Grand Prairie, Texas-based Point-of-Rental Systems, founded in 1983, marks its 30th anniversary this year. The company started as a division of Overland Rentals, an equipment rental store opened a year earlier by former NASA software engineers that ventured into entrepreneurship. Shortly after opening the store, it became clear that rental management software would dramatically improve productivity. Noting that many of the computer languages used at NASA could be used for writing rental software, Point-of-Rental Software was launched.
“The first edition of Point-of-Rental Software printed rental/sale contracts, controlled inventory, stored reservations and maintained accounts receivable,” said Bob Shaffer, a company founder who is now retired. “It was a huge improvement over doing everything manually. But, it was nothing compared to the current version, which is a 100-percent Microsoft Windows Server product with features and options such as dispatching using GPS, integrated credit card processing, dashboards, purchase orders and integrated website hosting.”
Point-of-Rental Systems is a leading provider of Microsoft Windows server-based rental management software primarily in North America. The software has been installed in more than 1,500 equipment and party/event rental stores throughout the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and South Africa. For more information, visit www.point-of-rental.com.
