04 June 09
IRIS Hiremate Elan solution
speeds up invoicing and increases management information provision
for Fred Smith & Sons.
Fred Smith & Sons is a
name highly respected in the field of private and commercial
vehicle repairs, commercial vehicle body building, commercial
vehicle painting, vehicle maintenance, recovery and truck
rental.
The Truck Rental Division, based in West Bromwich, has an
extensive range of vehicles ranging from light vans up to 44 ton
tractor units. All of these are available on long and short-term
contracts as well as spot hires.
Fred Smith & Sons were using spreadsheets to control the
hire operations, with monthly invoicing performed on a standard
accounts system. This meant that there were issues with significant
amounts of time being spent producing invoices, as well as major
gaps in management reporting on such information as current hires
and vehicle usage.
The company required a solution that was not only specialised in
relation to the Hire sector, but one that would improve their day
to day operations and overall asset management. This also meant the
required solution needed to integrate with their accounts system,
and would have to be user friendly to encourage adoption across the
business.
IRIS Hiremate was chosen as a tried and tested solution with
impressive functionality and management reporting while still
retaining a user friendly interface. Combined with the IRIS
credibility of sector specialisation supported by a robust, cutting
edge organisation, this meant the solution provided a long term
scalable solution for Fred Smith & Sons.