ReconOS

The problem ReconOS solves

The national average recon cycle is 12.2 days. Top-performing dealers do it in under 7. Every extra day costs roughly $37 in holding cost — and at least one vendor documents a $700 wholesale profit lost because a spreadsheet wasn't updated in time.

ReconOS is the affordable alternative to Rapid Recon, vAuto iRecon, and Carketa — purpose-built for the 51,000+ independent dealers who can't justify a $500+/month enterprise contract but are leaving real money on the table running recon on whiteboards.

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Four apps, one pipeline

🔧 ReconOS Tech — For shop technicians

The mobile-first app techs actually use at the workbench. See assigned vehicles, work through a task checklist, log parts and labor costs, and mark stages complete — all from a phone. AI-assisted condition report drafting from walk-around photos means faster, more consistent write-ups.

📋 ReconOS Manager — For the recon manager

A live kanban board showing every vehicle across all 7 pipeline stages: Intake → Mechanical → Body → Detail → Photos → Final Inspection → Front-Line Ready. Approve or block stages, reassign work, intake new vehicles with one form. AI risk flags predict which cars will miss the 7-day target before they actually do. Natural language query lets managers ask "which cars have been in body for more than 2 days?" and get an instant answer.

📊 ReconOS Dashboard — For the GM or owner

The numbers that matter: average days in recon, total holding cost at $37/vehicle/day, bottleneck stage analysis, and cost breakdown by category. An AI-generated daily ops summary surfaces the top bottleneck, stalled vehicles, dollars at risk, and one concrete recommended action — the briefing a GM needs in 30 seconds.

🚗 ReconOS Sales — For the sales team

A clear view of what's front-line ready and what's incoming, with days-in-recon, recon cost, and photo count on every card. On any vehicle at photos or final inspection, generate AI listing copy — headline, 150-word description, and 5 bullet points — ready to paste into your DMS or website.

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AI features (Claude-powered)

| Feature | Where | What it does | |---|---|---| | Condition report from photos | Tech app | Uploads walk-around photos → Claude identifies damage by panel, suggests severity, drafts report text for tech to confirm | | Invoice / RO parser | Tech app | Photo of a repair order → Claude extracts line items, populates cost log automatically | | Cycle-time risk prediction | Manager board | Flags each vehicle on_track / at_risk / critical with predicted days remaining and recommended action | | Natural language query | Manager board | Ask in plain English — "which cars are stuck?" — get a data-grounded answer | | Retail vs. wholesale triage | Manager intake | Enter VIN + mileage + price → AI recommends disposition with reasoning before you commit to recon spend | | Daily ops summary | GM dashboard | On-demand AI briefing: pipeline health, top bottleneck, vehicles at risk, dollars at stake, one action to take today | | Listing copy generator | Sales app | Generates headline + SEO description + 5 bullet points from vehicle specs and recon history |

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Key metrics tracked

• Average days in recon vs. 7-day target
• Holding cost ($37/vehicle/day — NCM Associates benchmark)
• Holding cost ROI alert — calculates lost profit when cycle exceeds target
• Days in current stage — red alert after 3 days
• Recon cost per unit — parts, labor, sublet, other
• Technician turnaround — avg hours per completed stage
• Bottleneck stage — avg hours and blocked count per stage
• Front-line ready count — vehicles ready to sell today

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Who this is for

• Used-car managers at independent dealers (5–100 vehicles/month)
• Recon managers who currently track pipeline on a whiteboard or shared spreadsheet
• GMs and owners who want real holding-cost visibility without a $50k DMS module
• Sales managers who need to know what's coming without calling the shop

No DMS integration required. No IT department needed. Start with the demo data and swap in your real vehicles in minutes.