Nickell Rental signs deal with SmartEquip

SmartEquip’s Enterprise application will now be utilized by Nickell Rental. Nickell Rental will be able to automate its service process, increase technician productivity, eliminate parts order errors and improve uptime and availability of their rental fleet. The integration of SmartEquip and Orion Software’s Sirius Rental Management System will allow the family owned company to automate the workflow for parts and service, and leverage integrations with over 280 manufacturers and suppliers of equipment that participate in the SmartEquip Network.

“While local, independent rental companies often have an advantage over the national companies in terms of understanding the local market and relationships with local and other businesses, they are often at a disadvantage in terms of being able to access new technology,” said Josh Nickell, Nickell Rental’s vice president. “For some time, we have watched as the national rental companies have used SmartEquip to become more competitive by automating the repair and maintenance workflow, and we’ve looked forward to being able to use that same technology in our own business. We clearly recognize that optimizing the utilization of not only our fleet, but also our staff, is critical for growth and continued success. SmartEquip technology will enable Nickell Rental to replace our paper-based work order and purchase order systems with a paperless, automated system that eliminates over half of the steps in our current repair and maintenance process, not only reducing costs, but also improving productivity of both technicians and parts administrators. In addition, we believe that using SmartEquip technology to compress repair times will result in improved fleet availability for our customers and revenues for Nickell Rental.”

Fernando Pinera, SmartEquip’s president, added, “Our goal is to drive increased profitability for fleet owners, manufacturers and their dealers by integrating both their procurement systems and operational processes. We’re excited that Nickell Rental, as one of the nation’s leading independent rental companies, will now use SmartEquip technology to support their operations.”