Stage 1: what's included.
The full hire loop, from the first enquiry to the continuation invoice — including the Outlook inbox and online orders. Everything in this demo outside the Next stage section is stage 1, and it all runs without the next stage.
- 1 OpenEnquiries and quick jobs
Website, phone and email enquiries on one board. A quick job goes straight onto the schedule with a booking confirmation.
- 2 OpenQuotes
Built from the price list in 4-week blocks, minimum hire under 40 m, delivery, collection, labour and extras. Rev A and Rev B on one number; accept link with the install date they want.
- 3 OpenJobs, the ins and outs, and stock
Every delivery, extra delivery, part collection and loss on a job, each one opening to its equipment, with the running tally of what's on site at the bottom — and a button to invoice it. Stock for the whole company and per customer.
- 4 OpenCrew iPad app
Locked to one truck. Today's dockets in run order; quantities, times, photos, signature. Submit updates the tally and creates the invoice task.
- 5 OpenCalendar, run sheet and truck load-outs
The next seven days, trucks against days. Drag a job that didn't happen yesterday onto today; reorder the runs. What each truck needs loaded, and a printable run sheet.
- 6 OpenPricing and invoicing
The price list, kits and what's included, set per client: 4-week blocks, monthly per item, or a fixed term paid upfront or monthly. Invoices follow every delivery and collection, and every one is a draft until a person approves it.
- 7 OpenContinuation and recurring invoices
Each morning the next block, month or instalment is drafted on what is on site that day — added fence included — and waits for a person to check it.
- 8 OpenXero
Approved invoices posted, payments back, sync status on every invoice, and anything that failed with a Retry.
- 9 OpenMissing and damaged
From the docket onto the invoice, counted separately, reported by customer, item and month.
- 10 OpenCustomers
Contacts, jobs, metres on hire, invoiced, owing from Xero, and the full email history from enquiry to job.
- 11 OpenOutlook inbox
Incoming email filed automatically against the right customer, quote or job. Anything it can't place waits in Unfiled.
- 12 OpenWebsite and online orders
The website form lands on the enquiry board; customers order online with a live price, and the order arrives to approve.
- 13 OpenDashboard
Metres on hire, continuation waiting, dockets waiting to be invoiced, today's runs — and what needs a person.
- 14 OpenUsers, go-live and training
Microsoft sign-in, office roles, truck iPads, documents backed up to SharePoint, and the go-live step: every site brought across from CloudRent is confirmed on the next visit.
Next stage, quoted separately
— nothing in stage 1 waits on these- Stage 2 Truck Map (GPS)Until then: Life360, as today
- Stage 2 Bulk EmailUntil then: Their current email tool
- Stage 2 Yard & FleetUntil then: Stock owned, on hire and in the yard is in stage 1. Repairs counted as today
- Stage 2 ReportsUntil then: Dashboard and Missing & Damaged report
- Stage 2 Truck CapacityUntil then: Dispatcher's judgement, as today
- Stage 2 CloudRent HistoryUntil then: Past invoices stay in Xero