Dashboard
Daily performance snapshot
Parts added, sold, and revenue today — plus quick actions to add a vehicle, add a part, create an invoice, or scan a tag.
Case study · Auto salvage
YardReplace spreadsheet chaos with a tablet your yard learns in minutes.
Yard is a custom management system for a US auto salvage operation — built to replace legacy Checkmate complexity with a fast PWA: scan a VIN, add a part, print a tag, and ring up an invoice from one tablet.
RoleDesigned & buildingClientUS auto salvage yardStatusIn build — Phase 1
In build
24
Screens across 3 phases
6–8 wks
Full delivery timeline
PWA
Tablet-first, works offline
18
Screens in Phase 1 MVP
The challenge
Checkmate is powerful. Your yard team needs simple.
A US auto salvage yard was running inventory, interchange lookups, tag printing, and invoicing through a legacy system built for power users — not yard workers on tablets. Orders of parts arrived in every format imaginable. Staff re-typed VINs, hunted for compatibility by hand, and printed tags through a workflow nobody could learn in an afternoon. The goal: input inventory fast, print tags instantly, look up part compatibility, create invoices, and track customers — all from a tablet, with zero technical training.
Product screens
Designed for the yard floor — not the boardroom.
Large touch targets, minimal typing, and flows built for speed on a tablet in a salvage yard.
Add part
Seven-step tablet flow
Icon grid for part types, condition grades, yard zone, camera photos — then save and print a thermal tag in one tap.
POS / Invoice
Scan-to-sell checkout
Scan a part tag, add line items, apply tax and warranty, and finalize with cash, card, or on-account payment.
What we're building
One platform — vehicle to invoice.
Phase 1 replaces core Checkmate functionality with a dramatically simpler interface your team can run on day one.
Dashboard
Today's snapshot: parts added, sold, revenue, inventory value, and a live activity feed with quick-action buttons.
Vehicle management
VIN scanner via tablet camera → auto-fills year, make, model via NHTSA. Track status, photos, and every part pulled.
Parts inventory
Search, filter, barcode scan lookup, and a fast add flow with icon-grid part types and thermal tag printing.
Customer management
Walk-in, repair shop, wholesale, and insurance customers — purchase history, lifetime spend, and one-tap invoice creation.
Invoicing & POS
Scan tag → line items → tax → warranty → payment. Draft, finalize, print, and track paid/unpaid/overdue.
Settings & auth
PIN-based tablet login for yard workers, thermal printer setup, yard zones, tag templates, and role-based access.
Phased delivery
Three lean phases — working software early.
Phase 1 gives the yard a fully working system in 3–4 weeks. Each phase layers capability without disrupting daily operations.
Phase 1
Core platform (MVP)
Dashboard, vehicles, parts inventory with scan & print, customers, invoicing/POS, settings, and PIN login — everything needed on day one.
3–4 weeks18 screens
Phase 2
Interchange integration
Hollander or Partly API — lookup compatible vehicles, highlight in-stock matches, and print compatible year ranges on tags.
1–2 weeks2 screens
Phase 3
Reports & advanced
Sales, inventory aging, and customer reports. Returns & credit memos. Bulk tag printing, status changes, and CSV export.
1–2 weeks4 screens
Under the hood
Built to run on the yard floor.
A Progressive Web App that runs in the browser like a native app on any tablet — with offline support for critical tasks and thermal printer integration.
Frontend
- Next.js (React)
- PWA
- Tablet-optimized UX
Backend
- NestJS
- REST API
Data & integrations
- PostgreSQL
- NHTSA vPIC (VIN decode)
Hardware
- Thermal printers (Zebra/Brother)
- Bluetooth & Wi-Fi
- DigitalOcean / AWS
Let's talk
Need operations software your team can actually use?
Tell us the workflow or industry on your mind. We'll come back with a scoped plan, timeline, and price — usually within a day.
Operations Teardown
Duration: 3 days
Price:$750 USD
Three workflows you name at kickoff — not the whole business.
If the problem is bigger than three workflows, we'll point you to the full Operations Audit ($2,500).
You get: Workflow map for those three processes, Editable ROI model on those three, Backlog up to five items, cost-banded
Every teardown includes at least one thing we tell you not to build.
You own every artifact, whether or not you build with us.
The same team that scopes your work stays through launch — not a handoff to a ticket queue.