U.K.’s Vp Implements Mobile Management System

Jan. 18, 2008
British equipment hire company Vp Group implemented a mobile management system for its Groundforce division, giving it instant proof of delivery. The company said the PDA-based system has reduced administration costs, eliminated paper documents, and improved resolution of delivery queries by capturing and transmittine customer signatures to the back-office systems in real time.

British equipment hire company Vp Group implemented a mobile management system for its Groundforce division, giving it instant proof of delivery. The company said the PDA-based system has reduced administration costs, eliminated paper documents, and improved resolution of delivery queries by capturing and transmittine customer signatures to the back-office systems in real time.

Groundforce is using a combination of X Service and X Hire from Three X to manage the rental and service of surveying equipment and piling equipment to civil engineering and construction companies.

Tony Bastin, Vp’s IT development manager, said proof-of-delivery queries had taken an average of 11 days to resolve in the past because of the time taken to locate and distribute the necessary paperwork. Bastin said the queries can now be resolved immediately.

Vp, one of the United Kingdom’s largest rental companies, is based in Harrowgate, England.