--- title: "Heavy-Duty Parts & Service Shop Software | Meridian" description: "Counter sales, service orders, multi-location inventory, multi-entity accounting and cross-dealer fulfillment for parts distributors and heavy-duty shops." canonical: https://testing.meridianhdx.com/ --- # Run the counter, the shop, and the network. One platform. Counter sales, repair orders, inventory across every branch, and the books, in one system. Meridian is built for heavy-duty parts distributors, truck repair shops, and the buying groups they belong to. > Built for heavy-duty parts, service, and partner networks. Cancel anytime · Setup in under 5 minutes [Start your free trial](https://app.testing.meridianhdx.com/register) ## Who it's for ### Auto repair **Everything a modern shop needs — and room to grow.** - Service orders, DVI, customer portal, scheduling - Full accounting: AR, AP, GL, ACH - Multi-location when you're ready ## From order to payment, in one flow 01. **Take the order** — Counter sale, service order, internal work order, or partner PO. All the same workflow. VIN decode fills vehicle info automatically. 02. **Build the estimate** — Add labor from your guide, parts from inventory (any branch), and sublet work. Send for customer approval, or skip and ring it up. 03. **Complete the job** — Technicians clock time, update DVI, and mark items done. Parts pull from inventory automatically, with transfers if needed. 04. **Invoice & get paid** — One click to invoice. Accept payment, email the invoice, and close the order. All in one place. This is the basic flow — it expands naturally for counter sales, internal work orders, fleet contracts, and cross-dealer orders. ## A complete platform, not a patchwork Meridian replaces 5 or 6 tools your operation might be juggling today with one integrated system. Built for parts distributors, heavy-duty shops, auto repair, and the networks they belong to. - **Multi-Location Inventory** — Per-location stock with on-hand, committed, on-order, min and max. The part picker shows which branch has it, and you switch branches at the top of any screen. - **Multi-Entity & Intercompany** — Multiple legal entities under one umbrella. Intercompany agreements, paired transfers, FIFO settlement, consolidated reporting. - **Partner Networks** — Cross-dealer inventory search, ring-based trust, and paired orders that post on both dealers' books at once. - **Repair Orders & Estimates** — Open, track and close repair orders carrying labor, parts, sublet and fees. VIN decode, year/make/model lookup, PM schedules. - **Parts & Inventory** — Six price levels (cost, list, retail, fleet, wholesale, special), core charges, unlimited bin locations, vendor part numbers. - **Scheduling & Dispatch** — Visual appointment calendar with technician assignment, type tracking, and customer confirmations. - **Customer Management** — History, vehicles, documents, AR balance, self-service portal, CRM campaigns. - **Accounting & AR** — Payments, aging AR, accounts payable, GL ledger, recurring billing, NACHA ACH batches. - **Digital Vehicle Inspections** — Customizable DVI checklists with condition ratings, photos, printable reports. - **Labor Guides & Time Clock** — Built-in flat-rate guide, per-order tech time clock, payroll prep reports. - **Inventory Transfers** — Branch-to-branch transfers where every transfer has a status: draft, in transit, received. Moving your own stock moves cost without creating a sale. - **Reports & Analytics** — KPI dashboards, revenue by type, advisor sales, gross profit, tech productivity, tax reporting. ## An owner's copilot that reads the business every morning. Foreman watches inventory, vendors, customers, margin, and cash — and surfaces what actually needs your attention. Always cited. Always reversible. Always your call. - **Always cited.** — Every insight links to the rows that produced it. You can audit Foreman's work. - **Always reversible.** — Nothing happens until you confirm. Snooze, dismiss, or act — your call. - **Always your call.** — Foreman drafts. You decide. Hard rules — terminations, payments — always go to a real person. ## Run multiple warehouses like one business. Without losing track of which one. Per-location stock, transfers, and per-branch P&L are built in — not a $50K add-on module. - **Per-location inventory** — Every part is tracked per warehouse — on hand, committed, on order, min, max. When a counterperson rings a part that's out at their branch, they see exactly how many are at the next-closest one. No phone calls, no “let me check.” - **Inter-location transfers** — Ship between branches with a tracked workflow — draft, in transit, received. Short receipts, over receipts, and cancellations all post the right inventory and journal entries automatically. - **Per-branch P&L and consolidated reporting** — Every journal entry is tagged with the originating location. Run a branch P&L when you need to compare branches, or roll it up to the parent when you need to see the whole business. ## Built for buying groups, not just members. Give your network a real moat — shared catalog, cross-dealer inventory visibility, group purchasing power — without anyone giving up their books or their customers. - **Each dealer keeps their books and their customers.** When you fulfill a part for a sister dealer, you see a B2B transaction — not their end customer. The customer relationship stays where it belongs. - **Cross-dealer inventory search.** Look up a part across your network and see who has it, where, and how much. Built-in cross-references handle vendor SKU differences. - **Trust rings, per partner.** Decide what each partner sees from you — catalog only, bucketed availability, or wholesale pricing. Per-pair overrides let you fine-tune relationships without lawyering each one. - **Atomic cross-dealer orders.** When a partner places an order, the seller's service order and the buyer's purchase order are created in one transaction. Inventory, GL, and audit trail stay consistent across both dealers. ## Built for the way heavy-duty actually works. Meridian was built by people who know the parts-and-service business. The things a real operation does every day are in the box: six price levels, core charges, ACH batches, intercompany transfers, partner-network orders, AR aging. - Multi-location inventory with branch-aware fulfillment - Intercompany transfers and settlement for multi-entity groups - Cross-dealer search and paired orders across partner networks - Multi-tier pricing, core deposits, and parts-distributor workflows - Full accounting: AR, AP, GL, ACH batch exports - Customer portal, DVI with photos, scheduling, CRM campaigns ### Spec - **Secure by default** — Sign in with a code sent to you instead of a password. Role-based access, and an audit log on every change. - **Works where the work is** — Runs in a browser on the counter PC, a tablet in the bay, and a phone out in the yard. - **Multi-entity ready** — Run multiple legal entities under one umbrella, with intercompany agreements and settlement. - **Numbers you can act on** — Gross profit, advisor sales, tech productivity and AR aging, off the same data the work created. ## Put the counter, the bays and the books together. Meridian is in early access and onboarding shops now. Get set up in minutes and start your free trial today. 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