In today’s fast-moving automotive industry, efficiency, transparency and digital processes are the keys to success for any repair shop. One piece of software that acts as the central nervous system of the business is CATAMA. While the software is a comprehensive workshop management system, its particular strengths lie in invoicing. CATAMA is far more than a simple automotive invoicing program – it is an intelligent solution that masters every facet of invoicing and analysis.
Flexible invoicing for every kind of transaction
One of CATAMA’s greatest strengths is its ability to create and manage a wide variety of invoice types effortlessly. This gives workshops the flexibility they need to map all their internal and external processes cleanly.
- External invoices: the classic case – the invoice to the customer – is produced quickly and professionally. All line items, from spare parts through labour values to third-party services, are listed clearly.
- Internal invoices: internal invoices are indispensable for preparing used vehicles or charging services between departments. CATAMA makes it possible to document these transactions cleanly and allocate the costs precisely, without triggering an external payment.
- Warranty invoices: handling warranty claims with manufacturers has its own rules and requirements. CATAMA supports the creation of warranty invoices in line with the specific requirements, which considerably simplifies the process and minimises the error rate.
Digitalisation and connectivity: ready for the future
CATAMA makes sure your workshop is well equipped for the digital requirements of today and tomorrow. Two key functions stand out here in particular:
DATEV export
The integrated DATEV interface makes working with your tax adviser child’s play. Instead of handing over documents manually, all the relevant accounting data can be exported in a few clicks and transmitted digitally to the tax office. That saves time, avoids transfer errors and makes for efficient, friction-free bookkeeping.
E-invoices (ZUGFeRD and XRechnung)
More and more companies, and public sector clients above all, require invoices in electronic format. That is no problem with CATAMA. The software produces e-invoices containing both a human-readable PDF file and a machine-readable XML data set. This meets the common standards such as ZUGFeRD and XRechnung and ensures your invoices can be processed automatically by all modern systems.
Deep insight through powerful analysis
What use is the best data if you cannot analyse it? CATAMA turns your business data into valuable knowledge and offers powerful tools for analysing and steering your business.
- Revenue and profit reports: keep an eye on the financial health of your business at all times. Detailed revenue and profit reports show you at a glance how your business is developing and where the greatest returns are being made.
- Gross margin analysis: go a step deeper and analyse the gross margin per job, per customer or per period. That way you quickly see which jobs are particularly profitable and where margins may need to be improved.
- Analysis of labour values and efficiency reports: perhaps the most valuable resource in a workshop is the mechanics’ time. CATAMA allows you to analyse labour values specifically. Produce efficiency reports to see how productively individual employees or the whole team are working. Identify strengths, uncover training needs and optimise your workshop’s capacity utilisation on the basis of hard facts.
Conclusion: more than just an invoicing program
CATAMA demonstrates impressively that a modern automotive invoicing program has to go far beyond simply writing invoices. Through the combination of flexible invoicing, future-proof digital interfaces and in-depth analysis, the software becomes a strategic partner for any repair shop that values efficiency, transparency and data-driven decisions. Anyone wanting to lead their business successfully into the future will find CATAMA an indispensable tool.
