename, and reorder your own stages, such as strip & assemble, panel, paint, and polish, so the board matches how your workshop actually flows.
Yes. Each job can carry a client-ready date you promise the customer and an internal workshop target date, with a configurable gap so the floor finishes ahead of the promise.
Default date calculations work in business days and can exclude Saturdays and Sundays, so targets reflect days you actually work.
Yes. Approaching and overdue jobs are colour-coded on your job card lists as well, with a configurable warning window.
No. The board sits on top of your job cards as a live view of the same jobs, so there is no duplicate capture to keep in sync.
Next in the workflow
See your whole workshop on one board
Thirty days free, no credit card, and production stages, target dates, and overdue warnings running on the jobs you already manage.