{"id":40959,"date":"2020-08-20T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/por-development.local\/?post_type=case_study&p=40959"},"modified":"2021-06-02T20:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:03:23","slug":"sweeney-hire","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.point-of-rental.com\/au\/case-study\/sweeney-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeney Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"
Background<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Since 2016, Sweeney Hire<\/a> has been providing quality excavation services as well as wet and dry plant hire across the Peel region of Australia and up into Perth. The family-owned business believes that quality service, flexible working hours and machine reliability allow customers to complete their projects to the highest standards.<\/p>\n

Problem<\/strong><\/h6>\n

As co-owners of a relatively small hire company, Tom (pictured above) and Mel Sweeney had casually looked for hire software, but were still able to manage with Google Calendar and Xero. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it caused them to re-evaluate their processes and look more closely at options that would allow them to run their business more safely.<\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Point of Rental\u2019s Essentials<\/a> product provides the features they were looking for. From electronic signatures to prepayment and even an online booking system, it allows Sweeney Hire the freedom to handle hire contactlessly.<\/p>\n

Result<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Implementation went smoothly – Point of Rental took Sweeney Hire\u2019s inventory and client lists and set up the system for them, making the system usable from the first day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a while to get used to the system,\u201d said Mel. \u201cCustomer service has been excellent in pointing us in the right direction when we\u2019ve had trouble finding something. But when you\u2019re about a month into using Essentials, you\u2019ll find yourself with a lot more free time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now a couple of months into using Essentials, she says Sweeney Hire has seen a massive improvement in their efficiency. Clients are choosing to pre-sign and pre-pay for hires, making it easy to just hook up the equipment and see \u2018em go when a customer arrives on site.<\/p>\n

Essentials\u2019 integration with Stripe even allows them to handle credit card orders from their phone and save billing information securely to the client\u2019s profile. That means that extended hires or refuelling fees can be handled faster later on.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Point of Rental] has nailed some pretty impressive features,\u201d said Mel. \u201cThey\u2019ve really simplified the day-to-day running of the business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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