Know exactly how long every repair actually takes

A live start/stop/pause timer built into the repair order, with inline timesheets and estimated-vs-actual tracking — no modal popups, no end-of-day guesswork.

The problem

Technicians finish a repair and then try to recall whether it took forty minutes or ninety. That reconstructed time either gets under-billed or never makes it into a timesheet at all, leaving managers with no reliable way to compare quoted time against what a repair actually cost in labor.

The solution

A start/stop/pause timer lives directly on the repair order form. Stopping it inlines a pre-filled, editable timesheet line — no wizard, no lost focus — and every order shows allocated time next to actual time so overruns are obvious at a glance.

Capabilities

Everything a repair team needs to capture labor

Every capability below is implemented in the module.

01

Start / Stop / Pause / Resume Timer

A timer built into the repair order form header captures real labor time as work happens, with a pause option for part runs or breaks that resumes without losing accumulated time.

02

Always-Visible Elapsed Counter

A live, ticking counter stays on the form throughout the repair so the technician and manager can see running time at any moment without stopping the timer or reopening a view.

03

Inline Timesheet Confirmation

Stopping the timer pre-fills a timesheet line right on the order for the technician to confirm — no interrupting modal wizard, no leaving the form.

04

Quick-Duration Preset Buttons

One-tap 0.5h, 1h, and 2h preset buttons speed up logging for the cases where a timer was not running, replacing slow, error-prone manual typing.

05

Manual Add and Edit of Time Entries

Every timesheet line records owner, date, hours/minutes, and a description, and can be added or edited directly in the repair order's Time Log tab whenever a timer was not used.

06

Estimated vs. Actual Time Comparison

Allocated time and total logged time sit side by side on the order with a colored variance indicator, answering the core question — did this repair run over — on the spot.

07

One-Click Labor to Quotation

Recorded labor pushes to the linked sales quotation with a single button, converting captured time into billable lines without re-typing anything.

08

Configurable Repair Labor Product

Settings let each shop map logged time to the labor product and rate it actually bills, with a pre-configured labor product ready out of the box.

09

Role-Based Access Control

A dedicated security group gates who can start timers and log labor, keeping time data clean and accountable across the repair team.

Workflow

How it works

1

Start the timer

The technician taps Start Timer on the repair order the moment work begins; a live counter starts ticking on the form.

2

Pause or resume as needed

A part run or shift break pauses the timer without losing accumulated time; resuming picks up exactly where it left off.

3

Stop and confirm

Stopping the timer inlines a pre-filled timesheet line right on the order — no popup, just a quick confirm.

4

Bill the recorded labor

One click pushes the logged labor to the linked quotation using the configured repair labor product.

Questions

Frequently asked

No sales fog. If your question isn't here, email us and we'll answer it the same way.

No. Stopping the timer inlines a pre-filled, editable timesheet line directly on the repair order form — there is no modal wizard and you never leave the page.

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Repair Order with Start/Stop/Pause Timer

Start, stop, pause and resume timers on repair orders with inline timesheets, estimated-versus-actual comparison and one-click labor to quotation — labor captured live, not recalled.

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