{"id":51095,"date":"2022-11-18T09:19:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerline.fr\/?page_id=51095"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:31:05","slug":"contact-logiciel-de-gestion-de-stocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.computerline.fr\/en\/contact-logiciel-de-gestion-de-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock management software for rental and trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-section\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-duo cl-duo--egal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-duo__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logiciel-gestion-des-stocks-768x484.png\" alt=\"Rayonnages d\u2019entrep\u00f4t suivis par un logiciel de gestion de stock\" width=\"768\" height=\"484\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-duo__texte\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"cl-sommaire\" aria-label=\"Page contents\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">On this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#deux-stocks\">Rent or sell<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#tenu-a-jour\">That which updates itself<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#inventaire\">The inventory<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#location\">Rental stock<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#negoce\">Merchandising stock<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#chantier\">Site inventory<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#tresorerie\">What stock ties up<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#questions\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"deux-stocks\">Renting and selling do not pose the same question to inventory<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>When you sell a part, it leaves the inventory and does not return. When you rent it out, it goes out, spends a few days or months with the customer, and has to come back. The same figure on the screen therefore does not mean the same thing in the two businesses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Inventory management software designed for trading answers one question: how many do I have left today. Equipment rental inventory management software must also answer a second question, the one the customer asks on the phone: do you have three available on 14th March. It is then necessary to take into account what is already booked, and what a pending quote might be holding.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Contact is fully customisable according to your activity. The range includes a rental module, a sales module, a purchasing module and a case management module, and you only activate what your business requires. This is what enables a single database to manage trading stock, a rental fleet, or both within the same company.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">No re-entry required<\/p>\n\t\t<h2 id=\"tenu-a-jour\">What the stock management software keeps up to date while you work<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--rotation\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>The inputs and outputs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The tracking of incoming and outgoing stock is kept up to date as activity happens, not at the end of the month. Every recorded movement updates the inventory, without requiring a second entry anywhere.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--stock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>The theoretical stock<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can view your theoretical stock level at any time and with a single click. It is the figure that allows you to answer a customer without having to go and count items on the shelves or call them back in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--suivi\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Statistics<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>As the stock is kept up to date automatically, numerous statistics are derived from it. They show, item by item, what sells and what stays on the shelf all year round.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--ged\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Order preparation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Order preparation sheets are created automatically. The warehouse worker works from an accurate list, and errors that cost a second trip disappear with it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"inventaire\">The inventory, and the hours it takes<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Inventory control is an accounting obligation: companies that keep full accounts must verify at least once a year the existence and value of their assets, as recalled by <a href=\"https:\/\/bpifrance-creation.fr\/encyclopedie\/gerer-lentreprise\/gestion-financiere-comptable\/entreprises-connaitre-vos-obligations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bpifrance Cr\u00e9ation<\/a>. It will happen anyway, and the only variable is how long it takes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Taking stock is a lengthy task that adds nothing to the month's turnover. It is precisely the kind of work a business seeks to automate as much as it can, without accepting a drop in reliability. Stock control software does not eliminate counting; it cuts the time spent on it and makes the results more reliable.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Contact incorporates reliable inbound and outbound tracking as well as barcode management, for both recording and creation. Your stocktakes are thus simplified, and you can add a collaborative dimension to them. Stock is updated automatically, and you can print your stocktakes at any time, including during counting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What you gain on the preparation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Accurate stock improves order preparation and prevents human errors\u2014the kind that result in an incomplete pallet being dispatched and coming back as a dispute three weeks later.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What you save on your shopping<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Automatic stock updating prevents you from having surpluses compared to your actual needs, since your purchases align with stock changes rather than an estimate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"location\">Stock when hiring equipment<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>In rental, stock and scheduling are the same thing viewed from two angles. A part that has left is not sold, it is expected. Equipment rental inventory management software must therefore work with dates just as much as quantities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--trois\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What remains available on a given date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contact shows the number of items available on a given date, including and excluding quotes, over a month, six months or even a year. The distinction matters: a quote awaiting signature ties up equipment without it having left, and this is what leads to promising the same machine twice when tracking is done on a spreadsheet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Where is the equipment<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The visual planner and management of start and end dates make it possible to know where the equipment is. Stock is automatically kept up to date with each movement, and numerous statistics are available to you based on this history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The weights and the tare<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>For parks where transport is invoiced, Contact manages gross and net weights with tare calculation. The figure follows the item from the product record through to the delivery note, with no separate calculations done on the corner of a desk.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p>Two pages detail the rental use: the <a href=\"\/en\/logiciel-de-gestion-location-materiel-evenementiel\/\">event equipment rental management software<\/a> for the sound system, the marquees, the reception and the stands, and the general page of the <a href=\"\/en\/logiciel-location-materiel\/\">equipment rental software<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-sombre\" style=\"background: var(--cl-degrade)\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"negoce\">Stock when you buy to resell<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>In wholesale trading, what is asked of inventory management software is shifting towards speed. You need to log a delivery, process a sale and find a product code without spending the whole morning on it. <a href=\"\/en\/solutions-logicielles-contact\/logiciel-contact-negoce\/\">Trade Contact<\/a>, the retailers and wholesalers module, covers the management of sales, purchasing, stock and barcodes, with import and export capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Le <a href=\"\/en\/contact-logiciel-de-gestion-des-commandes\/\">order management software<\/a> take over, from the purchase order to the preparation sheet. Both modules share the same database, so a recorded sale updates the stock without anyone having to report the movement elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" style=\"background: var(--cl-doux)\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"chantier\">Site inventory<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Construction adds a difficulty that neither trading nor event rental knows: equipment goes out to a site, stays there for weeks, and rarely comes back complete the first time. Construction stock management software must therefore track more than just an end-of-day balance. Contact ensures rigorous tracking of site entries, exits and remaining items.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>The outstanding balance is the point that determines the accuracy of the stock. As long as it is not tracked, the discrepancy between what the screen says and what is actually in the warehouse grows from one job to the next, until the annual inventory where everyone notices the variance without knowing where it comes from. The page of the <a href=\"\/en\/logiciel-de-location-materiel-btp\/\">construction equipment rental software<\/a> detail the complete day, from departure to the depot up to invoicing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">What's in it for you<\/p>\n\t\t<h2 id=\"tresorerie\">What poorly managed inventory ties up<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Idle cash<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Slow-moving lines tie up money that is doing nothing anywhere, and inventory management software makes them visible. Stock statistics identify them by name, which means you can stop reordering them out of habit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Office hours<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>As customer and supplier order invoicing and tracking are kept from the same database, the time spent copying figures from one document to another disappears from the weekly schedule.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Time for your customers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The resources saved are shifted elsewhere. That is time and financial means given back to the customers rather than to maintaining a spreadsheet that nobody wants to open.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Guided setup<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>ComputerLine assists with software parameterisation, provides daily maintenance and offers cloud hosting for remote stock control. The company is also a registered training organisation with the prefecture of the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur region, under number 93132385313.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"questions\">Frequently asked questions about inventory management software<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volets cl-volets--accordeon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-tableur\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>We keep track of inventory on Excel, what difference does it make?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A spreadsheet records what is entered into it, and it does that well. What it cannot do is update itself automatically when a sale is recorded elsewhere, nor say what will be available on a given date taking into account pending quotes. Inventory management software updates stock automatically with every movement, and Contact displays theoretical stock in one click.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-codes-barres\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Does Contact handle barcodes?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, for recording as well as creation. You can therefore work with your suppliers' existing codes and create your own for items that do not have any. This is what makes inventory management faster and order fulfilment more secure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-plusieurs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Can several people do the stocktake together?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The inventory in Contact has a collaborative dimension. To find out precisely what organisation your premises and your equipment allow for, it is best to discuss it with the team, who will look at your specific situation rather than describing a general case to you.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-location-vente\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Do we need two pieces of software for renting and selling?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No. Contact is modular, and the rental, sales, purchasing and folder modules share the same base. A company that rents out part of its equipment and resells another part keeps both stocks in the same place, with the same item records and the same accounting behind it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>How can I know what will be available in three weeks?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The schedule shows the number of available rooms on a given date, both including and excluding quotes, over a month, six months, or even a year. You can therefore see both what is firmly booked and what an unsigned quote is still holding.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-comptable\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>What does the accountant receive?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Customer and supplier invoices as well as payments are transferred directly, without any re-entry, into your accounting system or that of your accountant. You also generate in just a few clicks the accounting entry files that are sent to them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-distance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Can stock be checked outside the depot?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contact is used for Windows Remote Desktop, and cloud hosting opens as many sessions as needed on a shared server, with integrated automatic backups. Support is provided by telephone and remote assistance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\" id=\"q-specifique\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Our way of counting is peculiar. Is that a problem?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Construction, trade and rental do not count in the same way, and a construction stock management software is not set up like that of a retailer. The tool is fully adaptable according to your activity, and ComputerLine develops modules or specific features on the software especially for you. A method of counting that does not fit into any standard category is handled through configuration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-encart\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2>Talk about your stock<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Tell us how many references you track, whether you sell, rent or both, and how many people take part in the inventory count. The full range is shown on the <a href=\"\/en\/solutions-logicielles-contact\/\">Contact software solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-boutons\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cl-bouton cl-bouton--plein\" href=\"\/en\/contactez-nous\/\">Request a demonstration<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cl-bouton cl-bouton--contour\" href=\"tel:+33442586412\">04 42 58 64 12<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sur cette page Louer ou vendre Ce qui se met \u00e0 jour seul L\u2019inventaire Le stock en location Le stock en n\u00e9goce Le stock sur un chantier Ce que le stock immobilise\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51101,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"cl_sous_titre":"Un stock qui bouge tous les jours finit toujours par mentir quand il est tenu \u00e0 la main. 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