Books gear against a date, quotes it as a package, takes a deposit, delivers and sets it up, then gets it back ready for the next booking.
System Five is built around how a party or equipment rental business actually runs — the operating mechanisms below, each backed by documented capabilities. System Five on Cloud is the standard delivery; on-premise deployment is available by request.
System Five includes 145 capabilities this trade draws on directly, within 303 that apply to how it operates — a selection from the full documented set, not a ceiling.
Gear that goes out and comes back — rated, booked, returned and charged.
Getting the goods to the customer — booked from the sale, loaded, routed and proved delivered.
A long sale — quoted, revised, released in stages, invoiced against a project.
Money before the goods move — a deposit, a layaway, a finance company, or the lender financing the units on your floor.
Several items sold as one thing — a room package, a build, a bundle — while the stock behind it still moves correctly.
A unit with a serial number that has a life history — who bought it, what was done to it, what it is worth now.
Scheduled servicing that brings the machine — and the customer — back.
A work order, a technician, labour and parts against a job — the half of the business that happens after the sale.
Stock with a season or a lifespan — buy early, mark down late, account for what does not survive.
A different price for the trade than for the public — levels, schedules, allowances and accounts that remember them.
More than one site or department reading and writing the same records.
Taking the old unit in on the new one, and carrying it as stock with a cost that has to make sense.
Selling what you do not stock — ordered in against the customer's name and tracked until it lands.
Getting a queue through — touch screen, scanning, line busting, parked sales.
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Every capability behind this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Capabilities outside the standard set are optional.