inspHire: rental software experts

Focus24

Background:                                                                                                                               

Focus 24 is a hire facility created and comprised of filmmakers providing cutting edge film and camera equipment  for fellow filmmakers and production companies. Focus 24 also helps in delivering support on a broad range of media shoots to ensure their customers are utilising the equipment they provide to its maximum potential. 

The Issue:                                                                                                                                   

As a start up company in the hire industry Focus24 were simply tracking their assets on a whiteboard in the office, but over a short period of time, and several lost and damaged items later, Focus24 started to recognise the importance of having a software in place.                                                                                                               

The Solution

When Focus24 began researching the market it quickly became clear to them, that they wanted a rental management solution to streamline the business, help the business grow and consistently provide accurate information. In addition Focus24 also felt that it was essential to find a software solution that was reliable, stable and flexible which is when they chose to implement inspHire’s Office Edition solution. Their decision was partly influenced around the long line of reputable companies, across different industries benefiting from inspHire, but predominantly on how they system would benefit Focus24 and their clients. 

“We had no idea what was possible with a hire management system. We were looking for a package that would simply tell us what we had in stock and when we are to expect hires to be returned. We got this in spades but what we also got from inspHire was a 360 degree database that covers all conceivable aspects of hire including an invoicing system

that has a direct pipeline to Sage Accounts and this is where the true value shines through. inspHire mirrors the client database you create in Sage, giving you an extremely powerful tool in tracking customer spend, what they’re regular hires look like in breakdown form and if an account has exceeded it’s credit limit among many other things.”

“ inspHire is an advanced efficiency tool, and the internal enhancements are manifested in many ways to the client. Transparency of information allows multiple users to share the same contract information and instant access to insurance values, total weight of entire hire for carriage purposes, and the Quick Price features are just a few examples of direct benefits to our clients.”

Ben Mitchell – Focus24