Improve asset utilisation, improve efficiency, achieve KPI’s, collate business intelligence, ensure legislative compliance, just snippets of what we strive to achieve on a daily basis. But where do you start and what is the priority?
Measuring and monitoring may sound obvious but in the cut-throat plant, equipment and tool hire market it is critical for business success.
According to Jordan Thompson, hire software manager at market leading software innovator Jaama, it is critical that hirers utilise technology to maximise and grow their business potential, starting with a complete audit trail that clearly identifies:
•All legislative compliance requirements are up-to-date
•The exact location of all equipment in terms of who the customer is
•A full history of all assets to maximise stock utilisation.
Ms Thompson said: “Without that information at the fingertips of management, businesses will become inefficient and potentially lose money because they will not be maximising hiring opportunities. What’s more, companies could be investing in plant and other equipment that is rarely out of the yard when they could maximise increased hire opportunities by purchasing additional examples of in-demand machines and other equipment.”
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Jaama has rebranded its plant, equipment and tool hire management software and simultaneously introduced a range of sophisticated new features to boost business and user efficiencies.
Key2 Hire Management is the new name for the sector-leading plant and tool hire software management system. It was previously known as Key2 Plant Management.
The rebrand has been unveiled to widen the marketplace attractiveness of Key2 Hire Management as the functionality enables hire equipment outside of the pure plant sector to be managed, such as generators and toilets.
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Demand for Jaama’s industry-leading asset and driver management software is rocketing in the UK and internationally with revenues up 18% year-on-year.
A restructuring of the UK-based business last year to promote further expansion across Britain and for the first time into global markets, along with an intensive employee recruitment programme that has seen around 30 new jobs created has underpinned expansion.
Additionally, Jaama’s policy of continually investing in its multi award-winning Key2 software to ensure that it remains in the vanguard of asset management solutions available to public and private sector fleets, contract hire and leasing companies, daily rental businesses and plant management operations has further helped drive the volume of customers using the system to unprecedented levels.
Jason Francis, founder of Jaama which launched in 2004, who became chief executive three years ago, said: “2016 has been our most ambitious year to date. Last year we focused on putting in place the building blocks that would enable Jaama to expand to a completely new level.
“Re-organisation of Jaama at senior management level and the appointment of new staff across all departments – notably software development, customer support, sales and administration support – was critical to enable the company to both support existing clients and work in partnership with new ones.”
He continued: “As a result, 2016 is shaping up to be a fantastic year with an 18% increase in revenue across all the sectors in which Jaama delivers its Key2 software solution.
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