All rentable assets in one database easily accessible world wide behind a secure firewall.
Able to rent all global assets from any and all CleanAir locations.
No re-entry of digital data. Easy one click transfer of daily and monthly data to financial accounting systems in country and to corporate General Ledger.
Standardize on one process and then make exceptions for different countries based on procedure:
Difference required by law in each country.
Difference due to ease migration to new system. These must end by Dec 2002
Cultural differences and market conditions. These must be approved by the company president.
System to be operational by November 1, 2001 in both France and USA. New and old systems will run in parallel for 2 months with the new system being the main system for all new rentals on January 1, 2002.
Able to use at least 2 currencies in each base country. (a base country is any country CleanAir has a permanent office) (examples: France Euro & ff - USA $ and Euro)
Other guidelines
Screens in language of each country. (English & French minimum)
Rental Assets Names and related data fields the same worldwide.
Minimize custom programming. Use custom bridge programs to export and import data between financial software systems.
Easily able to rent using wire transfer, credit card or letter of credit.
Able to scan assets for shipping, repair and inventory.