Noregon updates ShopPulse, launches Truck Check Up Academy
Key Highlights
- Noregon's ShopPulse platform can link PM inspections into the work order system, including photos, notes, and signatures
- The platform can also create automatic service recommendations to be added to a work order
- Noregon has launched Truck Check Up Academy with three training modules to help fleets comply with CARB Clean Truck Check inspections
Noregon has updated its ShopPulse shop management platform to enhance preventive maintenance scheduling and strengthen the workflow between inspections and repairs. The diagnostic solution provider also added training modules to Truck Check Up, which helps fleets manage the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Clean Truck Check inspection requirements.
ShopPulse, which was launched this spring, can now link PM inspections into the work order system, adding photos, notes, signatures, and more. Users can choose either the built-in JPRO checklists or customize their own inspection. The upgrade also allows shops to track PM scheduling based on their preferred intervals, such as time, mileage, or engine hours, and set reminders and due-date tracking.
Additionally, ShopPulse creates automatic service recommendations that can be added to the work order when an inspection yields a service need. The platform also lets shop managers track customer inspection events through the embedded CRM.
“Many independent repair shops rely on repeat, local customers to keep them in business,” said Sam Boerboom, Noregon’s product marketing manager. “PM inspection services are a great way to build relationships with customers and keep them coming back to the shop for routine service and maintenance.”
Truck Check Up Academy
Noregon also launched Truck Check Up Academy, a free training resource comprising three training modules for shops and fleets using Truck Check Up to comply with CARB Clean Truck Check inspections. Clean Truck Check’s goal is to identify older trucks that emit excessive pollutants and get them repaired. Non-compliance results in fines and/or loss of registration.
“Fleets can’t afford for a repair job to get stuck behind a lengthy inspection,” Boerboom said. “We introduced the Truck Check Up Academy so technicians would know warning signs to look for before performing an inspection and how to interpret various results from CARB to quickly get a vehicle passed and out the door.”
The EPA recently announced a proposal to remove the Clean Truck Check requirement for heavy-duty vehicles not registered in California, but even if that becomes an EPA final rule, California fleets will still need to abide CARB’s mandate, which involves getting diagnostic scans twice a year. For trucks and buses without an OBD port, CARB performs a smoke opacity test.
Noregon expects upon completing the modules on the CTC regulation, Truck Check Up software, and Truck Check Up Portal, shop personnel will have a much better understanding of how to leverage the Noregon software to stay in CARB’s good graces.
Specifically on Truck Check Up Portal, “[users] can manage users, view historical inspection results, and perform admin duties that keep shop bays flowing,” Boerboom said.
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