Spot unprofitable job types in under 5 minutes and recover an average of 8% in lost parts margin.
~2 hrs
Saved / wk
Medium
Setup
No AI
AI
Pull your parts purchases and labor revenue from QuickBooks Online into Metabase (a reporting tool that turns raw data into charts) so you can see your real profit margin per job type every day. Most auto shops lose money on parts markups without knowing it. This dashboard shows you exactly where your money goes.
~2 hrs
Saved / Week
Some setup required
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Connect QuickBooks Online to Metabase using the built-in database sync
Step 2: Create a Metabase question (query) that pulls parts costs and labor revenue by job category
Step 3: Build a dashboard in Metabase showing gross profit per job type
Step 4: Set Metabase to email you the dashboard summary every Monday morning
Step 5: Review weekly and flag any job type where parts cost exceeds 40% of the invoice total
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