Locksmith Software
Say you wanted to keep track of all your past and current customers, product sales, key codes to vehicles, hold information on your employees, and other details pertaining to running a locksmith business. Just from looking at the first few results of a GOOGLE search, you can see the numerous options available to your locksmith business. The first three locksmith software results come up as Treskat Software, BlackHawk Products, and Real Time Manager.
Treskat has numerous programs for sale, each of which fulfills a different function.
A few of which are:
- CodeMaster—A databank of lock codes and padlock combinations.
- TimeMaster-Creates schedules for employees and keeps track of jobs.
- Advantage 2009 Business Software—Tracks inventory, sales, and customers.
- MaxiKey and MaxiCore—Chooses random number combinations for you to set keys and locks to.
BlackHawk Products also has a selection of lock & key software and a management program. Some of there programs include:
- Desktop Dispatcher—Keeps tracks of services, work orders, histories, employee reports, stores pictures, and stores audio files.
- SCG: The Safe Combination Generator chooses random number for you to set a lock to.
- COD: Codes on Disk is a collection of different types of key codes from automobiles to padlocks.
Real Time Manager is a service management system that is fully online. Instead of selling little programs for each individual function, multiple features are bundled together in a software suite. Here are some of the services offered with Real Time Manager:
- Manage Services, Appointment Times, Service Types
- Manage employees, assign them to services, and set their commission rates.
- Track your technician’s location with GPS tracking.
- View the location of worksites with GOOGLE MAPS.
- Manage Inventory & Sales.
- Process payments: cash, checks, and credit cards.
- Key codes for automobiles.
Each have their trade offs. The programs from Treskat can be used once you buy them, but of course they have updates for you to purchase. BlackHawk products seem to be sold as is, with no further updates. Much of their software is from the mid-nineties so it runs great on DOS and Windows 95. With Real Time Manager, you are renting a service. So you must pay setup fees and a monthly service fee. But there is a nice collection of features. You just have to decide what your needs are.