AutoSense V2

AutoSense V2, a Comprehensive, Low Cost, Outsourced, in the Cloud BI solution

AutoSense V2 is designed for customers who do not wish to invest in their own BI infrastructure and tools but require comprehensive analytics and reporting capabilities to support operational efficiency and management information needs.

AutoSense vs AutoSenseV2

AutoSense delivers a full BI solution with a central data warehouse, typically suited for larger clients with existing infrastructure. In V2, reusable cloud-based Power BI datasets replace this, requiring customers only to provide source files while all other management is taken care of.

Cloud based

AutoSenseV2 offers cloud-based access to reports and dashboards via Power BI. You can host your own Power BI Tenant or let us manage it, so no specialised skills are required. Simply supply the data, and we'll load our models and publish dashboards and reports in Power BI in the cloud.

Outsourced

Our offering is outsourced, once again to minimize costly setup fees. Let us take out the hassle of managing your BI solution. Costing is done per user per month so you know the exact cost of your solution.

Scalability and Centralisation

AutosenseV2 supports organisations of ANY SIZE, consolidating data into Power BI datasets for versatile analytics. Users are enabled and encouraged to build their own custom reports and dashboards on these datasets.

Industry Focus

AutosenseV2 generic datasets and dashboard are designed for automotive dealerships, groups, and materials handling equipment companies, but many models are easy adaptable to other industries.

Reporting and Insight

AutoSenseV2 delivers reports and dashboards designed for a wide spectrum of users, including owners, C-suite executives, dealer principals, department managers, and operational staff such as service advisor, debtors clerks, technicians etc.

Rapid Deployment

With a comprehensive set of data models, reports, and dashboards, meaningful analysis can be delivered within short timelines. Customers can request model adjustments based on their specific data and requirements.

AutoSense V2 Architecture

AutoSense V2 Data Models & Dashboards

Autosense V2 offers predefined Data Models for quick dashboard deployment. Each dashboard can be customised to meet customer requirements based on available source system data.

Vehicle Stock

The vehicle stock dashboard tracks each vehicle's type (New, Used, or Demo), status from consignment to sale, make, model, value, age in stock, and key details like registration, colour, and specifications. Users can search inventory for specific vehicles.

Tracking vehicle age, category, and value helps efficiently manage stock levels.

Vehicle Sales

The vehicle sales model and dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of each transaction, tracking details such as sale type (Retail, Fleet, or Wholesale), sale status from enquiry through to completion, and essential information including buyer name, sales consultant, sale value, and date of sale. Users can easily filter and search sales records to find specific deals or trends. Monitoring sale types, performance, and values empowers organisations to optimise processes and achieve their targets efficiently.

Parts

The vehicle parts dashboard delivers a clear and actionable snapshot of parts inventory and transactions. It tracks stock levels by part number, category, and supplier, details the status of parts from receipt to sale, and highlights key metrics such as turnover rate, ageing, and stock value. Users can easily search for specific parts or filter by parameters such as location, movement history, or critical stock alerts. This empowers organisations to monitor inventory health, optimise ordering, and ensure parts availability for service and sales operations.

Service

The service department dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of service operations and workflow. It tracks each work order from booking to completion, detailing status, assigned technicians, service types, and key metrics such as turnaround times, labour hours & costs and parts used. Users can filter by vehicle, technician, date, or job type to quickly locate specific records or identify patterns. This enables organisations to optimise resource allocation, monitor service performance, and ensure high-quality customer service.

Work In Progress (WIP) open and closed to track yearly, monthly and daily progress.

Technicians

The Technicians dashboard gives a clear, real-time view of ongoing and completed jobs (work orders). It tracks each technician, showing current status, assigned person, labour hours used and Job Cost. Srvice managers and Technicians can filter jobs by vehicle, date, or job type to prioritise tasks and manage their workload efficiently. This helps streamline daily operations, improve time management, and support consistent, high-quality service delivery.

If the data is available Technicians complete hours for a period of time can be analysed e.g. Idle Time not on a WIP.

CRM

Our BI model and dashboard solution for CRM focuses on customers and their vehicles, as well as the vehicle sales pipeline. It addresses questions such as when vehicles are due for service and which vehicles belong to which customers. In the vehicle sales view, each sales executive's pipeline can be viewed and managed to optimize sales performance effectively.

Vehicle/Equipment Rental

For equipment handling customers, the Vehicle/Equipment Rental model highlights the financial performance of the rental department and provides daily updates on both short (STR)- and long-term (LTR) rentals. It focuses on rental profitability by reviewing vehicle maintenance costs alongside rental income. General rental operational questions like where and to who is my vehicle rented and what vehicle or equipmnet is available for rent is answered.