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After a successful Pilot in Berlin during 2006, the Roll Out to the entire business was completed at the end of May 2007 – with the rentalresult application being deployed to 120 depots across Germany.
Having reviewed a number of other rental management software applications, MVS Zeppelin chose rentalresult as the software with the highest value regarding to offered functionality and costs of implementation to handle the complex and diverse requirements of their rental business. As one of the largest CAT Rental Stores in Europe - and as part of the Zeppelin organisation, one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the world, they also required a flexible system to be easily interfaced to their corporate SAP ERP system.
In addition, MVS Zeppelin wished to take advantage of the standard output XML facilities to create their own fully customised business documents. Christian Dummler, Managing Director of Zeppelin Heavy Machines, commented that their final XML Hire Contract Document was “one of the best looking customer facing documents in Germany”.
“We now have excellent management controls in place for both our Cash and Accounts Customers, as part of a high level of integration with SAP, rentalresult and BI systems.” said Armin Rappen, Managing Director of MVS Zeppelin. “From an operational perspective, we have charging mechanisms aligned to all of our different business streams, and stock management facilities to maximise utilisation across multiple depots. The excellent functional capabilities of the rentalresult applications does make a large contribution to achieve high returns from our fleet and it gives us good opportunities to review our business process to maintain low overheads.”
Robin Barter , European Project Director for Result, said “I am delighted with the successful implementation at such an important account as MVS Zeppelin, who are well known and respected across Europe. Their excellent IT Team have pushed hard for us to deliver our application with functionality that has evolved beyond anything that they had previously found available from any supplier, and as such, has strengthened our relationship with both Caterpillar and SAP in Europe and the rest of the world. So much so, that in a recent analysis of rental software companies, completed by Caterpillar, rentalresult ranked highest in all categories; functionality, integration & technology, and general vendor criteria & service.”
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About MVS Zeppelin
As part of the Zeppelin Group, one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the world, MVS Zeppelin operate over 120 depots in Germany mainly focused on the rental of CAT equipment, with rental products including Construction Machinery, Vehicles, Compressors, Generators, Tools, Containers and Portable Accommodation. MVS Zeppelin is one of the top 20 rental companies in Europe.
The German rental market was growing at 16% in 2006, with an exceptional increase in demand for new housing and infrastructure.
About Result Group
Result Group has been selling specialist software to companies renting out assets, eg Cranes, Tools, Heavy Equipment, Aerial, Modular Space, Computer Hardware and Test & Measuring Equipment since 1994. Using our excellent knowledge of rental we have created an innovative and leading industry solution. Our java-based product, rentalresult, manages all aspects of rental including order processing & fulfilment, sales management, asset lifecycle & inventory, servicing, financials and CRM. In an industry where outdated technology is the norm, Result’s innovative approach provides significant competitive advantage. Customers identify benefits through breadth and depth of functionality; flexibility, web-enablement and ease and speed of use.
Central to Result Group’s operational strategy is the packaging of its core technology to create three products: ‘BUDGET’, ‘CLASSIC’ and ‘CUSTOM’, targeting different customer requirements.
Our customers believe the level of “out-of-the-box” functionality at 80% plus, is delivered by very close contact with customers and a $15m investment in R&D. rentalresult delivers “future-proofing” through platform independence and ease of integration with third party technologies.
Result Group is a successful business with a solid customer base. Our investment in Java has enabled the Company to realize major new customers such as GE, NES Rentals, Bechtel, Volvo Rents and Caterpillar in the growing equipment rental market and position itself as the leading global player in rental software.
In the last 12 months Result have been selected by SAP, the world’s leading ERP solutions provider, as their worldwide partner in the rental software space.
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