CPA Bulletin

56 CPA Bulletin > May 2018 www.cpa.uk.net MCS Hire Software MCS RENTAL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Built to help your business grow and thrive www.mcs.co.uk CALL US ON +44(0)1628 828000 Visit our website to discover why you should choose MCS as your trusted software partner. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K MCS CPA Bulletin Ad 126x178 v2.pdf 1 14/03/2018 12:05 MCS rental software provides Telematics Hub for rental companies Rental software supplier’sMCS’ awardwinning ‘MCS Telematics Hub’ helps enables rental companies to harness the true value of any machine OEM telematics systems and additional tracker solutions all in one convenient place. The hub presents that data directly to rental fleet operators within the company’s operational MCS-rmrental management software. Themain issue for plant hire companies is that eachmanufacturer has its own proprietary system for telematics with each using its own online portal for accessing the data. Despite the construction industry having a wealth of equipment telematics available, it has never been easy for a rental company to use these statistics to their full potential due to the diverse range of telemetry suppliers available within their fleets. The alternative for a hire business is a costly retrofit of new telematics units across their entire inventory to unify their telematics under one login. Amore connected rental business With MCS’ new Telematics Hub, rental companies can easily configure and consolidate all their manufacturer logins in one place to enable them to lookup the equipment telematics data when needed directly. Consolidating telematics data together in one place froma variety of sources offers a huge operational efficiency in itself to a hire business. However, when paired with a rental management solution like MCS-rm, it adds con ext to all the telematics data that has been logged by associating it with the relevant customer, rental contract and construction site. Whilst telematics provides information on where equipment is, the rental management systemprovides themissing details on which company rented it, the site where it is located, what the contracted hours are, who is operating it and for how long they will be using it for. The hire business wants to ensure that their customers are using their rental equipment correctly, safely and according to the terms of its rental contract - all of which can be very difficult tomonitor and prove consistently. However, withmachine telematics data readily available within the rental management system, companies can gain an unprecedented insight into amachine’s movements, its safe usage by operators and amachine’s actual operating hours, which has real practical value for a hire business. Data that can currently be accessed via the Telematics Hub includes GPS location, operating hours, fuel consumption and equipment utilisation information. MCS currently integrates with six telematics companies including JCB Live-Link, Enigma Telematics, Trackunit, CanTrack, Pinpoint and Allsetra with several more on the way. MCS expects fleet telematics data to play a far more central role within rental businesses in the future in the areas of safety in the workplace, usage statistics and automation of routine tasks. For more information about the MCS Telematics Hub, the MCS-rmhire solution or about becoming an MCS Telematics Hub provider, phone 01628 828000 , visit www.mcs.co.uk or email moreinfo@mcs.co.uk