SmartEquip Automates Equipment Service, Parts Ordering & Repair Processes for Lowe's Tool Rental
SmartEquip is integrating its procurement software with Lowe’s Tool Rental to automate stores’ equipment service and repair processes.
“We share the same north star in our commitment to customer service and best-in-class customer experience which makes Lowe’s an industry leader,” said Mike Kendall, vice president of sales – North America. “We look forward to streamlining workflow for the Lowe’s Tool Rental team and creating a seamless customer experience.”
The SmartEquip Procurement software solution enables equipment owners in the construction industry to streamline parts ordering and purchasing - increasing technician productivity, eliminating spare part order errors, and improving tool and equipment fleet uptime and availability.
SmartEquip’s single login access to suppliers enables Lowe’s Tool Rental to implement a solitary, consistent process for every brand of equipment at every location. With one consistent workflow, the platform makes the process easy to train and even easier to use.
As part of the integration, repair technicians can order directly with manufacturers and preferred dealers of more than 50 brands of equipment, while simultaneously updating purchase orders and work orders.
“SmartEquip provides immediate benefits to Lowe’s existing rental fleet and enables their expansion into larger, more complex equipment,” said Fernando Pinera, CEO. “Our solutions are built to streamline workflows, create efficiencies and integrate into your existing technology stack out of the box. We are excited to profile these attributes for Lowe’s Tool Rental.”
The platform offers suppliers instant reductions in the cost of supporting equipment fleets on the SmartEquip Network, and improved efficiency in supplying spare parts.
For more information on Lowe’s Tool Rental, visit Lowes.com/Rental.
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Michael Roth
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.