Every auto repair shop owner knows the feeling. A customer needs a brake job, and suddenly you are hunting down pads, rotors, hardware kits, and sensors across multiple supplier websites. Each part is a separate search, a separate comparison, and a separate headache. What if you could pull every part for the entire job in a single click?
What Is Job-Based Searching?
PartsTech built their job-based searching feature to match the way technicians actually think. Instead of searching for individual part numbers one at a time, you select the repair job. brakes, timing belt, water pump replacement, whatever the vehicle needs. and PartsTech automatically identifies every component required for that repair.
One click. Every part. From over 225 suppliers across 30,000+ locations, with real-time availability and your actual wholesale pricing displayed side by side.
It sounds simple because it is. But the time savings are anything but small.
The Real Cost of Searching Part by Part
Think about a typical day in your shop. A standard brake job might need four or five different parts. A timing belt service could require a dozen components. When your service advisor is searching for each one individually. calling suppliers, checking websites, comparing prices. those minutes add up fast.
Shops report spending 15 to 30 minutes per repair order just sourcing parts the old way. Across a full day of jobs, that is easily 2 to 3 hours of lost productivity. That is time your team could spend turning wrenches, talking to customers, or running a more profitable operation.
How It Works in Practice
Here is what job-based searching looks like in a real shop workflow. A 2019 Honda CR-V comes in for a front brake service. Your advisor selects the vehicle, picks "front brake replacement" as the job, and PartsTech pulls up every part needed. pads, rotors, hardware, sensors. all in one results screen.
From there, you compare options across suppliers, pick the brands and price points that work for your shop, and drop everything into your repair order. PartsTech integrates with over 35 shop management systems including Tekmetric, Mitchell 1, Shop-Ware, and Shopmonkey, so those parts flow directly into your estimate without any copy-pasting.
Gomez Auto Repair saw their estimate creation time drop from 20–30 minutes down to just 5–10 minutes after adopting PartsTech. That translated to 2–3 hours saved every day and a 20 percent increase in monthly parts orders. When you are not wasting time sourcing, you are closing more jobs.
Pair Efficiency With Smarter Payment Processing
Finding parts faster is one piece of the puzzle. The other is making sure more of each repair's revenue stays in your pocket. Many shop owners do not realize how much they lose to credit card processing fees every month. Owners exploring dual-pricing guidance for repair businesses often pair operational improvements like PartsTech with payment-side wins to put real money back on the bottom line.
Get Started for Free
PartsTech offers a free plan that includes access to 175+ parts suppliers, unlimited searches, full interactive vehicle diagrams, and unlimited users. no credit card required. With over 30,000 shops already on the platform and 5,000+ brands available, job-based searching is quickly becoming the standard for how modern repair shops source parts.
Stop wasting hours searching for parts one at a time. Let the job do the searching for you.