Guides for whoever runs the floor.

Plain answers to the questions shop owners ask about running the floor: replacing the whiteboard, tracking every car, putting the board on the shop TV and choosing software for your trade.

• Digital whiteboard for auto repair and body shops

  What the shop whiteboard gets right, why it stops being true by Thursday, and what a digital board has to show before a crew will trust it: cars, stages, waits and late work.

• How to track every car in a body shop without walking the floor

  A practical way to know where every car in a collision shop is, what it is waiting for and which one is late: stages that match the repair, parts split by phase, and one board everyone reads.

• How to put your job board on the shop TV

  Why a TV on the shop wall beats a whiteboard and a screen at the desk, what it should show (and what it should not), and how to set one up with Carvikon in a few minutes.

• Software for wrap, tint and PPF shops: what to look for

  What a vinyl wrap, window tint or paint protection film shop actually needs from software: bookings weeks out, film on order, curing bays, proofs and deposits, and a customer who can see the car before they commit.