Now in its 59th year, The American Rental Association's annual show is coming up in less than 4 months and Baseplan Software is excited to be exhibiting for their second year running. Furthermore, Baseplan is pleased to announce their Silver Sponsorship status for the show.

The Rental Show is the American Rental Association's annual convention and trade show for the equipment rental industry. With over 675 exhibitors, 23 rental specific seminars and a keynote address from 5 time NFL MVP and Super Bowl winning quarterback, Peyton Manning, this is truly one of the biggest events of its kind in the world!

Offering visitors access to the latest rental equipment as-well-as seminars on budgeting, human resources, customer service and much more, The Rental Show is all about equipping rental companies with effective tools to maximise their profits. With that in mind, it is easy to see why Baseplan is so excited to once again be exhibiting at the show.

As Baseplan's CEO and President, Andrew Ferry, explains, "Baseplan Enterprise, is all about helping customers maximise their return on investment. It offers our clients the power to manage their businesses more effectively, with a fully integrated solution that tracks the total cost of ownership on equipment, so that businesses can more effectively manage their assets as investments".

That's why Baseplan has come on board as a Silver Sponsor. It's that joint interest in seeing businesses succeed and helping them grow that makes our vision align so neatly with The Rental Show".

Baseplan Enterprise has quickly become a much sought-after business management necessity with Baseplan North America Inc signing up a major communications client in a global rollout of the system software in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

The fully customisable solution, Baseplan Enterprise, also has specifically designed software to meet the needs of the forklift industry. Selling, renting and servicing equipment involves complex supply chain management between many departments of the business. Baseplan Enterprise offers connected processing from enquiry to invoicing and after sales servicing with integrated equipment and fleet management software.

At a glance, using the Baseplan ERP system, staff can see where orders are currently in the process and view shipping information, pre-delivery requirements and progress, and track work performed compared to what was quoted.

Baseplan Enterprise includes equipment and fleet management software that provides utilization and total cost of ownership on individual, types, makes and models of your forklifts and other equipment. It offers insights helping you decide on future directions with enhanced fleet tracking capabilities and delivering information to ensure capital is optimized by ensuring it is not tied up in poor performing stock and equipment.

Process control is a key component in service management to allow for planning of spare parts and labor resources. Flexible preventative maintenance plans are set up and jobs created on demand using an interactive preventative maintenance planning screen.
Baseplan's comprehensive ERP system integrates field management service software that allows for breakdowns to be logged and then managed by an allocation screen allowing service controllers to see which jobs are with each mechanic, as well as manage job process queues.

To see more about how Baseplan Software has benefited business like Linde and Hystandard, please see our Case Studies.

Furthermore, Baseplan will be exhibiting its powerful Field Service Mobility module. Over the last 12 months, Baseplan has been creating a FSM solution that brings to market some important features. With enhanced and constantly growing capabilities, Baseplan's FSM module is making the management of clients' mobile operations, easier to handle. Baseplan already services a significant number of users across existing FSM applications, however, the latest generation of FSM capabilities brings the product to a new level, making it easier to handle the servicing of your forklift and other equipment.

The latest FSM solution handles preventative maintenance schedules, job dispatch and field service on the latest in mobile technology. Baseplan's FSM offers a highly innovative, powerful and flexible application for the rental and equipment management industries.

The application provides field service technicians with the ability to process all aspects of service and repairs, giving them full access to parts availability, upcoming service requests and back-to-base service communications, all over the air. This allows field technicians to remain completely mobile and maximize their productivity while on the road. The application also allows field service technicians to:

• Utilize 'ruggedized' tablets eliminating the need for voice communication and manual job cards, increasing response times and mobility
• Scan in parts consumed, providing detailed analysis on part replenishment and labour requirements
• Take photos of equipment
• Capture signatures direct to device (sign-on-glass)
• Record notes electronically while on site
• Have access to real-time integration to back-end systems

Service jobs are directly dispatched to field service technicians from the Baseplan Enterprise dispatch system, allowing for real-time feedback on job acceptance, location of technicians, time on site and the work to be completed. Service calls are logged at the time they are received, with integrated processes around job allocation and dispatch. The call logging process assists staff with credit status, maintenance reminders, complaint handling and SLA requirements, creating detailed timesheets, parts usage and KPI's for tracking of labor utilization.

Additionally, Baseplan has helped solve common frustrations of service technicians, such as being out of range of available communications. No longer do service technicians need to worry about this anymore, as the application will automatically synchronize with servers when back in range of communications service.

During the 59th annual Rental Show, Baseplan will again be hosting a meeting room to allow customers to meet and discuss their rental and equipment management needs. The Baseplan stand will showcase graphic displays to help illustrate the power of the Baseplan Enterprise solution.

This year, the exhibition team carries over a century of experience in implementing rental and equipment management software to the industry. On hand, will be Andrew Ferry, CEO and President of Baseplan Software; Matthew Patrick, CEO Baseplan North America; Jason LeGuier, GM of Sales and Marketing; Nigel Hammond, Manager of Business Development and Karen Ferry, Marketing Director.

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