As we have seen, Vehicles are in the long term use and long-running machines. They need the services and sometimes replacement of the spare parts, which depends on the use case as well as wear and tear of the items. There is a vast number of companies, models, designs and customized models are available. This is the reason that the Automobile shop industry is evergreen and profitable. However, maintaining the inventory of Automobile shop parts, expenses and services are difficult for any business owner.
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Go to the left menu > at the top left corner click on “My Company” and add your company details. Like company LOGO, Company name, Contact Details, Business address, State, GSTIN number, etc.
If you want to track the party statement and need to have a particular report of the party then you need party details as common, particularly in the Automobile field you need vehicle number, Charcy number, and card number of the party for some free services and that needs to be mentioned in the invoices.
If you want to add the additional information of the party like Vehicle number,charcy number then you need to enable the Additional field by following this-
Go to the left menu > Settings > Party > enable the “additional fields” as required and party grouping as shown below-
Go to the left menu > Parties > Create a new party > Enter all party details > Click on SAVE button
There is one more way to add parties in bulk through Excel sheets.
Go to the left menu > Utilities > Import Parties
Download the Excel Template > reopen the saved excel format, enter all party details and save it
Now Open Vyapar, go to utilities > Import Parties > Click on the “Click here to browse” option > select the saved file from its location > Check the error on top > Click on the Import parties button > Click on OK
Now all the parties have been “Updated Successfully” in the Vyapar application.
You can send the payment reminder to your parties on SMS & WhatsApp by using payment reminder options –
Payment reminders will help you to maintain the business relation better and save time. It also helps to collect the money from the customers by informing them earlier.
Also, you have a total party balance in front of each party.
Amount in Red – You need to pay that much amount
Amount in Green – You need to collect the amount
Inventory management helps to ease tracking of sales/purchases of the items and Stock summary. You will also get the low stock report easily, which helps for future inventory management.
Go to the left menu > Settings > Items > Select What do you Sell as “Product/Services”. If you are having the items with the barcode. Then enable the barcode scanner option.
If you have a different item category then, Go to the left menu > Settings > Items > Enable Item category
Now again get back to the left menu > Items > Click on “Category” > Add category.
Select the option as per your requirement between product & service > fill the required details of products and services and SAVE
NOTE: here we would like to share that product/service images help to create your product catalog so do not forget to add the images while creating the products & services.
There is one more option to add Items in bulk, through excel.
Note: If you deal in both items and services. Then you need to import the services first and then import the items/ products.
To upload the services from excel, Go to the left menu > Utilities > Import Items > Download the excel template > Reopen the Excel > add all service details & Save > Again open Vyapar application > Utilities > Import Items > import the saved file by “click here to browse” option
IMPORTANT: Now you will see the services are there in the product list now you have to send them to the services by following this-
Go to the left menu > Settings > Items > Select the “What do you sell” as Service. Click on “Confirm”. > again select the “What do you sell” as Product/Service. So that you can import items/ products now by the import items option.
It helps to build your business marketing and popularity. It is a very easy way to Send the product catalog so that the end-user can get the estimate in short and also he can place the order from the online store Link.
Go to the left menu > My Online Store > Click on the “Create Online Store” button > Select the items you want to show on the “My Online Store”, Share the link with your clients or customers through any social media channel like WhatsApp, email, Instagram, etc.
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You can create any transaction from the given list-
Let’s start with an example of how to create the “Sale Invoice”
Note: before creating the sale invoice, If you need to add the manager name, mechanic name, KM’s run by vehicle, next service date
Go to the left menu > Settings > transactions > Additional fields > Select the additional field from the transactional additional fields-(IMAGE 15) Or (GIF 01)
Go to the left menu > Sale > Add your first Sale Invoice. Enter the details like:
1. Select the sale type. cash sale or credit sale? at the top left corner
2. Enter/Select the party
3. Select the Items > Add tax details > enter all required details > click on “Save” button
Payments are very important in business that is why the correct recording of payments is very much required to avoid unwanted disputes. Vyapar helps you to manage payments easily and gives a track of them-
Go to the left menu > Sales/Purchase > Payment-in/Payment-out > Party name > Received/Paid amount > Click on “Save” button.
You can also link your payments with your transactions in the case of advance received or pending. Enable it from Settings > Transactions > “Link payment to invoices”
Go to the left menu > Reports
For any business, maintaining inventory is important along with accounting. So accounting is also one part of the business. Here you will get all your business records. Like Sales, purchases, all transactions, cash flow, balance sheet, party statement, all party records, inventory or Stock reports, etc. all these and many more reports are available in the Vyapar application.
There is one more thing to say, here you will get the GST reports in Excel format. You can take that excel report and after converting that file into a JSON file with the help of a free utility tool from the GST portal. After the conversion, you can upload the JSON files for filing GST on the GST portal.
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