Customer Story
Speedy Motors
Cape Town · Independent auto workshop · 8 technicians
The challenge
Running 8 technicians on WhatsApp groups and paper job cards.
Before B Mobile, Speedy Motors tracked every repair job on paper cards and coordinated their team of eight technicians using WhatsApp groups. Job statuses were unclear, invoices were generated manually in Word, and customers had no way to check progress without calling. Owner Thabo needed a system that worked the way his workshop worked — not the way enterprise software expected it to.
No real-time visibility of job status across technicians
Invoices created manually — slow, inconsistent, and error-prone
Customers calling constantly for progress updates
VAT calculations done by hand on every invoice
The switch to B Mobile.
After evaluating their options, Speedy Motors chose B Mobile because it was built for the way South African workshops actually operate — not adapted from a foreign product with VAT rates bolted on. Onboarding took less than a day. The team loaded their vehicle registry, set up job card templates for their most common repair types, and started using the system from the first morning. Within two weeks, every technician was working from a digital job card. Invoices were being generated in seconds. And the customer portal link was going out with every job confirmation.
The outcome
From paper cards to a fully managed workshop.
50% less admin time
Job cards, invoices, and quotes now generated in the system — no more manual Word documents or paper trails.
Zero missed VAT calculations
Every invoice applies the correct 15% VAT rate automatically. SARS-ready from day one.
Customers stop calling
Portal links sent with every job card mean customers check progress themselves — the workshop phone rings less.
Features in use
The B Mobile tools Speedy Motors relies on every day.
digital job cards — one per vehicle, assigned to technicians, status tracked in real time
VAT-compliant invoices — generated directly from job card data
Quotes — sent to customers before work begins for upfront approval
Customer Portal — each customer gets a link to track their vehicle without calling
Vehicles — full service history retained per registration number
Appointments — bookings managed without double-ups or missed slots