smoods automotive offers a cloud‑native, browser‑based platform that consolidates vehicle intake, parts disassembly, inventory management, CRM, point‑of‑sale, and financial accounting for automotive dismantling and recycling operators. The system automates data capture from KBA and Audatex, provides real‑time KPI dashboards, and exports Catena‑X‑compatible circular‑economy data, all accessible from any internet‑connected device.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Auto‑recycling facilities often rely on disparate spreadsheets, paper forms, and siloed legacy systems to manage vehicle intake, parts disassembly, inventory, and regulatory reporting. This fragmented workflow leads to data entry errors, inefficient resource allocation, and limited visibility into circular‑economy metrics required for compliance and market participation.
Solution
smoods automotive delivers a cloud‑native, browser‑based platform that unifies the entire dismantling and recycling value chain. The system captures vehicle data directly from KBA databases, automates parts identification using Audatex master data, and synchronizes inventory, CRM, POS, and financial accounting in real time. All modules are accessible from any internet‑connected device—desktop, tablet, or smartphone—eliminating media breaks and enabling remote collaboration. Integrated analytics generate KPI dashboards and exportable reports, while a dedicated Catena‑X connector prepares standardized data for circular‑economy exchanges. Hosted on redundant German data centers with automated backup and recovery, the solution ensures high availability and data integrity without on‑premise infrastructure.
Target Audience
Primary users are automotive dismantling and recycling operators, parts resellers, and associated service providers who need an end‑to‑end digital workflow for vehicle processing, inventory control, and regulatory reporting.
Features
- Automated vehicle intake using KBA HSN/TSN lookup, with instant generation of printable disposal certificates.
- Parts‑disassembly assistant powered by Audatex component master data, enabling rapid selection, labeling, and storage of recovered components.
- Warehouse management module with barcode scanning, multi‑location tracking, stock movements, inventory audits, and photo documentation.
- Integrated CRM and sales pipeline, supporting customer/partner classification, offer creation, order conversion, and invoicing with configurable tax rules (SKR03/SKR04).
- Point‑of‑Sale (PoS) system with TSE‑compliant digital cash register, barcode‑driven checkout, and automatic posting to the finance engine.
- Real‑time KPI and dashboard suite, offering customizable charts, pivot tables, and CSV/Excel export for operational insight.
- Catena‑X ready data export layer, mapping internal records to industry‑standard circular‑economy schemas.
- Device‑agnostic web access and secure, multi‑region cloud hosting with automated backups, failover, and end‑to‑end encryption.