Vehicle Hire

[paulomx]

Please let me know if i can be able to use this erp solution for vehicle hire business.
I noticed there is no place to input price values for sales.

[phil]

You could set up vehcile rental hours item as a service item. But this does not track what vehicles you have where and when it is due back, the fuel etc etc... this would be an interesting project.

[etabaraz]

This can be done by using GL tags, setting each vehicle to a tag, and then tagging all revenue and expenditure for each vehicle to its own tag.

Thanks
Tim

[samudaya]

Hi Paulomx,

How many vehicles do you want to manage? If it is not a big number, you can use following mechanism. You can create Stock Item (unit - Km, price and cost -> $ per Km), Stock Location and Work Center for name of every vehicle (eg: Vh001, Vh002). Then define BoM as follow;


If you have two vehicle, this is the BoM for "Generic Vehicle" Km;
Component code: Vh001
Location: Vh001
Work Centre Added: Vh001
Quantity: 1 <-- We have to use 1 km from Vh001
Effective After (d/m/Y): 01/01/2000
Effective To (d/m/Y): 31/12/2025
Auto Issue this Component to Work Orders: Yes

Component code: Petrol (Or Gasoline)
Location: Vh001
Work Centre Added: Vh001
Quantity: X1 <-- This is the Gasoline/Km for vehicle Vh001
Effective After (d/m/Y): 01/01/2000
Effective To (d/m/Y): 31/12/2025
Auto Issue this Component to Work Orders: Yes


Component code: Vh002
Location: Vh002
Work Centre Added: Vh002
Quantity: 1 <-- We have to use 1 km from Vh002
Effective After (d/m/Y): 01/01/2000
Effective To (d/m/Y): 31/12/2025
Auto Issue this Component to Work Orders: Yes

Component code: Petrol (Or Gasoline)
Location: Vh002
Work Centre Added: Vh002
Quantity: X2 <-- This is the Gasoline/Km for vehicle Vh002
Effective After (d/m/Y): 01/01/2000
Effective To (d/m/Y): 31/12/2025
Auto Issue this Component to Work Orders: Yes


Now if you want to use your first vehicle (Vh001), issue a Work Order for required amount of Km for "Generic Vehicle" and use Work Order location as Vh001.

Now you can track Fuel usage and Vehicle usage.

Best Regards
Samudaya