Rental Vision Software from Vision-Forecasting for AT Inventory Management…

Clayton Guffey MSW, CRC, ATP

Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP)

Vision - Forecasting

Based in Ulverston, England They sell or market a variety of software's for

managing rental/loan inventories – e.g. costume shops, libraries, video rental, etc.

Company is primarily accessible via website and email only

In business since 2001

Screen shot of their website…

AzTAP Inventory Management For Our AT Demo & Loan Program

From Vision - Forecasting…

Rental Vision: Is a software – designed for video rental stores to manage tapes/DVD's

We use a slightly modified or customized version of their base software. Our major mod: Printable loan contract for borrowers of equipment

Screen shots paint the picture of the major features or layout of the software…

Rental Vision Reports

Current or active loans Daily or that days reservations Tracking of or list of overdue loans Entire active or inactive customer &

equipment list Complete equipment inventory or

catalogue Wide variety of data on loan activities for

reporting purposes

Rental Vision Features We Like…

Upload the data file (inventory) from Microsoft Access to our AT Demo & Loan program website

Log items out for repairs, lost/stolen, etc.

Space for a detailed list or inventory of all items that come with a piece of equipment

Rental Vision Features We Like (cont.)

Easy to delete and/or update inventory items or customer information

Easy to search by multiple parameters of an item (name, manufacturer, location, etc.)

Keep device/software serial numbers in one location

Rental Vision Computer Software Compatibility Information

Windows based product Works with Windows XP – back to Win 98 V 10 – released April 09 is compatible with

Windows Vista V 10.1 will be Windows 7 compatible (this fall

– prior its release in October) May work with Mac running Windows e.g. on

a Parallel’s platform - not officially supported Will not work with Linux based systems

Sharing of Database Information

Can have multiple “stores” per single location

Multiple terminals in a single location can share a database (same network)

No capabilities for communication between multiple sites using independent databases

Multistore module planned for the future

Rental Vision Base Costs

Base cost $599.00

Additional site license $299.00

Yearly maintenance fee $ 169.00 (more for multiple site licenses)

30 day trial of V 10 available at website under Rental Vision – downloads

Rental Vision Add On’s….

All available at an additional cost…

Rental Vision Reporter: more in depth report (beyond system standard reports)

Rental Vision In Store: In store kiosk for customers to search your inventory/database

Rental Vision Online: Webpage where users can view your inventory. Users can reserve, request items, etc. via site

Customizations…

Customizable for each users needs for additional charges:

small changes within the base version e.g.: position of a screen, text displayed

larger changes would require a stand alone version

Groups can combine and use together to share the cost of a modified or stand alone version

Contact Info For Vision-Forecasting

Website: www.Vision-forecasting.com.

Email: support@vision-forecasting.com.

All support and product inquiry done via email

Contact Person: Dave Wilde

My Contact Information…

Clayton Guffey

Phone: 602.776.4699 or 1.800.477.9921 x5

Email: Clayton.Guffey@nau.edu.

Website: www.AzTAP.org.

Questions?

?