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Bay View

A live planning board for bays, technicians, unassigned jobs, parts due, and project parking.

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Bay View turns the whiteboard into a live planning surface. Leads and advisors can see what each bay is doing, move work into place, notice parts pressure, and keep long-running project jobs visible without hijacking today's service flow.

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Drag a job into a bay
Wed, 8 Jul 2026
Unassigned14
Ford Ranger1RNG875...
Body alignment check
Project recommissioning
Wait
2.0h
Mazda CX-51MAZ482...
Essentials Service
Tyre rotation
3pm
1.3h
Audi Q51AUD905...
Diagnostic scan
Oil leak check
4pm
1.8h
Toyota Corolla1COR612...
Logbook Service
Battery test
3pm
1.6h
Mitsubishi Triton1TRI440...
Brake shudder check
Wheel alignment
4pm
2.2h
Subaru Forester1FOR882...
Cooling system check
Road test
3pm
1.4h
Nissan Navara1NAV204...
Service inspection
Fuel filter
4pm
1.7h
Suzuki Swift1SWF116...
Essentials Service
Wiper blades
3pm
1.1h
Kia Cerato1CER703...
Noise diagnosis
Front suspension
Wait
1.9h
Nissan Patrol1PAT099...
Tow check
Transmission service
4pm
2.4h
Toyota RAV41RAV430...
Hybrid health check
Cabin filter
3pm
1.5h
Holden Commodore1COM226...
Oil leak check
Rear brakes
4pm
2.0h
Nissan X-Trail1XTR517...
Safety Check
Tyre rotation
3pm
1.3h
Isuzu D-MAX1DMX842...
Fleet service
Front pads
4pm
1.8h
Bay 1Charlie Walsh4.4h
Subaru Outback1OUT289...
Safety Check
Essentials Plus Service
In progress0.4/1.2h
Bay 2Dylan Park3.0h
Toyota HiLux1HIL204...
Safety Check
Front Brake Service
Paused0.8/1.5h
Bay 3Joey Nguyen4.7h
Kia SportageSHOPUTE...
Safety Check
Logbook Service
3pm
2.0h
In Review1
Kia Sportage1SPT321...
Safety Check
21
Essentials Service
In Review1.2h
Who it helps

Less guesswork. More live view.

Technicians

Gets clearer bay assignment and next-work context.

Service advisors

Sequences work and answers status questions without doing laps of the workshop.

Owners

Sees bottlenecks and unused capacity before the day is gone.

Customers

Gets better completion estimates because the workshop can see the real queue.

What Openhood does

  • Gets clearer bay assignment and next-work context.
  • Sequences work and answers status questions without doing laps of the workshop.
  • Sees bottlenecks and unused capacity before the day is gone.

What it doesn’t do

  • Bay scheduling is a planning surface, appointments don't create labour, invoices, or customer commitments by themselves.
  • The exact board layout is under active improvement, so treat it as a live planning view rather than a fixed grid.
FAQ

Questions workshops ask about bay view

What is Bay View in Openhood?

Bay View turns the whiteboard into a live planning surface. Leads and advisors can see what each bay is doing, move work into place, notice parts pressure, and keep long-running project jobs visible without hijacking today's service flow.

What does Bay View replace?

It replaces guesswork with live view.

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Connected Openhood workflows

Live Repair Orders

One live repair order carries the job from booking to pickup.

Booking Diary and Calendar Capacity

Bookings, operating hours, closures, breaks, and capacity live in the same planning system.

Digital Job Cards

Job cards, tasks, labour, parts, pause/resume, and review states replace the paper card.

See it on a real workshop.

Spin up a production-shaped Openhood demo and run the workflow end to end, or talk to the team about getting your workshop set up.

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