Software for OPE dealers
Commander software has a rich history in the outdoor power equipment industry. Choose great tools to drive your parts department with software designed specifically for OPE dealers, complete with ARI PartSmart EPC integration and web-based parts price updating.
- Briggs & Stratton
- Kohler
- Stihl
- Toro
- Honda
- + hundreds more
accurate pricing
Built specifically for the OPE industry
One system for parts, service, sales, and accounting, with complete price books for Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Stihl, Toro, Honda, and hundreds more OPE vendors.
Complete parts & pricing control
Web-based price updates and ARI PartSmart EPC integration across 600+ vendors keep you selling at accurate, current prices.
Streamlined sales & accounting
From the sales calculator to automatic QuickBooks posting, paperwork and data entry disappear.
Every department, covered
What you'll gain in each department. Select one to see everything Commander does for your OPE dealership.
Parts inventory
Commander keeps your parts prices up to date for Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Stihl, Simplicity, MTD, Echo, Toro, Honda, Cub Cadet, Oregon, Walbro, Zama, and many more. Complete price catalogs with every available OPE vendor part number are stored on your computer; just add quantities to indicate stocking items. A Cross Reference feature shows items you might substitute, with comparative pricing.
Point of sale
Invoices and quotes are quick and easy, with barcode functionality included and Cross Reference drilling down on alternate part numbers. Many OPE dealers try to make QuickBooks work for parts and service sales, but it wasn't designed for controlling inventory and writing invoices at an OPE dealer. With Commander, entire price books for OEMs are preloaded and prices stay current automatically.
Vendors kept current
- Briggs & Stratton
- Kohler
- Stihl
- Simplicity
- MTD
- Echo
- Toro
- Honda
- Cub Cadet
- Oregon
- Walbro
- Zama
- + many more
Inventory tools
- Cost your inventory by Last or Average Cost
- 10 selling price fields available for each part number
- Displays bin locations
- Part numbers can be linked to vendor, alternate, and UPC part numbers
- Cross references and price comparisons between specific vendors
- Lookup parts by complete or partial number, description, UPC, vendor, or alternate part number, using your keyboard or any barcode scanner
Point of sale features
- Interfaces to major EPC catalogs like ARI PartSmart, transferring part numbers to invoices and ROs without manual entry
- Special order parts automatically sent to a “PO” pad
- Processes credit card transactions directly from the checkout screen, retiring the old dial-up processor and stapled receipts
- Email invoices and quotes to customers
- Prints to narrow thermal paper or your favorite laser printer
- Takes multiple payment types on one invoice: cash, credit card, check, gift cards
- Handles layaway sales
- Easily creates POs for special order parts and transmits orders directly to most vendors
- Integrates with web-based credit card processing via X-Charge
- Stores invoice history for all customers
- Bar code processing software included
- Customized parts pricing for personalized, unique selling prices
- Calculates and recalls individual customer discounts
- Stores multiple customer and unit pictures
- Supports every possible sales tax situation, even unusual or complex ones
Parts price changes
Parts prices continuously change, and Commander keeps them current automatically through web-based updating. Don't see your vendor? Ask, and we'll show you a conversion utility to build custom price files yourself, or we'll convert it for you for a small fee.
- Commander updates over 400 vendors' part pricing via the internet
- Many vendors update prices monthly, so you're always current on cost and selling prices
- Complete price books contain not just your stocking items, but all available parts
- Cross reference files between popular vendors point toward compatible parts and often better pricing
EPC interface
A time-saving interface automatically transfers lists of parts from PartSmart and other EPC programs right over to a parts invoice or RO, saving considerable time and reducing transposed part numbers.
Ordering parts
Commander checks stock when an invoice or RO is created, and required parts not in stock get automatically pushed to a PO list. Review the daily PO list, mark parts to order, and Commander moves them to your vendor's electronic purchase order without manual re-typing. A Minimum/Maximum feature for each part keeps inventory replenished without manually walking the bins.
- Automatic PO management for special orders
- Electronic vendor order placement
- Automatically increments stocked quantities as parts are received
- Prints barcode labels for parts as they're received
- Generates special order reports highlighting customers who need to be called for pickup
- Suggests stock orders based on min/max levels, or orders parts that sell seasonally
Barcode scanning & printing
Many parts and accessories already have a UPC code or barcode, making scanning a must-have feature. Commander's barcode software is built in, so you scan instead of typing every item individually, dramatically reducing invoice and repair order time. For items without barcodes, Commander automatically prints barcodes when items are received into stock.
Repair orders
Commander's Repair Order function gives your power equipment business precise control over key information: repair order service history, special orders, and technician labor times. Repair orders get broken down by job, subtotaling parts and labor by job on the mower or equipment being serviced, making it easier for customers to understand and approve or decline suggested work.
No more handwritten ROs
Commander does away with messy handwritten repair orders. It interfaces with ARI PartSmart, Honda iN, Snap-On, and Stihl. Create a pick list in PartSmart and watch it electronically transfer directly into your RO, without ever manually entering part numbers.
Repair order tools
- Tracks repair estimates and parts orders for each customer and each unit
- More than one technician can be assigned to a job
- Multiple labor rates for individual repairs or different technicians
- “Duplicate RO” function copies a previous RO (potentially hundreds of lines) for today's job with the same or similar parts and labor
- Controls and tracks warranty claims
- Creates OEM warranty reports
Measure productivity
- Tracks actual mechanic time for a job and compares it to invoiced time
- Produces reports charting the status of current estimates and repair orders
- Managing the mechanic's service schedule keeps them busier
Improved workflow
- Standard labor codes quickly and effortlessly create ROs
- Non-stocked parts automatically get pushed to the vendor PO pad
- Customers receive quotes and RO copies directly from Commander via email
- Credit cards processed directly from the checkout screen to a web-based merchant processor, X-Charge
- Parts on any RO located by number, partial number, description, UPC code, vendor number, or alternate part number
- Attach as many photos of the mower or equipment as desired, directly to any customer or stocked unit
- Easily create profitability and variable reports
Price and cross reference
Parts pricing is kept current for Briggs, Kohler, Toro, Cub Cadet, Honda, Kawasaki, Simplicity, Echo, and 600 other vendors. Cross Reference shows substitutable items with comparative pricing for participating vendors.
- Price book databases available for 600 vendors, updated via the web
- Cross Reference between specific vendors suggests alternate parts for the application
- Comparative parts pricing shown between certain vendors
Interface to EPC (ARI PartSmart)
Mark a list of parts in your EPC program and push them directly to your RO, with no manual typing of part numbers.
- ARI PartSmart
- Honda iN
- Snap-On
- Stihl
- Create a pick list to export to Commander
- Find all models/components where a part is used
- Searchable by part number, model number, part description, and year
- View supplier notes and bulletins
- Print illustrations and parts lists
Equipment sales tool
Commander tracks and manages your new and used equipment inventory, and if your customer wants to finance their purchase, it's also a tool for precise payment calculations and forms printing. The sales calculator crunches the numbers as you work the deal. Once terms are reached, the sale uploads to the Commander Forms Generator, where all required forms are printed, no more hand-writing or typing.
Add the sales calculator
Add the Sales Calculator to your Commander software by purchasing a license, then downloading and installing. Launch it from Commander when you sell equipment.
Work the deal
- Roll the payment, change the down payment, and make payment comparisons as you finalize the sale
- Arrive at the monthly payment based on the selected APR, agreed-upon loan term, and other variables
- A “Deal Summary” tab calculates and displays profit on the deal before it's completed
Forms printing
When a sale is finalized, all necessary forms are ready to print. Equipment sale and financing information export to the Forms Generator, and forms are automatically filled out and printed.
- Forms customized for your dealership: state forms, purchase agreements, bank contracts, warranties, insurance verification forms, invoices, and more. If the one you need isn't already in our library, we'll program and add it to your system
How QuickBooks and Commander work together
Keep using QuickBooks for the finances of your OPE business (receivables, payables, general ledger, payroll), replacing QuickBooks inventory and invoicing with Commander. QuickBooks' inventory system is weak and not designed for an OPE dealer; Commander provides much-improved inventory and invoicing capability.
Automatic posting to QuickBooks
Commander connects to QuickBooks and pushes sales transactions created on the Commander side to QuickBooks accounting, without manual key entry. The interface moves Commander invoice detail into QuickBooks, eliminating manual posting of parts invoices, ROs, and sales invoices.
Managing inventory better for OPE dealers
- Commander keeps complete parts books for Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Toro, Cub Cadet, Honda, Mahindra, Kawasaki, Kioti, Simplicity, Echo, and more right on your computer, no manually entering new parts when special ordering
- Unlike QuickBooks, Commander allows unlimited inventory items, storing all part numbers available for all your OPE suppliers
- Parts pricing is automatically kept current over the internet, no manual price changes
- Integrates with ARI PartSmart EPC, automatically transferring pick lists from ARI to Commander
- Direct electronic PO uploading to vendor websites available for many vendors
- Corrects all the QuickBooks problems associated with inventory and POS functions
Solving QB problems
QuickBooks also has no Flat Rate Labor guides integrated with POS and RO billing.
Challenges Commander can solve
Sound familiar? These are the everyday problems Commander was built to fix.
Solved with Commander- Parts prices go stale the moment you print a catalog
- Repair orders get lost in handwriting and tedious paperwork
- QuickBooks can't handle hundreds of OPE vendor price books
- Special orders slip through the cracks
- Techs waste time hunting for part numbers by hand
- Sales paperwork takes longer than the sale itself
Built around how OPE dealers operate
Commander combines deep EPC integrations, automatic pricing across 600+ vendors, and a QuickBooks-friendly accounting workflow into one system, so nothing about your operation has to bend to fit generic software.
- Automatic pricing updates
- EPC integration
- QuickBooks sync
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