Build Your Hire Business With Us
Whether you’ve got maintenance due and your mechanic is out sick or your customer’s complaining that they’ve hired the wrong size trencher, there’s enough to worry about when you’re running a hire business. That’s where Point of Rental comes in. Our software manages your inventory, tracks it, helps you maintain it, and gives you the information you need to create great tool hire experiences, every time.
Everything You Need When You Need It
- Real-time contract processing: Contracts update across warehouse, counter, and lot instantly.
- RFID and double-blind scanning: Enables fast and accurate check-in/out without manual counting.
- Online bookings and kits: Let customers book tools or kits online 24/7 with availability checks.
- Advanced dispatch and delivery: Plan routes, estimate load weights, track deliveries in real time.
- Inventory and customer insights: Track item profitability, maintenance costs, customer history, and hire trends.
- Mobile apps and self-service lockers: Empower staff and customers with smart locker access and mobile app workflows.
- Robust reporting: Generate dozens of indexed reports on utilization, ROI, inactive items, and more.
- 24/7 expert support: Hands-on help from hire professionals to keep you running.
Process Contracts in Realtime
Automate your time-wasting tool hire processes. Our software features realtime contract processing, so contract changes are seen instantly in the warehouse or on the lot. Filled orders are updated instantly and counter staff can see when they’re complete. With RFID integration, you can even automatically scan in items instead of hand-counting everything.
Add items to contracts on the fly
Sell missing or damaged items with a click
RFID integration for speedy check in/out
Double-blind scanning does item sorting for you
Know Your Customers
Customers are the lifeblood of any business, but it’s especially true in tool hire. Our software helps connect you with your customers by tracking the items they hire most, when they like to hire them, where they have them delivered, and how to get in touch with them. You’re able to get important messages to your customers even before they’re asking for information, building a foundation of trust.
Track your most consistent customers
Identify customers that you haven’t heard from in a while
Easily identify job sites and customer locations for deliveries
Manage discount programs for repeat customers
Plan and Track Deliveries
When you’re visiting several sites a day, you don’t have time to spare between deliveries. Our dispatching solutions help you estimate load weights, plan routes, manage work crews…basically, get your team where they need to be, as efficiently as possible, so everyone can get back home.
Assign efficient delivery, pickup, and service routes
Modify routes to accommodate new deliveries/pickups
See trucks in realtime and track historical data
Keep customers updated with accurate arrival/departure times
Understand Your Business
Managing the day-to-day tasks is critical for tool hire software – we one-up that by providing the data that helps your business grow year-over-year. With detailed statistics and tracking of key performance indicators like ROI, item profitability, maintenance costs, etc., you’ll be able to make well-informed decisions when you’re determining what tools you’ll be hiring out in the future.
Dozens to hundreds of reports, indexed and explained
Easily accessible, with customized reporting available
Report accessibility determined by leadership
Data-driven decision-making
More Apps, More Power
Mobile Apps
Connect your remote employees to their hire software as they take care of business.
Inspection Management
Assign inspections and attach them to equipment histories within the system. Data is trackable by employee and item.
Capture and store digital signatures on any document at a rate structure designed for hire companies.
Dispatching
Estimate load weights, plan routes, manage work crews…get your team where they need to be, efficiently.
CRM
See customer histories, set priorities, and map account tasks for your sales team.
UnlockIt
Rent 24/7 with smart locker technology. Self-service hire, hire on demand, and after-hours parts pickups.
Mobile Apps
Connect your remote employees to Point of Rental’s system as they take care of business.
Inspection Management
Assign inspections and attach them to equipment histories within the system. Data is trackable by employee and item.
Rental eSign
Capture and store digital signatures on any document at a rate structure designed for hire companies.
Dispatching
Estimate load weights, plan routes, manage work crews…get your team where they need to be, efficiently.
CRM
See customer histories, set priorities, and map account tasks for your sales team.
Unlockit
Rent 24/7 with smart locker technology. Self-service hire, hire on demand, and after-hours parts pickups.
Point of Rental vs General Hire Software Competitors
Feature Comparison
| Capability | Point of Rental General Tool | Most Competitors |
|---|---|---|
| Contract Workflow Automation | Real-time contract updates across all touchpoints | Manual updates or disjointed systems |
| RFID & Scanning Accuracy | Speedy, double-blind scanning for efficient check-in/out | Manual counting prone to errors |
| 24/7 Online Booking & Kits | Full online capabilities with kit support and accurate availability | Often limited to phone or in-store bookings |
| Optimized Dispatch | Load-weight routing, GPS tracking, delivery timelines | Basic or manual dispatch functionality |
| Deep Reporting & Analytics | Dozens of reports on ROI, utilization, inactive items, customer trends | Limited filtering or generic dashboards |
| Mobile Access & Smart Lockers | Mobile tools for field staff and smart locker self-service | Browser-only systems and no locker technology |
| Customer Support & Rental DNA | 24/7 support from experienced rental professionals | General tech support, less domain savvy |
What Do Our Customers Say?
Of course we think we’re wonderful; every company does. We’ve provided hire management solutions for 40+ years to thousands of companies. Here’s what they have to say!
★4.5
★4.8
★4.7
A Partner For The Life of Your Business
Point of Rental Software has been around for more than 40 years. We’ve grown from a software developed for our own tool hire store to the worldwide brand we are today. We are where we are because we care about our customers and we work to empower them to be successful.
Because of that principle, we are committed to innovation – we’ve won five consecutive Innovative Product Awards from RER for a reason. That innovation keeps our customers ahead of their competition and frees up their time to suggest further improvements. In 2022, we added 150+ user suggestions to the software. What will Point of Rental be able to handle in the future? That could be up to you.
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Changes made to contracts are instantly reflected across the warehouse, counter, and lot. RFID integration and double-blind scanning enable fast, accurate check-outs without manual counting.
Absolutely. Customers can book tools or preconfigured kits online 24/7 with live availability checks, enhancing convenience and reducing overbooking.
Our advanced dispatch module helps you plan optimized delivery routes that take load weights into account, track deliveries in real time, and operate more efficiently in the field.
You gain visibility into item profitability, maintenance costs, hire trends, customer history, ROI, utilization, and more. We’ve also got hundreds of indexed, drill-down reports available.
Field staff can use mobile apps for inspections, updates, and more, while customers benefit from consumer portal and account management functionality.
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