Rental software for formwork

Steinach: Based on the widely used INFOR administration software, the IT subsidiary in the PASCHAL Group, Planitec, has developed a module for rental formwork and site equipment. The impulse for this was that rental transactions are very important in this sector and have either been ignored or only poorly supported by suitable software to date.

The usual requirements in this sector are calculations of

• rental at percentage rate per month

• rental per piece

• flat rate rental and

• rental rate per square metre.

ERP Rental has proven to be very flexible for the following reasons:

• at any time, customers can obtain an overview of all their materials and at which location (on what site) their inventory is currently located under what conditions.

• It is also possible to schedule several orders simultaneously. Suitable standby levels may be specified to ensure that critical inventory situations are flagged immediately.

• Missing items from returns are detected at once.

• Variations in the transactions, such as buy out of rental, are also possible without any problems; and rental fees already invoiced can also be taken into consideration.

• One main project can be broken down into several subprojects which can each be invoiced differently.

ERP Rental is available since 2007; it was completely relaunched in 2012. Practically any language around the world can be selected thanks to INFOR''s wide distribution. ERP Rental can be set to German, English and French.

Custom software extensions are available on request.

ERP Rental is optimised for manufacturer-independent administration of formwork, accessories and comparable inventory for companies of at least 50 employees and upwards.

A machinery module is also available for ERP Rental as of now. The machinery module allows clear arranged administration and scheduling of construction machinery of all kinds. Furthermore operating data for machines equipped with the Trackunit GPS location system can be fed into the machinery module in real time and called up and processed whenever required.