Northside Tool Rental Launches SmartEquip's e-FleetPro Enterprise

Norwalk, CT and Atlanta, GA — December 18, 2004 — Northside Tool Rental, one of Atlanta’s oldest and most respected equipment rental companies has launched SmartEquip’s e-FleetPro Enterprise™ Parts and Service Manager applications. Integrated to the company’s Solutions By Computer CounterPro™ rental management system, Northside personnel now have access to the real-time, on line enhanced parts, service and support capabilities of the leading manufacturers on the SmartEquip Network.

e-FleetPro Enterprise™ – Powered by SmartEquip™ - provides a single source for parts and ser-vice support, including intelligent electronic parts catalogs, easily accessed operator manuals, troubleshooting guides, safety notices, and equipment specifications. Integrated to the manufac-turer’s business system, e-FleetPro Enterprise also includes real-time parts availability, on-line ordering and tracking capabilities for parts purchased electronically, and local parts inventory searches, all seamlessly integrated to the rental operator’s purchase order and business systems.

“e-FleetPro Enterprise is changing how Northside provides service and support to its many customers,” said Jeff Lignugaris, Northside Tool Rental’s president. “By combining all product sup-port information in a single place and integrating parts availability data from my system and the manufacturer, our personnel can maintain our fleet so that it is more productive and available. The selection of the right parts from an intelligent schematic automatically creates the purchase order transaction in CounterPro and transmits the order to the manufacturer, eliminating costly calls and misorders. And all of this leads to improved fleet availability, with direct impact on my bottom line.”

Alex Schuessler, SmartEquip’s president and chief executive officer, adds, “The launch of e-FleetPro Enterprise at Northside Tool Rental is a turning point in our company’s growth. Our vision has been to provide a single source to multi-line rental operators and equipment dealerships, integrated on the back end to the manufacturer’s ERP system and on the front end to the rental store’s rental management system. Northside’s leadership in deploying this technology follows their tradition of innovation in the Atlanta market. They will be the first of a number of SmartEquip “showroom” locations we establish across the United States in the coming year.”

About Northside Tool Rental
For over 50 years, Northside Tool Rental has served the Atlanta market providing high quality rental equipment backed by the most experienced staff in the business – providing over 500 categories of rental equipment at 5 metro Atlanta locations. A full service operator, Northside Tool Rental’s factory-trained staff rents, sells, and services a wide range of equipment. For more information call 404/237-9515 or visit www.northsidetoolrental.com