{"id":20189,"date":"2016-12-13T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/por-development.local\/?post_type=press&amp;p=20189"},"modified":"2016-12-13T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:01:22","slug":"elite-earns-2016-innovative-product-award","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.point-of-rental.com\/za\/press-release\/elite-earns-2016-innovative-product-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Point of Rental Elite Earns 2016 RER Innovative Product Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Point of Rental Elite was honored for its excellence in new product development in the equipment rental industry, earning 2016 honors as Rental Equipment Register\u2019s Innovative Product Award for Computer Software.<\/p>\n<p>Designed for the most forward-thinking rental businesses and built to handle even the largest companies worldwide, Rental Elite is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) rental management software customized to the specific infrastructure in which it is used. Scalable to handle any-sized corporation, it comes with a flexible suite of features, including hundreds of powerful tools and user-defined performance indicators for robust business analytics reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The software fully integrates with other applications that progressive rental companies rely on, such as SmartEquip, Rouse Analytics, Microsoft CRM, and AEMP Telematics. Corporations that use Elite can also leverage the full power of Microsoft Dynamics for business analytics and accounting.<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning features like Contract Fulfillment, Dispatch Center, and Mobile Workforce have helped thousands of rental companies run their stores more efficiently in Rental Expert, and now they come standard with Elite. While the software is tailored to each company, there is one set of code, enabling every Elite company to access new features \u2013 something previously unavailable in ERP rental management software.<\/p>\n<p>Already used by several of the Top 100 rental companies in North America, Elite joins Rental Essentials, a cloud-based product introduced by Point of Rental in 2014, as a winner of an RER Innovation Award in its inaugural year.<\/p>\n<p>To see why the industry is excited about Elite, email <a href=\"mailto:sales@point-of-rental.com\">sales@point-of-rental.com<\/a>, register for an online demo at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pointofrental.com\/elite\">pointofrental.com\/elite<\/a> or visit us at booth #3350 at The Rental Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20192,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-20189","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Point of Rental Elite was honored for its excellence in new product development in the equipment rental industry, earning 2016 honors...\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1Cn-sgF7ANKsYJMiqx6OAyEFBNDVT9PIH0q1IrlLtJw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"msvalidate.01\" content=\"5D8BB6893DD36192F342744721A2D3DC\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.point-of-rental.com\/za\/press-release\/elite-earns-2016-innovative-product-award\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Point of Rental Software ZA | Hire &amp; 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