{"id":51615,"date":"2026-09-14T10:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerline.fr\/logiciel-location-materiel\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:31:18","slug":"logiciel-location-materiel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.computerline.fr\/en\/logiciel-location-materiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment rental software"},"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\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51630\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poste-informatique-atelier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Logiciel location mat\u00e9riel : un utilisateur en bleu de travail consulte son poste informatique dans l&apos;atelier\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\">\n\t\t\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\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">On this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#en-bref\">What Contact Location manages<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#piloter\">Manage your entire fleet<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#planning\">Step 01 \u00b7 Book<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#stock\">Step 02 \u00b7 Going out and coming in<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#facturation\">Step 03 \u00b7 Invoice<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#durees\">Short or long term<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#cout\">The cost of poorly managed equipment<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#comparaison\">Spreadsheet, free or industry-specific software<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#crm\">The integrated CRM<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#parcs\">The parks that Contact equips<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#acces\">Remote access and support<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\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\" id=\"en-bref\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">In brief<\/p>\n\t\t<h2>What Contact Location manages on a daily basis<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<p>What equipment hire software needs to cover, and what Contact does every day:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--quatre\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--planning\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Availability and schedule<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The number of parts available on a given date, including or excluding quotes, over a month, six months or a year.<\/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>Stock and inventory<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Stock levels are updated automatically with every check-out and check-in, and physical counts are carried out from the software.<\/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--facture\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>From quotation to invoice<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Quotes, contracts, dispatch notes and invoices in the same chain, without re-entry, right through to transfer to accounting.<\/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--distant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Remote access<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Remote Windows Desktop and cloud access, with telephone and remote maintenance support.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"piloter\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">The principle<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>Equipment rental software: manage your entire fleet from a single screen<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Managing a rental fleet using spreadsheets and notebooks works as long as the volume remains low. Beyond a certain threshold, the <strong>double bookings<\/strong>, the <strong>unbilled returns<\/strong> and the <strong>fixed assets<\/strong> cost more than the tool that would prevent them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"\/en\/solutions-logicielles-contact\/logiciel-contact-location\/\">Contact Location<\/a> brings together in a single software what is currently split across several files: the schedule, quotes and contracts, dispatch notes, returns with the invoicing of broken, lost or unreturned equipment, the <strong>inventories<\/strong> and remote access.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>The software is organised into modules: rentals, sales, purchases and files. You only open the ones your business needs, and the rest don't get in your way.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"planning\" style=\"background: var(--cl-doux)\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">Step 01 \u00b7 Book<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-numero cl-numero--grand\">01<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>Your rental schedule in real time<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Knowing what is available, what has gone out and what is coming back in tomorrow: that is the question a hire company answers twenty times a day. Contact answers it without having to open three files.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--trois\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte cl-carte--relief\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--planning\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>On a date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The schedule shows the number of parts available on the requested day, part by part.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte cl-carte--relief\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--facture\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Excluding quote or including quote<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Two readings of the same day: what actually went out, and what will do so if the current quotes are signed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte cl-carte--relief\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--suivi\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Over a month, six months, a year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The same availability can be projected over the period of your choice: the seasonal troughs become visible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p>The schedule indicates the <strong>number of rooms available on a given date<\/strong>, whether quoted or unquoted, and looks ahead a month, six months or a year. You can see the equipment already booked, that which is returning and that which remains to be hired. Double bookings disappear, and <strong>off-peak periods<\/strong> become visible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>A second schedule gives the vision of your employees' day: the <strong>deliveries to be made<\/strong> and the tasks assigned to each person.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"stock\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">Step 02 \u00b7 Going out and coming in<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-numero cl-numero--grand\">02<\/p>\n\t\t<h2>Stock, inventory and tracking of hired equipment<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<p>Every departure and every return <strong>update the stock<\/strong>. Damaged, lost or unreturned equipment is automatically removed from stock as soon as you declare it on the return form, and is sent for invoicing at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--trois\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Knowing where the equipment is<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The visual schedule and the start and end dates make it possible to know where each reference is, and with which customer. The <strong>real-time tracking<\/strong> and the rental history says who had what, and when.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Inventories and weights<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Stocktakes are carried out from the software. The management of <strong>gross and net weights<\/strong>, with tare calculation, allows loads to be prepared without manual recalculation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Park maintenance<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>maintenance alerts<\/strong> settle on the equipment that needs it. A machine serviced on time is a machine that does not break down in the middle of a rental.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\" id=\"facturation\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">Step 03 \u00b7 Invoice<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-numero cl-numero--grand\">03<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>Quotes, contracts and invoicing for your rentals<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Once the customer's information has been entered, you go straight from <strong>quote to invoice, without re-entry<\/strong>. Equipment availability is managed in the same movement using the planning tool.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>At the end of the chain, customer and supplier invoices as well as payments are <strong>transferred into your accounting without any re-entry<\/strong>, or sent to your accountant as journal entries. The schedule tells you at any time what your clients owe you, and the VAT return can be generated from the same tool.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.impots.gouv.fr\/professionnel\/je-passe-la-facturation-electronique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electronic invoicing<\/a> is progressively becoming mandatory for French businesses: you might as well make sure your rental invoices already originate from a single tool.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"durees\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2>Short or long-term rentals<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Equipment rental software has to handle two different rates, because a fleet is not hired out at just a single tempo. A half-day rental for a weekend and a machine tied up on a construction site for six months are not managed in the same way, yet they come from the same stock.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>Contact manages <strong>short-term lets like long-term lets<\/strong> from the same interface. You see on the same screen what is running and what is sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-sombre\" id=\"cout\" style=\"background: var(--cl-degrade)\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">The real cost<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>The cost of poorly managed equipment<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>The cost of equipment rental software is rarely compared to the right figure. Opposite its price, you have to weigh up what the absence of a tool costs, and those lines do not appear on any invoice:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li>the <strong style=\"color: var(--cl-blanc)\">goods dispatched without being invoiced<\/strong>, because the return note was not matched with the dispatch note;<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>the hours of <strong style=\"color: var(--cl-blanc)\">re-entry<\/strong> between the quote, the invoice and the bookkeeping;<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>the <strong style=\"color: var(--cl-blanc)\">double booking<\/strong> resulting in a refused rental, or an emergency call-out at a fellow firm;<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>equipment that sits idle because nobody sees that it is available;<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>the breakdown of a machine whose service has been overlooked.<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<p>The software statistics give the turnover, the gross margin and the forecast. It is from there that the <strong style=\"color: var(--cl-blanc)\">buying back a reference<\/strong> becomes a decision, not an impression.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"comparaison\" style=\"background: var(--cl-doux)\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">The choice<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>Spreadsheet, free software or industry-specific solution?<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Many hire companies start on a spreadsheet, and that is a logical step. The limitations appear when <strong>several people are typing at the same time<\/strong>, when equipment moves between multiple depots, or when you need to find out who had what eight months ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>Booking, checking out, checking in, invoicing: equipment rental software links all four. Free tools generally cover booking, rarely invoicing, stock and accounting in the same chain. The real question is not the price of the tool, but the <strong>cost of re-entry hours<\/strong> and equipment taken out without being invoiced.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\" id=\"crm\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">The contacts<\/p>\n\t\t<h2>An integrated CRM for your customers and suppliers<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--modules cl-grille--trois\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-module\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--contacts\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>The contact card<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>The Contacts range allows you to manage the details of each of your contacts: postal address, telephone number, postcode, email, website and status. The tool includes <strong>customisable fields<\/strong> and one <strong>alert management<\/strong>, for example the last and the next call.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-module\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--suivi\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Opportunity tracking<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>Opportunity tracking makes it possible to identify a prospect and follow them right through to conversion, with <strong>automatic reminders<\/strong> for chasing up. A message book archives internal and external communications, calls and emails, and can be displayed by priority, by date or by caller.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-module\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte__icone cl-carte__icone--campagne\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>The campaigns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>For campaigns, the emailing tool selects recipients based on activity or geographical criteria, and outputs by mail, fax or email. The details can be read on the page <a href=\"\/en\/solutions-logicielles-contact\/logiciel-contact-crm\/\">Contact CRM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"parcs\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"cl-oeil\">Occupations<\/p>\n\t\t<h2>The parks that Contact equips<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<p>The configuration follows what you are hiring. A fleet of access platforms and a stock of crockery have neither the same item numbers nor the same turnaround times, but they pose the same question: what is available, and for when?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-grille cl-grille--quatre\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>construction, materials handling, agricultural<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Plant, tools and construction equipment, with backorder tracking and maintenance alerts for the machinery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Sound and lighting<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The fleet is tracked by reference, which avoids double bookings on busy weekends.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Tents and marquees<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An item can be booked beyond its rental period: these periods are entered into the schedule, including their start and end times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Reception, crockery and tables<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The tracking of rented, broken and unreturned quantities, with gross and net weights to prepare the loads.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Structures and scaffolding<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The metal structures are rented out by the element: stock is counted by the piece, not by the batch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Toilets, skips, bungalows<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Equipment that remains in place for several weeks, the rotation of which can be seen on a long-term schedule.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Stands<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Stand elements are booked individually, with availability shown for the requested date.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-carte\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Containers and bottles<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Returnable equipment is tracked like the rest of the fleet, with what has been checked out and what has not been returned.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<p>Two parks have their own page: the <a href=\"\/en\/logiciel-de-location-materiel-btp\/\">construction and civil engineering equipment rental software<\/a> for site machinery and tools, and the <a href=\"\/en\/logiciel-de-gestion-location-materiel-evenementiel\/\">event equipment rental management software<\/a> for sound systems, marquees and the reception. If you sell as much as you hire, see the <a href=\"\/en\/solutions-logicielles-contact\/logiciel-contact-negoce\/\">trading management software<\/a>. The profession is represented in France by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlr.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DLR Federation<\/a>, which brings together distributors, rental companies and repairers of construction and handling equipment.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\" id=\"acces\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-article\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2>Remote access, support and developments<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>The software remains accessible at all times thanks to remote access in the Cloud. Included as standard:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li>Remote Windows desktop, as many sessions as necessary<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>telephone and remote maintenance support<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>email, mail and spreadsheet tools<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>built-in automatic backups<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<p>Word and Excel are directly integrated, and document management makes it possible to store, organise and retrieve file documents in the same place as the related rentals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>If your job requires a function that the software does not cover, ComputerLine <strong>develop modules or specifications<\/strong> made to measure. It is the same software vendor that writes the software and answers the phone.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section\" id=\"faq\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<p>You will find further answers in our <a href=\"\/en\/faq-logiciel-de-gestion\/\">management software frequently asked questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-volets\">\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Which software should I choose to manage equipment rental?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Equipment rental software is judged on three points: the <strong>real-time fleet availability<\/strong>, the quotation to contract to invoice chain <strong>without re-entering<\/strong>, and the migration of your existing data. Software that does not cover these three points will leave you with a parallel file to maintain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>How to manage the schedule and availability of one's fleet?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By centralising bookings in equipment rental software updated with every checkout and return, Contact displays the number of items available on a given date, including or excluding quotes, which avoids <strong>double bookings<\/strong> and the untenable promises.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Is there free equipment rental software?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are free tools, generally limited to booking. As soon as invoicing, stock control and accounting come into play, you either have to use multiple tools or switch to a <strong>business solution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>How to track rented equipment on construction sites?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each dispatch is linked to a customer and a delivery note. The schedule and the start and end dates make it possible to know where the equipment is. Upon return, you declare any equipment that is broken, lost or unreturned: the software invoices it and automatically removes it from stock.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Does the software handle quotes, contracts and invoicing?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. The quote is converted into an invoice without re-entry, and the data is transferred to accounting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Does Contact handle long-term rentals?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, short and long durations are managed from the same interface, using the same inventory. The schedule projects up to a year ahead, making long-term rentals visible among the fast turnovers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Does the software adapt to my type of fleet?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The configuration depends on what you are hiring: event equipment, tableware and tables, marquees and tents, sound and lighting, construction, handling and agricultural equipment, metal structures and scaffolding, toilets, skips and site cabins, stands, containers and gas cylinders.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>Do I need to install the software on every workstation?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The software is used via a remote Windows desktop, with as many sessions as necessary, on a shared server. Automatic backups are built-in, and support is provided by phone and remote maintenance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t\t<details class=\"cl-volet\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3>How long does it take to set up the software?<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cl-volet__corps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>That depends on <strong>volume of references to be revised<\/strong> and the number of workstations. ComputerLine handles configuration, data migration and telephone support. The setup is prepared primarily beforehand, on the <strong>catalogue structure<\/strong>\u00a0she's the one in charge of the rest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-section cl-section--gris\" id=\"echange\">\n\t<div class=\"cl-conteneur\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cl-encart\">\n\n\t\t\t<h2>Let's talk about your park<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>ComputerLine supports you in setting up your equipment rental software, with a <strong>fully customisable configuration<\/strong> for your business.<\/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\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sur cette page Ce que Contact Location g\u00e8re Piloter tout votre parc \u00c9tape 01 \u00b7 R\u00e9server \u00c9tape 02 \u00b7 Sortir et rentrer \u00c9tape 03 \u00b7 Facturer Courtes ou longues dur\u00e9es Ce que\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"cl_sous_titre":"Contact Location est le logiciel de location de mat\u00e9riel de la gamme Contact, \u00e9dit\u00e9e par ComputerLine depuis 1987. 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