Drivus
Productivity, Performance and Profit
Drivus business services for bodyshops
Axalta Drivus gives bodyshops the tools they need to build better repair businesses.
The Axalta Drivus program is a suite of innovative services, programmes and tailored expert consultancy focused on the specific challenges faced by collision repairers. The result? Improved business productivity. Higher performance. And better profitability.
The Axalta Drivus team works closely with bodyshops, offering industry-leading business tools, services, consultancy, and training. A key focus of the program is professional development through educational resources and training that enhance the skills of team leaders, shop managers, and business owners. By improving technical proficiency, efficiency, and business practices, Drivus helps participants stay ahead of industry trends. The program also encourages continuous learning and builds a strong community among collision repair professionals.
Axalta Drivus business services can help your bodyshop:
Optimize processes
Finetune every aspect of day to day operations and the entire repair journey
Improve efficiency
Work faster, smarter and with less waste
Raise profitability
More efficient working means higher throughput and better margins
Diversify capabilities
Develop new customer offerings
Sharpen competitiveness
Beat the competition by working smarter
Plan for the future
Advanced digital tools make bodyshops future-fit
Constantly improve
Drivus experts offer business guidance for long term improvements
Today, the ever growing Axalta Drivus portfolio of services includes
Digital Services
- Paintshop Cockpit: Included with Paintshop Optimiser, it is an advanced, cloud-based tool to improve paintshop profitability and performance by monitoring and finetuning bodyshop KPIs.
- Bodyshop Cockpit: Provides vital information on relevant Bodyshop P&L and other business performance metrics, ensuring owners can continuously analyse and optimise performance to increase profitability.
- AIM – Advanced Inventory Management: Manage paint and non-paint inventory using a single cloud-based tool. With virtually automatic stock replenishment, it saves time, effort and money by streamlining the entire ordering and stocking process.
Consultancy
- Paintshop Optimiser: Combines tailored consultancy from an Axalta expert with online analysis of KPIs. It gives bodyshops vital information on relevant aspects of paintshop operations to identify trends. It also provides detailed business plans to implement ongoing efficiency and profitability improvements.
- Bodyshop Optimiser: Improve your entire bodyshop’s performance with expert guidance from a Drivus consultant. Bodyshop Optimiser provides step-by-step support to analyse and enhance operations over time. It offers clear insights into your P&L and key business areas, helping you track gross margin and overall results.
- Other areas of consultancy from the Drivus team include: 5S and workplace optimisation, repair planning. value stream mappings, shop layout and design to name a few.
Management Training
Participants can attend a full-day educational class on a range of relevant topics, led by an Axalta Industry expert. Courses can also be customised for teams and delivered at an Axalta training centre or on-site. Courses qualify for I-Car points.
Network Services
Axalta’s Repairer Network (ARN): As a member of our network of professional body and paint damage specialists, bodyshops can look forward to increased exposure and the chance to build business relationships with new customers.
Drivus: future focused but rich with history
As part of Axalta, Drivus services are supported by more than 150 years’ experience in the vehicle repair business worldwide. Drivus’s future focused services and tailored consultancy are based on an unrivalled understanding of how to run a bodyshop business profitably.
