Point Of Hire POINT OF HIRE has specifically been designed for the domestic and commercial hire industry. Precustomised for home appliances, it can easily be customised for any industry including machinery, tools, garden equipment, industrial items, party hire, car rental, real estate, etc. Includes an advance booking system for packages or single items with availability check. Accepts an unlimited number of items or package components, for example components forming a computer or entertainment system, and plates, knifes, spoons etc. for party hire packages. Defines any billing cycle for individual accounts such as hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and annually, or any blocks thereof. Asset tracking lists the history of each asset from date of purchase and supplier to account locations. Cost of ownership facilities tracks all revenue and outgoings in respect of each asset, and maintenance and depreciation cost is graphed over any time period.

All stock categories Stock categories are user-defined and simply selected from a list when entering new stock. They might be Colour TV, Video recorder, White goods, etc. etc. Each type may be divided such as CTV 34cm, CTV 48cm, etc. Domestic appliances Domestic appliances would include all household items. Commercial equipment Commercial equipment would include all office furniture, trucks, earth moving and road building equipment, etc. Serialized stock Where a serial number is required, no quantity for such stock is applicable. Multiple quantities Non-serialized stock may have any quantity assigned, which is adjusted when purchases and sales are made, or when assigned to a rental account. Depreciation schedules Print/display depreciation schedules for a stock by group, and stock that is depreciated individually. Depreciation by asset Show the depreciation for individual assets, for the current and previous accounting periods. Depreciation by group Show the depreciation for stock by group, for the current and previous accounting periods. Stock may be assigned to a particular depreciation category for the purposes of depreciation. Catagories are first created with user-assigned depreciation rate and method. Operating Cost reporting Report on the operational cost of stock either by group or individually. Includes maintenance performed and scheduled to be performed, and depreciation. Idle cost reporting Report on the real maintenance and depreciation cost of stock of that stock when it is idle. Stock locations All stock has a location, including Branch, user-defined three-dimensional location within that branch. Fleet costing Report on the real maintenance and depreciation cost of the entire fleet. Performance comparisons Compare the operating cost and idle cost between different stock of the same category. Preventative maintenance All stock may be assigned specific future dates, or periodical time blocks after which a job will be created to perform specified maintenance. Memo on stock items All stock has an unlimited space for assigning a memo. There are two types of memo, one to describe more details about the item (you can even including an image), and general memos. This is useful to describe special notations. Stock movements tracing All stock movements are traced and may be displayed in a window under 'details'. Individual GST setting When creating or editing stock, you may modify the GST code for that stock. On sales, you can still overwrite the code for that stock item. Global GST setting Assign a default GST code for all stock. Codes may be overtyped at time of creating or editing stock. You can assign different percentages to different codes. Profit/Loss account A provisional profit & loss account may be generated showing the depreciation of the stock by group, and any stock which is depreciated individually. Shows a comparison for the previous accounting period. Balance Sheet A provisional balance sheet may be generated showing the closing values of the stock by group, and any stock which is depreciated individually. Shows a comparison for the previous accounting period.