Rental Inventory/Labor Management Software Products 2007

Rental Inventory/Labor Management Software Products 2007
  • ADVANTAGE is a complete end-to-end Windows software solution that offers a competitive edge for businesses looking to increase their efficiencies and reach their full potential. Designed specifically for businesses that rent, sell and service equipment, ADVANTAGE simplifies business operations by eliminating multiple, disparate systems, and allowing authorized users full access to data immediately after entry. ADVANTAGE provides full office integration including rentals, sales, service, parts, inventory, and accounting. ADVANTAGE further integrates with other Microsoft applications such as MapPoint, Outlook, Word and Excel. For more information visit www.rmiusa.com.

Orion Software's Sirius Pro


Sirius Pro is a Windows-based, rental and inventory management software that tracks your inventory and staff, manages all customer operations from quotations to reservations, contracts to invoices. This full-featured, 3rd generation product enables you to track your activities and inventories easily and effectively, thereby improving your controls, revenue, profits and ROI.

Sirius Pro also integrates with major accounting software such as QuickBooks, allowing the customer to retain their current accounting practices. Sirius Pro has many functions that improve business processes through better tracking, less redundancy, drill down calendar to see the availability of specific items, over 150 different reports to help analyze and improve operations, bar-coding, equipment reservations management, and staff management. For more information visit www.orion-soft.com.

AVAIL's 4


AVAIL is software designed to automate an audio visual, sound or lighting rental company. In order to efficiently automate a rental company, the software has to provide help in many areas. AVAIL assists in every aspect of the order handling process, from writing the order to entering the receipt, and all the steps in between. AVAIL is designed to facilitate an efficient, cost effective rental and/or sales operation. AVAIL quickly and easily provides access to information including but not limited to: orders and quotations, equipment shortage reports, equipment availability, shipping and receiving reports, technician schedules, inventory reports, equipment repair reports, customer accounts, purchase order tracking, invoice reports, equipment utilization, and cash flow reports. AVAIL is easy to use and completely menu driven. Menu options are numbered and may be selected by entering an option's particular number or by using the arrow keys to highlight the option and pressing enter. For more information visit www.avail-software.com.

Unique Business Systems' R2


R2 is an end-to-end software for rentals, sales and labor. The functional modules of R2 include integrated labor planning and scheduling, inventory scheduling and warehouse, service and repair, accounting, and reports. R2 is a true multi-site, multi-location system. Order, event or project for equipment and labor. Copy, cut and paste from existing orders, and discount by line item, section total or bottom line price. View a gross margin of an order while track order changes made by operations/labor coordinators. Inventory is split into four hierarchies of inventory in short and long descriptions. It also features customized rules for checking kits in/out, user defined attributes and depreciation. Manage inventory shortages by exchanges, transfers, subrentals or purchases. For more information visit www.unibiz.com.

IntelEvent's Update


IntelEvent is a provider of inventory control event rental and production software. IntelEvent provides technical support that gives you prompt answers to your questions. Our trainers come from the industry to bring you industry knowledge to your training sessions. We provide custom development and give you forums to provide feedback on what we are including in the software. IntelEvent is an investment that continues to pay for itself well into the future of the partnership. IntelEvent provides software that is easy to use and powerful enough for a business to grow efficiently well into the future. It features real time inventory control, all key processes within one system, professional quality and timeliness of quotes and proposals, billing, customer tracking, forecast resource needs and sales focus, accurate records of maintenance and repair, evaluate your business operations, email quotes and invoices, and real time labor scheduling. For more information visit www.intelevent.com.

Abacus Productions's Packman


PackMan lets you know instantly where gear is, when it's due back, where it's been and where it's going. Create pack lists based on what-if scenarios, and then fine-tune them as circumstances dictate. A wide array of sorting and query options let you see at a glance how best to respond to changing conditions such as weather delays, client requests, or missing equipment. Needless sub-rentals can be avoided as PackMan helps pinpoint the availability of gear you already own. Last-minute adjustments to cargo manifests give you the flexibility to efficiently determine the quickest and cheapest way to ship gear to and from events.PackMan provides a comprehensive overview of every event on your schedule. Crew, gear, and trucking are managed from one integrated environment, and every function is tightly bound to a perpetual calendar. Complete client, venue, and contact information is readily available for each event. For more information visit www.packmantracking.com.

Database Works' RentalWorks


RentalWorks is database technology and design powered by Microsoft SQL with an industry driven design. The software is flexible and has a customizable configuration, along with multiple location capabilities. RentalWorks has exclusive and innovative features and functions that address every aspect of your operation. RentalWorks manages: inventory control, rental and sales orders, crew and transportation, contact resources, repairs, service and parts, purchasing, billing, and A/R requirements. RentalWorks suited for:

lighting and grip, camera, AV, studio, staging, and event production. It offers complete work flow flexibility, from quote to invoice. Management metrics tools provide extensive inventory and analysis reports for data essential to making the best business decisions. The power of RentalWorks also provides a mobile unit. For more information visit www.rentalworks.net.

HireTrack's Eclipse


The HireTrack Eclipse rental and production management system is distinctively designed for a busy production schedule. Designed to work within a folder system, Eclipse has an instant familiarity for virtually every rental company and the easy to understand interface includes tools to meet industry specific needs. HireTrack includes choice provisions for managing even the most extensive rental inventory across several warehouses, labor and vehicle scheduling, customized quotes using Microsoft Word, generating invoices and orders to track job profitability, understanding trends and equipment utilization, and e-mail options for customer quotes and information.

HireTrack's interface allows quick system implementation into most businesses. From the moment a call arrives, a salesman can quickly make an enquiry of equipment availability and create an equipment list using any pricing structure designed by the user. For more information visit www.hiretrack.com.

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