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Hexterm Shop at the centre, surrounded by the shop, insurers, suppliers, dealerships, recyclers, banners, customer tracking, Finance OS and Matrix IA, under the Hexterm Security shield. Illustration.

HEXTERM SHOP NETWORK

Better connected. Better protected.

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Vision in progress The network is a work in progress. Discover the current Hexterm Shop offer

Today

One vehicle. A thousand scattered exchanges.

Calls, emails, PDFs, faxes, re-entry. Everyone does their job well, each on their own side, and information gets lost in between.

The vision

One repair file. The whole industry around it.

Everyone would keep their tools and see only what concerns them. What happens on one side would reach the other, with no double entry.

At the heart

Hexterm Shop at the centre of the picture.

The shop application already exists and keeps evolving. The network would be built around it, without replacing it.

On this side

Estimating, insurers, parts suppliers.

A well-documented request would leave the shop, and the answer would come straight back to the file.

And on this one

Dealerships, recyclers, banners, Finance OS and Matrix IA.

References, the consolidated view, the numbers and intelligent help would plug into the same thread.

Hexterm Security

Protecting every exchange: the goal.

An illustration of the planned controls: limited access, log, revocation. No security is absolute, and this part still has to be audited.

The urgency

It’s not a question of if, but when.

Quebec’s auto repair industry is huge, and attacks now target the software it depends on. A better connected industry could be a better protected one.

A huge and essential industry in Quebec

More than a third of workers could retire within five to seven years: automating and simplifying becomes vital. AIA Canada, 2026-2027 pre-budget brief, January 2026

Attacks already target the automotive sector

44%

of the 494 incidents reported in 2025 in automotive and smart mobility are ransom-related. These incidents more than doubled in one year.

Upstream, 2026 global report
≈ 15,000

dealership locations affected in North America by the attack on CDK Global in June 2024. One piece of software, thousands of businesses.

TechTarget, July 2024
Hundreds

of dealerships affected in Canada by the same attack, according to the Canadian dealers’ association.

Global News, June 2024
US$944M

in estimated losses for dealerships if the outage reached three weeks. This is a projection by Anderson Economic Group.

Fox Business, July 2024
C$6.98M

average cost of a data breach in Canada in 2025: C$5.19M with extensive use of AI and automation in security, C$8.53M without.

IBM Canada, July 2025
Law 25

Businesses must set a governance framework for personal information. By default, their highest authority is responsible for protecting it; this role can be delegated in writing. General information, not legal advice.

Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec
Available

Hexterm Security aims to get there before the attack. Its services are offered now.

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The ecosystem

Five pillars, one network.

  1. Runs

    Hexterm Shop

    The operations centre: repair files, production, tasks, parts, teams. The application already exists, keeps evolving and remains the heart of the network.

    Available
  2. Connects

    Hexterm Shop Network

    The nervous system: it would connect Shop to insurers, suppliers, dealerships, recyclers, banners, estimating software and customers.

    Vision
  3. Measures

    Finance OS

    The financial brain: actual costs per file, profitability, invoices, time, data for payroll, accounting and taxes.

    In development
  4. Accelerates

    Matrix IA

    The network’s intelligence: it summarizes, prepares, alerts and suggests, within each person’s permissions. A person keeps the decision.

    In development
  5. Protects

    Hexterm Security

    The living shield: monitoring, detection, incident response and awareness for the whole industry.

    Available

And the community builds.

The network in action

One file, a whole network.

Follow a fictional file from estimate to security. Everyone sees exactly what they are allowed to see. An action on one screen updates the others: try it, or let the tour guide you.

The last link: materials Vision Demonstration

The dedicated employee would order from their phone: a photo, a few boxes to check, and the supplier would get the alert directly. The invoice would arrive in the application, recorded, and in Finance OS if the option is taken.

Demonstration in your browser: fictional items, prices and invoice, nothing is ordered or invoiced. This journey does not exist in Hexterm Shop yet.

Demonstration in your browser · fictional file, companies, prices and lead times · no real request, order or email. The permissions illustrate an intent, to be defined with participants.

Who it’s for

Everyone finds what they are missing today.

Here are the major players we would like to bring together, and what the network could offer them. These are targeted players and proposed integrations: none of these companies has given its agreement.

Why get on board early? Vision

  • You influence the rulesThe first participants would help define what gets shared, and how.
  • You keep your toolsThe network would plug into what you already use, without replacing it.
  • You keep your dataEveryone would decide what they share, with whom and for how long.
  • You save time togetherInformation entered once would serve everyone entitled to it.
  • You talk as equalsInsurers, shops and suppliers in the same file, with the same trail.
  • You are better protectedFewer scattered emails and files, and security designed for the industry. No security is absolute.

Ideas to validate with participants. None of these companies has given its agreement to date.

How much could it bring you? Vision Estimate

Choose your type of business and enter your own numbers. The result updates as you go.

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These amounts come from your numbers and our assumptions: this is an estimate to validate, not a promise or a measured result. The network does not exist yet, and the starting values are examples. Nothing is sent or saved.

The connected shop

What exists, and what’s coming.

“Available” means the feature was run successfully on a demonstration copy of Hexterm Shop, or confirmed by the Hexterm team. Everything else is presented for what it is.

  • Repair files

    Files filtered by role. Detailed vehicle records, VIN and history: to be confirmed.

    Available

  • Damage photos

    A photo is required to send a supplement. Timestamping and full linking: to be confirmed.

    Available

  • Supplements

    Line-by-line decision. Justification assisted by Matrix IA remains a vision.

    Available

  • Parts on the file

    Adding parts and tracking status. Comparing answers from several suppliers remains a vision.

    Available

  • Role-based permissions

    A technician receives neither the customer’s name nor the amounts. Several shops for one owner.

    Available

  • Customer tracking portal

    Public tracking link, with no amounts or full licence plate.

    Available

  • Visual production board

    Stages, tasks and bottlenecks in real time.

    Available

  • Work time and productivity

    Time tracking and productivity per technician.

    Available

  • Le Garage

    The team’s internal messaging, linked to repair files.

    Available

  • Actual cost and profitability (Finance OS)

    Under construction. A read-only key already exists in Shop.

    In development

  • Matrix IA assistant

    Under construction. Always within each user’s rights.

    In development

  • Materials ordering

    From the employee’s phone to the supplier, then the invoice directly in the application.

    Vision

  • Security centre

    Network status, alerts, devices and active sessions.

    Vision

Intelligent automation

A network that works for its users.

Visible rules, permissions decided by the shop, and a person who keeps the sensitive decisions. Everything here is a fictional demonstration.

Vision Demonstration

Who sees what

Matrix IA prepares, summarizes and proposes. Sensitive actions (approval, ordering, invoicing) require human validation, following the good practices against excessive agency described byOWASP. Changing a box also updates the demo above, live.

Hexterm Security

The living shield of the network.

Protecting the industry before it’s too late: that is the mission. Hexterm Security services are offered now. The network’s protections will arrive with it. No security is absolute.

Security centreDemonstration: no network is being monitored, everything is fictional.
VisionSimulation
Shop EstimateInsurersSuppliersDealersRecyclersBannersCustomerMatrix IAFinance OS

Simulated monitoring: all is calm

Network score (fictional)

86out of 100

Connections (fictional)
9
Threats blocked (simulated)
0
Last backup (fictional)
2 h ago
Active sessions (fictional)
14

Log (fictional)

  1. Backup verified (fictional)
  2. Session closed after inactivity (fictional)
  3. Access verified: Boréal Demo Shop (fictional)

Hexterm Security services Available

  • AssessmentTake stock of the company’s risks.
  • MonitoringKeep an eye on access and anomalies.
  • TrainingPrepare the team, especially against phishing.
  • Incident responseHelp when an attack happens.

Discover Hexterm Security

Layered protection Vision

  • Zero trustNo access granted by default, every request verified, following the principles of NIST SP 800-207.
  • Strong authenticationMulti-factor, passkeys, monitored sessions.
  • IsolationEach shop, insurer and supplier in its own space.
  • EncryptionFor exchanges and data at rest.
  • MonitoringAI-assisted anomaly detection, alerts, isolating a suspicious account.
  • LogA complete audit trail, designed to reveal any change.
  • BackupsProtected copies and an incident recovery plan.
  • Law 25Considered from the design stage, to be validated.
  • Response teamHuman analysts, assisted by AI.

5 steps that can save a shop

  1. Turn on multi-factor authentication

    On email and all the shop’s software.

  2. Install updates

    Computers, phones, router and software, without putting them off.

  3. Keep an offline backup

    A disconnected copy, and a restore test from time to time.

  4. Watch out for phishing

    An urgent link or an unexpected invoice: verify it another way.

  5. Limit access

    Everyone accesses only what their role needs.

General safety tips. They replace neither an audit nor a security advisor.

Quick cyber check-up

Indicative self-assessment

Ten questions, under two minutes. Your answers stay in your browser: nothing is sent or saved. This is not an audit.

Vision

The future Hexterm Security badge

It would be awarded on real, verifiable criteria, still to be defined. No shop holds it today, and a check-up is not enough to earn it.

The movement

This network, we build it together.

Before launching anything, we want to hear from the industry. Each invited person can give their opinion, join the discussion and help shape the project.

  1. Discoverthe vision and the simulation
  2. Voteyes, no or maybe
  3. Jointhe private community
  4. Discussideas, questions, suggestions
  5. Invitewith a personal key
  6. Proposethe features to prioritize
  7. Build togetherthe network, with its users

Lab counter · fictional accounts

–Yes
–Maybe
–No

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End of the consultation: May 6, 2027

Participate by invitation

The ground rules

  • Each invitation is personal, with its own link and key. Authorized members can invite others in turn.
  • One vote per person, changeable until closing. This is not a perfect guarantee against duplicates.
  • Yes and maybe open the community. No is still counted, without this access.
  • The public sees only the totals. Only the project administrator sees who voted, their answer and where that person works.
  • A no closes nothing: the current Hexterm Shop application stays separate and keeps evolving.
  • At the deadline, the community can contribute to the decision. There is no threshold to reach; the voting unit is still to be defined.

A vote expresses interest. It is not an order, a contractual commitment or a promise of partnership.

The builders’ wall

Only people who have explicitly agreed. An interested person does not commit their organization; an officially committed organization would be identified separately, and there are none to date. No fake participants.

Innovations

Ideas that would change daily life.

Vision

Identify a part from a photo

From a photo and the VIN, with verification in authorized catalogues.

Vision

Justify a supplement

Assisted writing based on procedures, always validated by a person.

Vision

Live profitability

A profitability calculator per file.

Vision

Predict delivery

Lead times estimated from production and parts.

Vision

A free way in

Customer tracking and the community, to discover the network.

Vision

Cyber check-up and badge

A self-assessment, and a badge awarded on real, verifiable criteria.

Vision

A day in the life of a repair file

Videos and concrete use cases.

Founders’ offer

For the first shops building the network.

Collision repair shops are the main customers. An exclusive offer is planned for the first shops.

Indicative founder pricing: 30% off the regular grid, for the first shops. The length and conditions of the discount are still to be defined. Nothing is for sale here: these amounts may change and are neither an offer nor a commitment.

Available

Hexterm Shop

$524.30 CADper month, per shop up to 10 people

$749.00 CADregular, −30% founders

All included: repair files, production, time tracking, Le Garage, customer portal, mobile application and the Matrix IA assistant. $34.99 per additional shop, instead of $49.99.

In development

Finance OS

$174.30 CADper month, as a module

$249.00 CADregular, −30% founders

Actual costs per file, profitability, invoices, time, data for payroll and accounting.

Available

Hexterm Security Protection

$34.99 CADper month, per shop

$49.99 CADregular, −30% founders

Assessment and training. Monitoring: $104.99 per month, instead of $149.99. Incident response on request.

In development

Matrix IA Pro

Includedin Hexterm Shop

With a usage cap of about $10 CAD per month.

Growth paths

Software publishers

Free integrations

To speed up adoption. This does not make their licences free: each shop keeps its own.

Insurers

Contribution

A path to explore, nothing is agreed.

Banners

Referral program

A path to explore, nothing is agreed.

Parts distributors

Model to be defined

Nothing is settled.

Hexterm Security

Services for the whole industry

Assessment, monitoring, training and incident response: services offered now.

Commercial placements

Always identified

Partner spots are paid for and clearly identified as such.

Proud partners of the Hexterm Shop Network project Paid placements

In each sector, a large, a medium and a small spot, visible to everyone. Each spot is paid for, and identified as such. No company appears here to date.

Indicative founder pricing. Nothing is for sale here: these amounts may change and are neither an offer nor a commitment.

A paid placement is neither a recommendation nor an assessment. It does not influence offer comparisons, permissions or network decisions.

Request a spot

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Where we stand

What exists, what can be tried, what is left to build.

Existing

Hexterm Shop, the shop application

These features were run successfully on a local demonstration copy of version 0.12. They are used inside one company. For what is offered today, see the Hexterm Shop website.

  • Server-filtered access: a technician receives neither the customer’s name nor the amounts
  • Supplement request with a required photo, then a line-by-line decision
  • Adding parts to the file and tracking their status
  • Customer tracking link, with no amounts or full licence plate
  • Several shops for one owner
  • Read-only connection key for Finance OS
  • Confirmed by the Hexterm team, not tested on this copy: production board, time tracking and Le Garage

Not yet: no insurer, supplier or banner has access. The “to the insurer” stage is only an internal marker: nothing is sent to them.

See the current offer
Lab

The community, in this local prototype

Really works on this computer, with fictional accounts. Nothing is online and no email goes out.

  • Single-use, expiring and revocable invitations
  • Email confirmation and account recovery, simulated
  • Yes, no or maybe vote, changeable
  • Profile, optional photo, visibility settings
  • Feed, announcements, suggestions, comments, support and reports
  • Moderation, log and review requests
  • Export and deletion of your data
Open the community
Vision

The network between companies

Ideas to validate with participants. No date or agreement for now; prices remain indicative.

  • File shared between companies, according to permissions
  • Exchanges and approvals with insurers
  • Parts requests, prices, orders and deliveries
  • Consolidated view for banners, according to their authorizations
  • Financial connection, when available and validated
  • Integrated third-party tools, once agreements are obtained
See the simulation

Before real users

This platform is not open to the public. What remains includes:

  • Production storage and off-site backups
  • Real email and an authenticated domain
  • Protection against abuse and bots
  • Independent security review
  • Validation of privacy and rules
  • Validation of trademark mentions

Join the builders of the network.

Better connected, better protected: that’s the idea. Give your opinion, and help build this network with the people who will use it.

Join the builders Take your cyber check-up