By myCloudGarage · Published July 3, 2026
A recon workflow checklist takes a vehicle from intake to front-line ready through consistent, owned steps. The core steps are intake and inspection, mechanical, parts, detail, photos, and approval. Run the checklist with an owner and a status per step and no vehicle stalls unnoticed, which is easier in software than on a whiteboard.
Use this as a starting point and adapt it to your store:
A checklist alone is not enough, each step needs a named owner and a visible status. That is what turns a list into a workflow, so a car waiting on parts is obvious rather than forgotten.
On paper the checklist goes stale and steps get skipped under pressure. Running it in myCloudGarage keeps a live status per step, attaches the inspection and documents to the vehicle, and lets you configure the stages to your store.
| Paper checklist | myCloudGarage | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Stale | Live per step |
| Owner | Implicit | Named |
| Record | Lost | On the vehicle |
Intake and inspection, mechanical assessment and repair, parts, detail, photos, and final front-line approval, with an owner and a status for each step. The checklist keeps recon consistent so nothing is skipped.
Paper checklists get skipped and go stale. Running the checklist in software keeps a live status per step and a record of what was done on each vehicle.
Yes. In myCloudGarage recon stages and steps are configurable to match how your store reconditions vehicles.