1. Meludu
  2. Platform
  3. Workshop

Every job carries its approvals.

From check-in evidence to collection, each step is recorded, approved and checked by the right person.

A workshop bench with tools and welding equipment under warm light
Photograph: Kato Blackmore

The customer approves the lines, not the job.

An estimate goes out with parts, labour, tax and a completion estimate. The customer, or a fleet contact, accepts or declines each line. Only approved lines in the approved version can become chargeable work.

What the workshop keeps.

Check-in evidence
Complaint, mileage, fuel, belongings, condition photographs, keys and the collector are recorded, and the customer acknowledges them. Once submitted, evidence changes only by an appended correction.
Diagnosis before repair
An advisor can authorise a priced diagnosis first. Finding more work creates a separate approval.
Supplements that respect earlier approvals
New findings and price changes are versioned. Work already approved carries on, and an outdated approval link cannot approve a later price.
Independent quality checks
A failed check sends the job back for rework and blocks collection. A technician cannot sign off the checks that must be independent.
Holds with an owner
Parts, approval, sublet and resource holds each record an owner, an expected resolution and the promise given to the customer.
Comebacks without blame
A repeat complaint links back to the earlier job for review. It does not blame a technician or bill the customer automatically.

Four facts, never one status.

A job can be technically complete and still waiting for payment. Meludu keeps progress, approval, settlement and custody apart.

Job progress

  • Draft
  • Checked in
  • Diagnosing
  • Planned
  • In progress
  • QC pending
  • Rework
  • Complete
  • Cancelled

Estimate approval

  • Draft
  • Sent
  • Partially approved
  • Approved
  • Declined
  • Expired
  • Superseded

Invoice settlement

  • Unpaid
  • Partially paid
  • Paid
  • Credit balance
  • Disputed

Vehicle custody

  • Expected
  • Received
  • On site
  • Temporarily out
  • Ready for release
  • Released

The bay display shows the job, never the customer.

Bay, an anonymised job reference, the assigned team, status and the age of any hold. No customer contact details and no money, and it says so when its connection is stale.

Workshop displayExample
Bay 3J-20417 Front discs
Waiting on approval
26h
Bay 5J-20422 Full service
In progress
2h
Bay 6J-20409 Road test
QC pending
40m

Coming in later releases

Sublet operations, detailing and membership plans, and yard storage fees under terms the customer has acknowledged.