NEWS POMEN Awarded with malaysia digital (MD)status by MDEC August 5, 2025 Marinah Zafirah 1:01 pm It’s official – POMEN is Malaysia Digital Status certified! We’re thrilled to share that POMEN has officially been awarded the Malaysia Digital (MD) Status by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).  What began as a humble mission to help stranded drivers on the roadside has expanded into a bigger scale across multiple industries.  What is Malaysia Digital (MD) Status? Malaysia Digital (MD) Status is a prestigious recognition by MDEC — awarded to companies that play a key role in driving digital innovation and the country’s digital economy.  Hence, with this title, it is a strong validation of POMEN’s long-term vision to empower the automotive industry with digital solutions or tools to step up their businesses on top of to support Malaysia’s broader digital agenda. We extend our appreciation to MDEC, partners, investors and the workshop community who believed in our solution. This achievement is definitely a collective win.  Hoping that the road ahead opens more doors for POMEN to contribute to Malaysia’s positioning as one of the trusted technology enabler in automotive digitalization.  Back to Blogs

NEWS Building a Secure Digital Future – POMEN is Now ISO 27001 Certified May 20, 2025 Marinah Zafirah 2:31 pm It’s official – POMEN is now ISO 27001 certified! When businesses choose a technology partner, trust and reliability are key especially for those in the enterprise and government sectors. As we continue to grow in the digital automotive space, handling thousands of data points daily across our platforms, we understand the importance of building a strong and secure foundation. That’s why data security has become a top priority, not just within our software, but also through the way we manage our internal policies, processes, and day-to-day operations.  This certification is more than just a milestone — it represents our ongoing commitment to protecting data, managing risks, and delivering dependable digital solutions. Most importantly, it gives our clients and partners the confidence to do business with us, knowing that security and reliability are at the core of everything we do. Your workshop opens for the day. One customer walks in without notice, another sends a late-night WhatsApp asking to book for tomorrow, and the whiteboard already looks like a map of confusion. Your team is trying to figure out who to serve next, a customer is waiting longer than expected, and someone just realised a booking was missed entirely. The issue isn’t your staff. It’s the outdated booking method. If your workshop still relies on paper notes, verbal reminders, or WhatsApp chats to manage bookings, you’re probably wasting more time than you realise. This is where a digital booking system comes in. It keeps your daily schedule organised, your technicians informed, and your customers happy. Here’s how a system like ENGARAGE can save you hours every week. What is ISO 27001? ISO 27001 is an international standard that focuses on Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). It ensures that companies have a solid framework in place to manage sensitive data, protect systems from threats, and handle risks in a structured way. Why This Matters for POMEN As we continue to onboard more enterprise clients, expand across Southeast Asia, and introduce existing and newer services like ENGARAGE, ENFLEET, ENGARAGE Enterprise, and ENHIVE, data security has become more critical than ever. Our clients, from independent workshops to large-scale fleet operators, entrust us with valuable business and vehicle information every day. Our digital solutions are designed to help businesses, fleet operators, and workshops move away from manual processes and manage their operations more efficiently, transparently, and professionally. Hence, in order to do that, we would need to ensure full security of data entrusted to us. How Being ISO 27001 Certified Benefits Us ✅ Strengthens customer trust  ✅ Opens more business opportunities  ✅ Improves internal processes  ✅ Positions us for global readiness  What’s Next? This is just the beginning of our bigger vision to become a trusted leader in the digital landscape. Now, with stronger security foundations, we’re ready to serve our users better than ever. One that puts innovation, customer experience, and security at the core of everything we do. Back to Blogs

NEWS POMEN Secures Strategic Investment from VentureTECH to Drive Digital Transformation​ Syed Zulhilmi Tuan Sharif, CEO of POMEN (Third from Right), Nazmi Najib, CTO of POMEN (Second from Right) We are thrilled to announce that POMEN has secured a strategic investment from VentureTECH, marking a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize fleet maintenance and workforce management through innovative digital solutions. This partnership is more than just an investment—it’s a game-changer that validates our vision and the work we’ve put into transforming asset maintenance. Beyond strengthening our technological foundation, it opens doors to new opportunities that we’re truly excited about. At POMEN, our mission has always been clear: to create real impact in everything we do. As our CEO, Syed Zulhilmi, put it—this is about scaling our solutions, expanding across industries, and meeting the growing local and regional demands. With VentureTECH’s support, we are poised to scale our solutions, expand into new industries, and continue driving efficiency for businesses locally and across the region. This investment also aligns with Malaysia’s digitalization agenda, reinforcing the need for businesses to embrace smart, automated systems to improve efficiency and productivity. Our heartfelt gratitude to VentureTECH and Cradle Fund for their trust, support, and belief in what POMEN is capable of achieving. Here’s to empowering ‘Seamless Solutions, Smarter Operations’—ALL THE WAY!  Read more – Digital News Asia , BERNAMA (English), BERNAMA (Bahasa Malaysia), Dagang News, TN Global, TECHINASIA Back to Blogs

NEWS POMEN Crowned as Winner of PETRONAS FutureTech Accelerator Programme 2019 PETRONAS FutureTech, an accelerator programme to encourage local innovations and support Malaysian startups, held its first Demo Day with 19 startups from the energy, industry, and digital innovation sectors recently. The programme under the PETRONAS Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arm aims to discover and nurture local technology entrepreneurs and contribute to a tech-driven startup ecosystem for Malaysia. The first batch of startups pitched their business solutions to an audience of venture capitalists, top executives from Malaysian Government Agencies and GLCs, and other members of the Malaysian and regional startup ecosystem. Out of the batch, three startups were selected to take part in a two-week global immersion programme hosted by 500 Startups in San Francisco in early 2020. The startups are POMEN, an automotive aftermarket platform that connects car and motorcycle owners with nearby workshops and mechanics, GA Alliance, a platform that brings together financial professional expertise with digital solutions to transform accounting and AdEasy, a platform for offline ad space. Back to Blogs

BLOGS POMEN Featured in Vulcan Post POMEN: Safe, Transparent Roadside Assistance   POMEN App is a 24/7 car assistance app that was founded in 2018 and launched the beta version in October of the same year. It goes live to public on January 2019. POMEN’s main focus is to provide reassuring, reliable, and safe roadside assistance, especially for female drivers, who are the most common victims of workshop swindling. As such, POMEN takes great pains to ensure the entire process is transparent with features like real-time tracking, flat-rate pricing, no hidden additional costs, and free membership. A key feature of POMEN’s app is that you can register family members on your profile, who will then be able to keep tabs on your status when you are having car trouble. The app’s POMEN Merchants are all carefully selected, certified workshops and mechanics. How certified, you ask? POMEN collaborates with the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics & IoT Institute (MARii), registering more than 100 workshops which have been successfully certified by MARii’s Workshop Transformation Program (WTP). POMEN is currently available nationwide. Credit: Vulcan Posthttps://vulcanpost.com/680038/malaysia-mobile-apps-car-servicing-roadside-assistance/ Back to Blogs

Booking form can be found in every POMEN Smart Workshop’s account. Dont have POMEN Smart Workshop’s account? Get one here and enjoy 14 days free trial. Step 1: Login to your POMEN Smart Workshop’s account. Step 2: Click on ‘booking’ under ‘manage’ button. Step 3: Start add booking by clicking ‘+booking’ button. Step 4: Insert your customer’s detail and car information. In this booking form, you may insert your customer’s booking details depending on how your customer book for their services. In ‘booking source’, you can select whether they book by call, send you whatsapp message, booking via website or they walk in to your workshop themselves. In ‘appointment method’ section, you can choose an options such as ‘pick up/drop’, ‘on-site service’ or ‘drive in’ depending on your customer’s situation. Finally, click ‘send email’ and your customer’s booking form will be send to their email. Their booking form will be look like this: Another Method To Make A Customer Booking. There’s an additional method to book a customer appointment at POMEN Smart Workshop. You can also make a booking through the ‘calender’ tools under the ‘manage’ button. Next, click on the date to schedule your customer booking for upcoming day, week or months. After that, repeat Step 2. This method is much easier as you can monitor upcoming services on certain date. After make a customer booking, you can proceed to do a work order. See how to make a work order here. Still hesitate to get POMEN Smart Workshop? Hesitate no more! Get free demo now!

In today’s fast-paced automotive industry, efficiency and productivity are paramount. For workshop owners and mechanics, managing work orders effectively can make all the difference in delivering exceptional service and maximizing customer satisfaction. This is where POMEN Smart Workshop‘s work order tools come into play. In this guide, we will take you through a step-by-step journey, exploring the key features and functionalities of POMEN Smart Workshop‘s Work Order Tools, enabling you to harness their full potential and take your workshop’s efficiency to new heights. Step 1 : Login to your POMEN Smart Workshop account. If you dont have one, you can get one here. Dont know how to get a free POMEN Smart Workshop‘s account? Check here. Step 2 : Click on ‘work order’ under ‘manage’ button. Step 3 : Start creating work order by clicking ‘+ work order’ button. Step 4 : Insert customer’s basic information. After inserting the customer’s information, check on ‘send email’ box to send digital quotation to customer’s email later. Step 5 : Insert package and part. Insert the package and part that you will provide for your customer. You can create these packages and part in the parts management and package management tools. Step 6 : Select Service and Details. Once you insert the service that you will provide to your customers, the price will appear. In the details section, you can assign your mechanic to a specific bay. Lastly, insert booking date and time and type of service(s). Step 7 : Start To Quote. The total amount will appear on summary section. Click on ‘save’ to start to quote. Next click on ‘quote’ button to start quote and the quotation will be send to customer’s email. And finally, the digital work order will be send to your customer’s email. The digital work order will be look like this: And finally the digital work order for your customer has been succesfully created! Easy right? Still thinking to get POMEN Smart Workshop? Dont wait any longer, transform your workshop now!

As the economy brawl, things get tough and even a little risky, there is no doubt that you have seen this in your shop. This is tricky in the sense that people tend to neglect and sometimes go without their vehicle maintenance or repair, which leads to slower days and at a times even longer periods such as weeks or months. Here are few tips on how to manage your existing customer and how to attract new customers. Create Your Own Brand And Market It Your workshop is your brand! Your brand reflects familiarity, dependability and trust to name a few, so once your brand is established then you must promote it using all channels and techniques. Digital brand marketing is your online existence which creates an image of your business giving you the reliability to participate for and attract new customers along with retaining your existing customers. Word of mouth refferals are the most effective and direct marketing leads you will ever receive but this only achieved by having a strong well established brand. Connect To Your Loyal Customers You may have experienced a slow down period at one point or another with booking numbers below average? This is more likely a really good time to reach out to your existing customers and drum up some business, the message could be instructional such as tips on maintaining your vehicle or sales related by offering a special service or repair, you may even want to incentivise them by offering a discount. Be Active On Social Media In the environment of social media your brand need to maintain its digital identitiy which can promote your growth alongside your website. Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter provide strong occasion for posts that can generate interest which can lead to online bookings. Your post should be scheduled frequently so your audience becomes familiar and begins to follow you, your posts should include link to blog, notifications and specials providing a call to action. Manage Your Workshop Well With POMEN Smart Workshop Software If your workflow becomes static, your growth of the company may become static too. Dont become static, try POMEN Smart Workshop software which reduce workflow and workload processes. It give an easy online portal for consumers to remain updated and in contact along with an online appointment booking mobile app hourly. This software lead the company on an external basis and builds a solid structure within the company itself. Scheduling shifts, maintaining invoices, calculating due payments, and setting up the inventory are some tasks that can be easily fullfill within the software. Are you ready for POMEN Smart Workshop? Try it now. It’s FREE !

A well-organized workshop can be a time and money saving asset. Managing your workshop appropriately is vital to ensure deadlines are met and downtime is kept to a minimum. These are some of the tools you need to keep everything running smoothly. Organizing Tools Ineffective workshops are usually the result of inefficient scheduling. Having a solid plan in place is important, and smart software can help to keep your workshop and technicians organised. Make sure your technicians are using their time effectively instead of wasting time on old-fashioned admin processess or unproductiv tasks. You can use scheduling software to manage technnicians availability and allocate job cards quickly and effortless. Inventory Management If you can estimate it, you can manage it which is why visibility over your workshop activity is key when it comes to keeping things running proficiently. From parts inventory to service histories and maintenance schedules, you need to have a clear overview of everything workshop-related. Using software, you can easily track and measure things like costs, jobs and asset availability to help you understand where improvements could be made. This observability will turn lead to data that can be used to create applicable reports, showing you where inefficiency in your workshop may lie and allowing you to make the necessary changes. POMEN Smart Workshop Using POMEN Smart Workshop can be a great boost to productivity. They give you the ability to take things mobile with phones and tablets, allowing you to combine tasks and administration and in turn helping you to get rid of slow, unreliable paper processes. Give your mechanics access to all the data they need in one central location. Mechanics can easily manage timesheets, see service and inspection documentation and keep on top of job cards, whether they’re in the workshop or out in the field. Think a workshop management system could be right for you? Find out more here. POMEN Smart Workshop can help you to control all aspects of your business especially your workshop. Keeping all your data combined in one place is the most efficient to work, and a comprehensive suite of reporting tools can help you to turn information into actionable data that will smooth your operations. Want to give a try? It’s FREE!

Is your auto workshop bogged down by too many files & papers? There’s just not enough time of the day to keep track of all your important documents. Here are 3 ways your garage filing has been impacted & 1 way you can solve all 3 of them! 1. Missing Papers Paper-based work orders and invoices are tedious. Too much time is used when finding & writing a work order, verifying information, or simply updating a note. It can drive you crazy! Imagine trying to find and piece all the paperwork back together for tax season. Shudder. 2. Limited Visibility Some of workshop owner facing an invisible cost problem in financial reporting. Financial reporting can take up to six weeks. With the time taken to compile and send over the prior months profit and loss statement. The problem is, if we had a financial issue with our parts profit margins or another area of the business, almost 2 months had passes before we knew about it. That’s a huge amount of missed profit. 3. Talent Loss Workshop technicians consider the work environment to be the biggest factor that makes them stay or leave. Paper-based processes can be frustrating & slows them down from finishing more jobs. Mechanics are simply weighed down from scheduling, to inspections , to estimate creation, labor guides, and more. But all these processes can be made simply faster and easier when not done on paper. How? With POMEN Smart Workshop! POMEN Smart Workshop is Your Best Filing Solution What if finding all your important garage documents can be done from the comfort of your office? You could do it all digitally with POMEN Smart Workshop. With this newly launched Workshop Management System (WMS), all your work orders, invoices, & POs can be accessed whenever you need. Want to try it out for yourself? Sign up for a free demo below!

The Pomen team with founder Syed Zulhilmi Tuan Sharif who is also CEO, second from left. Being stuck in the middle of the road from a car breakdown is a nightmare that can throw a spanner in our hectic everyday life.  Pomen Autodata Sdn Bhd (Pomen), which claims to be Malaysia’s leading automotive maintenance platform, offers 24/7 assistance for Malaysian drivers, connecting them to an ecosystem of registered workshops through its app. The perfect solution to help book or make reservations with the nearest workshop, Pomen introduced the service in 2019. The app takes its name from the Bahasa Malaysia slang used for “foreman”. To date, the app has been downloaded over 25,000 times with an average growth increase of 10% per month. Although the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting MCO brought a new set of challenges to businesses, Pomen sees the situation as a stepping stone to develop its business further. “We found that after the first MCO in March 2020, downloads of our app increased by 50%. Many car owners have taken the opportunity to perform services such as changing batteries and engine oil at home when the car is unutilised. With the POMEN app, they can easily make reservations with workshops at their own convenience. Convenience is the key as during the MCO, car owners seem to place both convenience and safety as their main priorities,” said Syed Zulhilmi Tuan Sharif, Pomen’s founder and CEO. Pomen Autodata is a Scaleup Malaysia company as well, from its recently announced second cohort. It received US$60,800 (RM250,000) funding. In another boost to the startup, Pomen’s latest update featured its collaboration with Petronas Lubricants Marketing Malaysia. This version includes the nine Klang Valley branches of Petronas AutoExpert workshops that are listed in the app’s directory of authorised workshops and are available for all POMEN members and users. While all users have to register their details to use the app, members need to register their car details as well. This helps Pomen monitor for fraud and unfair pricing. To date, there are more than 600 workshops registered in the app located around the Klang Valley, Johor, Penang, as well as in other major cities. Among the services offered include vehicle service, battery replacement or jump-start, tire replacement as well as repairing damage from accidents. In addition, the app has features such as real-time tracking services and transparent pricing. Users also enjoy free membership from the app to prevent any incidents of fraud by unauthorised workshops.  Pomen is a recipient of a US$121,500 (RM500,000) CIP Ignite (II) grant from Cradle and one of the winners of the Petronas FutureTech Accelerator Program that was selected from the Silicon Valley Immersion Program. The app can be downloaded on the Google Play Store platform or the Apple App Store or can be accessed directly at https://download.pomenapp.com. Original article : https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/startups/auto-maintenance-app-pomen-clocks-over-25000-downloads

POMEN Team Lead By Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Syed Zulhilmi Tuan Sharif Automotive maintenance platform, Pomen Autodata Sdn Bhd has collaborated with Petronas Lubricants Marketing Malaysia to make nine Klang Valley branches of Petronas AutoExpert available for Pomen users. POMEN’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Syed Zulhilmi Tuan Sharif emphasised that POMEN sees the situation as a stepping stone to develop the business further despite the challenges faced during the Covid-19 outbreak and the Movement Control Order (MCO). “We found out that after the first MCO in March 2020, downloads of the POMEN app increased by 50 percent. Many car owners have taken the opportunity to perform services such as changing batteries and engine oil at home when the car is unutilised. With the Pomen app, they can easily make reservations with workshops at their own convenience. During the MCO, people seem to place both convenience and safety as their main priorities,” he said. The perfect solution to help book or make reservations with the nearest workshop, Pomen first opened its doors introducing the service in 2019. To date, the app has been downloaded over 25,000 times with a positive gradual increase of ten percent each month. Additionally, there are more than 600 workshops registered in the POMEN app located around the Klang Valley, Johor, Penang, and in other major cities. Pomen is one of the CIP Ignite (II) fund recipients from Cradle and one of the winners of the Petronas FutureTech Accelerator Programme that was selected in the Silicon Valley Immersion Programme. The app  can be downloaded for free on the Google Play Store platform or the Apple App Store or can be accessed directly at https://download.pomenapp.com. Original article : https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2021/03/24/pomen-collaborates-with-petronas-to-continue-providing-digital-real-time-workshop-services/

POMEN is the top 20 in the 1st Batch of 500 Startup PETRONAS FutureTech accelerator POMEN has been selected among the 20 Startup in the 1st Batch of 500 Startup PETRONAS FutureTech accelerator program. PETRONAS FutureTech Accelerator. It is an 8-week accelerator program in Kuala Lumpur focusing on accelerating Malaysian startups looking for an opportunity to scale up their businesses regionally and globally.​POMEN selection in this will benefit to learn from Silicon Valley Growth Experts and PETRONAS Business Unit leaders to take POMEN to the next level.  Source : https://www.facebook.com/petronas/photos/a.433650348170/10157057186568171/?type=3&theater