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Booking Diary and Calendar Capacity

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

The diary helps advisors book work against real workshop capacity: operating hours, public holidays, manual closures, weekly schedule options, due-in expectations, and bay load all shape the day before it gets away.

Live bay view

4 bays · 3 active jobs

Live
Bay 1
Charlie
1.6h
Toyota Hilux SR51ABC234
Pre-service inspection11
Brake service, front pads + rotor machine
Final QC
Charlie1.6 / 2.5h
Bay 2
Dylan
2.4h
Ford Ranger XLT8RXR12
150k major service
Coolant flush
Dylan2.4 / 2.0h
Bay 3
Joey
0.8h
Toyota Kluger HybridTK4 219
Replace front lower control arm
Joey0.8 / 1.5h
Bay 4
No technician
0.0h
Available
Who it helps

Less overbooking. More realistic days.

Technicians

Starts the day with fewer surprise overloads and unclear priorities.

Service advisors

Sets better drop-off and completion expectations while booking the job.

Owners

Controls the operating rhythm without relying on a fragile spreadsheet.

Customers

Gets a booking promise that better matches actual workshop capacity.

What Openhood does

  • Sets better drop-off and completion expectations while booking the job.
  • Controls the operating rhythm without relying on a fragile spreadsheet.

What it doesn’t do

  • Forward bookings are capacity commitments, not hour-by-hour appointment slots.
  • Customer-facing online availability is held until the booking surface uses it; today the diary is an internal planning tool.
FAQ

Questions workshops ask about booking diary and calendar capacity

What is Booking Diary and Calendar Capacity in Openhood?

The diary helps advisors book work against real workshop capacity: operating hours, public holidays, manual closures, weekly schedule options, due-in expectations, and bay load all shape the day before it gets away.

What does Booking Diary and Calendar Capacity replace?

It replaces overbooking with realistic days.

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.