Home Contact Us Customer Login Regions United Kingdom Rental Software MCS-rm Application Your Sector Servicing your business Our Services Supporting your business Company Information About MCS Sectors Plant, Powered Access and Generator Hire Small Plant and Tool Hire Operated Plant and Crane Hire Audio-Visual Hire Event Hire Portable Toilet Hire Portable Accommodation and Container Hire Bulk Hire Internal Hire Demo Call Me Contact Us For Small Plant and Tool Hirers we recommend MCS-rm Equipment Hire Software Our international software solutions will help you to identify strengths and eliminate weaknesses throughout your Small Plant and Tool Hire business. Click here to view more information about MCS-rm Software Small Plant and Tool Hire Software MCS have revolutionised the small plant and tool hire sector by developing its first hire software nearly 30 years ago. Today, we continue to be the No.1 software management solution in this marketplace due our unrivalled experience, outstanding product scope, an extensive customer base and many customer success stories. Fast facts for small plant and tool hirers: MCS-rm manages the quotations, contract processing and invoicing of all your small plant and tool hires, sales, consumables and accessories. You'll save time and resources, reduce errors, achieve faster throughput and increase revenue. Process hire and sale transactions quickly through consistent, easy to use screens, take deposits and payments, print contracts, delivery notes and return notes showing payments and outstanding balances. Create new cash accounts speedily for new hirers as part of the contract creation process. Quick Point of Sale feature for quick cash sales over the counter. A Daily Diary lets the depot team view planned deliveries, expected returns and collections, and highlights overdue activities – this increases efficiency and reduces errors. Report on outstanding balances owed by cash hirers and when deposits have been eroded. Raise interim cash invoices which can be mailed or emailed to cash hirers to remind them to top up their deposits or return the equipment. At end-of-day till reconciliation, MCS-rm checks that all payments and refunds have been processed correctly and helps you prepare for banking. Till reconciliations can be run multiple times throughout the day if required. Make better informed decisions about your products and increase your profitability – MCS-rm tracks all your tools and stock to give an up-to-date picture of availability and location. Combine frequently used items and accessories so they can be hired as a 'package' – this speeds up processing, improves accuracy and increases upsell opportunities. Automates your rehires process – every rehire transaction can be analysed in terms of its profitability. This improved understanding helps you maximise resources and revenue. Safety and operating instructions are printed with the hire contract or delivery note to ensure that the customer has the relevant information. Scheduled Maintenance Alerts ensure your tools are not booked out on a contract when a service is imminent, and a work order can be generated should the tool break down while in use, ensuring speedy and efficient on-site repair or exchange. In addition, the Workshop and Maintenance module keeps equipment in optimum working order and schedules and tracks all repairs and modifications – reduces breakdowns and improves your equipment's utilisation, profitability and stock expenditure. Auto works order allows users to go through electrical run, test and other off-hire inspections. This information can be printed at the next hire. The Today Page gives a snapshot of current hire activities in your tool hire business and enables you to drill down to access more detail to ensure you meet your customer commitments. The Revenue Guide allows you to see expected future revenue and forecasts and act quickly before month end or an invoicing run. Fully configurable Smart Alerts provides an early warning system for any pre-defined hire issues such as hire rates negotiated below a certain threshold – this improves your responsiveness and saves time and manpower to help you reduce costs and increase revenue. MCS Document Management scans and automatically files signed delivery/collection notes and other documentation with the contract, to be viewed or emailed in the event of a query. This resolves many invoice queries and improves cash flow. MCS Electronic Trading enables hire companies to electronically send and receive their business trading documents, such as orders, invoices, purchase orders and bank remittances, via email and XML Transmission. Shifting away from manual document transmission processes leads to many efficiency gains such as reducing labour costs, improving cash flow and slicker customer and client communication. Purchase Order Processing helps you understand your complete expenditure by tracking purchasing costs. CRM provides a fully integrated customer and prospect database, with quotation, marketing campaign management and lead monitoring. This boosts sales and marketing and supports customer retention. MCS Mobile Applications allow access to the MCS software anytime, anywhere on your choice of mobile devices. It enables remote workers and customer-facing staff to maximise their time in the field and creates efficiencies in the way delivery and collections drivers receive and capture information. Use many standard reports provided or create your own to analyse key hire data. In addition, Report Scheduler automates the transmission of reports to predefined recipients at specified intervals via email or SMS text message. Business Intelligence tools analyse key business information visually by using Dashboards and Microsoft Excel pivot tables – make better management decisions. The Resource Planner offers a graphical real-time calendar of resource utilisation and enables you to manage, plan and modify your selection according to priorities, activities and tasks. Benefits include greater agility to changing demands and more responsive service delivery as resources are selected according to best skill set. Customer Web Portal and MCS Online Shop are customisable websites that offer customers access to important contract, invoice and account information and lets them browse an online equipment catalogue and raise hire bookings. This empowers customers and enhances business performance, productivity and revenue. MCS Financials is an affordable and highly comprehensive integrated financial solution that handles day-to-day accounting activities and financial management reports. Integration paths to best of breed Financials: Sage 50, 200, IRIS Exchequer, Access Accounts, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, SAP Business One, Pegasus Opera and QuickBooks etc. You have the choice to deploy the software via a traditional software licence model or via the MCS 'Cloud'. Read more about the MCS 'Cloud'. To find out more about MCS-rm in your sector, call us on +44 (0)1628 828000 or use our enquiry form. View Alide Hire Services Case Study Alide Hire Services Web: www.alidehire.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Tool & small plant hire, event & toilet hire Products: Core MCS-rm with Transport Manager, Bulk Transmission of Invoices, Daily Diary, Pegasus Accounts Integration, Proof of Delivery and Document Management, Purchase Order Processing, Workshop & Maintenance, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Business Intelligence and Reporting View Fowler Hire & Sales Case Study Fowler Hire & Sales Web: www.fowlertools.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Professional and DIY tool hire and sales Products: Core MCS-rm, Invoicing, Workshop & Maintenance, MCS-fin View Law Plant & Tools Case Study Law Plant & Tools Web: www.lawplant.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Plant and tool hire services Products: Core MCS-rm, Purchase Ordering, Workshop & Maintenance, MCS-fin, MCS-web, MCS-fin View Total Hire & Sales Case Study Total Hire & Sales Web: www.totalhireandsales.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Plant Hire Products: MCS-rm with: Purchase Ordering, Workshop & Maintenance, MCS-fin, MCS-bi View Kentec Tool Hire Case Study Kentec Tool Hire Web: www.kentectoolhire.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Plant, tool and access hire solutions, plus training and safety products Products: MCS-rm, Workshop & Maintenance, Purchase Order Processing, Management Reporting, Integration to Sage Accounts View Nixon Hire Case Study Nixon Hire Web: www.nixonhire.co.uk Country: United Kingdom Industry: Hire sectors including plant and tool, accommodation, toilets, event hire ... 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