The world of rental can get very complicated when it comes to terminology. In some countries such as the UK and parts of Australasia Equipment Rental is known as Hire. In other countries, Hire refers to the process of employing someone. This is a short list of the most common terminology changes for English speaking […]

We introduced back to back ordering for sub-rentals (or re-hires) a long time ago, in order to provide traceability between rental contracts and vendor deliveries and schedules. However in the current economic climate using back-to-back orders to manage just-in-time ordering for less frequently used parts and for ordering larger equipment and machines is becoming more […]

The art of renting your machines out with operators or drivers attached, certainly has some intriguing names! Wet Rental in Australia, Operated Plant in the UK and Operated Equipment elsewhere. Whatever the terminology, Operated Equipment requires specialized rental equipment software functionality and special reporting capabilities.
With certain areas of the rental industry such as […]

rentalresult received Powered by NetWeaver status back in 2006, after our initial selection by SAP as their white space partner for Rental software. rentalresult provides a rental industry solution for an area not covered directly in any of SAP’s vertical markets.
Customers such as MVS Zeppelin, the CAT Rental Store in Germany with over a […]

It doesn’t really matter what term you use to describe it, sub-rentals are always a complex process to manage without losing time or money. All rental businesses know that the cost of sub-renting equipment unnecessarily, or for too long (when your own equipment is now available and standing idle), is an expensive undertaking.
You need […]

We’d like to announce the development of a new partnership with web-survey company Vovici. (www.vovici.com). Using the Vovici API we have created some automatic links between activity in rentalresult and your ability to send satisfaction and other types of surveys to your customers.
So what does this actually mean? Basically you can decide what surveys you’d […]

These days, we spend a lot of time focusing on customers, and implementing new features to make sure that they get the best possible experience, but at the other end of the scale, vendors tend to drop down the priority list.
We think there are several things that we can do to make your vendors experiences […]

The innovations team at rentalresult is always looking at new technology to work out what we can use to benefit our customers. But most of the time, its not the technology but the idea that is important.
After watching a new user getting to grips with the applications a couple of weeks ago, one of the […]

There is now an additional value added sales option which allows you to automatically create after-sales warrranties for both used and new equipment sales. So now, you can make sure that your customers get the same great service they are used to after they’ve bought their new equipment from you.

However complex the technology there are times when simple is best. We have recently added a nice simple solution for those people who need their customers to sign and return contracts or safety information sheets before rental equipment is dispatched.
Rather than process everything manually, or rely on a web based solution which only a proportion […]