Equip-Soft Talks About How Equipment Distributors Require Parts Management Soluti

Feb. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Equip-Soft (www.equip-soft.com) helps equipment distributors manage growth and improve efficiencies through its rentals, service, sales, parts, and fleet management software.  Equip-Soft aligns the best technology with the best business processes.  From fleets to forklifts and trucks to power generators, Equip-Soft’s  Dealer Management Systems (DMS)  allow companies to lower the price point, integrate accounting with core fundamentals, achieve cost-savings, while permitting scalability for future growth.  In order to better service customers in the equipment industry the right parts at the right time are needed. Equip-Soft’s parts functionality allows companies to manage the parts operation more effectively.
Parts Management Features Include:

   Location grouping to assist with effective transfers between branches

   Manage obsolescence by having the system automatically change part statuses at a location based on conditions such as ageing and movement

   Replenish by a supply methodology, MRP planning settings, average number of calls and call size

   System generated velocity statuses

   Manage cores with customers and suppliers

   Price tape imports

   Handle parts from different manufacturers with ease

   Serialized inventory (for attachments, high-value parts, etc.)

   Supersession management – system automated, suggested or manual modes supported

According to Grant Skinner, Vice-President of Equip-Soft, “Customer demand requires that cost controls are implemented to strip away excess cost out of the supply chain.  Whether triggered by an acquisition or the failure of legacy systems, equipment distributors recognize that service contracts are an important element of their margins and profitability.”  Equipment distributors with a sales force, field technicians, providing supplies parts and short-term rentals, require better ways to monitor, manage, and maintain data.  Continuous improvement is a central principle with Equip-Soft; customers gain access to a product roadmap and upgrade path that allows them to find and make improvements in their businesses long after the initial implementation.  Partnering with Microsoft Dynamics means that all the benefits of working with an Industry specific software provider, with the backing of the largest provider of business software in the world.



Equip-Soft

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Michelene Maguire
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