Case study – Car Mods Australia
Case study – Car Mods Australia
The challenge
As a busy entrepreneur working in e-commerce and education, Bradley needed to find discipline across his multiple businesses to ensure regular catch-ups were happening as well as keeping across goals and the bigger picture.
The Workfacta solution
Bradley had tried other solutions that just didn’t stick. Workfacta was the perfect fit for Bradley’s small-to-medium enterprises, not too big and not too small.
Features used
Features usedDiscussion Points
Meetings Feature
The outcome
Bradley’s multiple businesses have improved their productivity by 30 to 50 percent – they’re achieving more, getting more done and there’s better visibility across the teams.
Improved Productivity
by 30 – 50% across his multiple businesses.
Better Visibility
Across multiple businesses while traveling
Guaranteed Progress
Through actions and goal planning
Bradley Carr
Director, Car Mods Australia
Growth expert at the AUCBG (UniSA)
Customer since:
2020
Industry:
Automotive
Location:
Queensland
Australia
The details
Bradley Carr, entrepreneur and growth expert at the Australian Centre for Business Growth at the University of South Australia, says:
Currently, Car Mods and my other businesses use Workfacta and I’m also looking to implement it for a start-up. I also recommend Workfacta to business people I train at the Australian Centre for Business Growth at the University of South Australia.
Workfacta pulls you out of the operational level to a strategic level – it gives you the discipline to step back and work on the business, instead of being “busy being busy”.
Clearer Focus
My businesses are going through growth phases, so Workfacta helps us be disciplined and focus on company goals to succeed.
Using the Workfacta weekly meeting feature, we’re getting more realistic at understanding our capabilities and estimating how long things will take and what resources will be required. We’re a lot more organised and getting more done every week, every month and every quarter.
Increased Collaboration
My favourite feature is the discussion points and being able to throw them in at any time is really convenient. The weekly meetings feature is the best – I love the overall concepts, bringing together goals, it flows well and you can knock it out in under an hour.
My teams are spread across Queensland, so I travel a lot. Workfacta gives us a common language and allows everyone to see the same thing on their screen without having to use screen share. It’s also so easy to take with me wherever I go!
During busy times, Workfacta makes it easy for us to check if there’s anything critical we need to address – it’s a quick health check so we don’t miss important things. It means we always have visibility of our business priorities.
Other strategic planning software was enterprise level but it was too complex. Workfacta is simple, concise, it’s got what you need, you don’t have features for the sake of it.
Better accountability
A lot of companies get stuck working in the business, not on the business, they’re “busy being busy”. Workfacta is great for reaching the level of discipline that I implement in my businesses. It forces you to go through goals and actions, to ensure we’re making progress. It pulls you out of the operational level to a strategic level – it gives you the discipline to step back and work on the business.
Workfacta was easy to adopt and the value was clear. It’s an extra layer above project management. It’s that strategic, big goal, growth thinking that you need to do regularly and Workfacta holds you accountable for doing it.
Workfacta simplifies your business and creates discipline because it’s a simplified and disciplined piece of software.
Bradley Carr is the Director of CarMods Australia and Growth expert at the AUCBG (UniSA). He was also former CEO of Ry.com.au and was listed as Internet Retailing’s Top 50 People in E-Commerce 2017 and Gold Coast Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 & 2018.
