The Equipment and Vehicle Rental Industry have a unique business model that depends entirely on the availability of “working” inventory. If a rental unit is non operational or overdue for service, it’s simply non-rentable.
More critical than maintaining a rental unit functioning is the need for speed in the decision making process of whether to repair or perform maintenance on a given unit. The timeliness of these decisions can make the difference between meeting a customer’s request or loosing a sale. In the same fashion, ensuring that preventive maintenance is performed is critical to ensuring the longevity and productivity of a unit.
BorgSolutions understands the unique need of the Rental Industry and how critical timely information is to the day-to-day execution of their business. To meet and exceed these needs, they have created Astral™, the only Fleet Maintenance & Management Software that was designed as a platform to automate: inventory, repairs, maintenance, work orders, purchase orders and much more.
By taking raw data about your equipment, such as: odometer readings, age of units, maintenance schedules and other key factors, Astral is able to “digest” these factors and pre-populates action items in the form of work orders and purchase orders. Automating the repair and maintenance process. Leaving the guesswork out of employee hands and just the action items for them to work from.
Astral keeps track of inventory and alert users on inventory levels. Notifying users if they are low on a part that would normally be kept in stock. Astral automates the restocking process by pre-populating quote requests and purchase orders for these parts. New inventory can also be administered thru the system by utilizing the quote request and purchase order system.
BorgSolutions is proud to offer a variety of different telematic hardware options, including: GPS & WiFi. Enabling customers to access time sensitive telematic data feeds remotely and in real-time for administration within Astral. As a hardware partner, not a manufacturer, BorgSolutions has been able to integrate with multiple manufacturers of best-of-breed hardware to meet every customer’s specific needs and budgets.
Astral’s automation of the fleet maintenance process enables customers to reduce operational costs by controlling and tracking maintenance expenses. Savings become most apparent when a unit’s lifespan is extended and its replacement is offset, enabling customers to reduce financing expenses by extending the return-on-investment. In addition, by maintaining the unit in optimum condition, each unit’s liability decreases, allowing the customer to save significantly on insurance premiums.
Since Astral automates all work order processes, pricing and discounts are automatically set by the system based on administrative input, ending errors in billing. Additionally, customers that automate the input of vehicle data thru the use of telematic devices like GPS, see the largest reduction in data entry error by eliminating human data entry.
Astral’s platform architecture was designed to enable customers to integrate with 3rd party hardware and software providers to enable a seamless integration with current or future solutions. Providing each customer the opportunity to select best-of-bread solutions in each business area without forcing them to purchase everything from one vendor alone.
To learn more about Astral and why it is the only Fleet Intelligence Platform™ on the market today, visit the Astral Page or Contact us.
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