Availability
Ask over the whole hold, not the show
A job holds gear from the day prep starts to the day it is checked back in, so that is the window it is counted over. The grid says what is free, what is promised elsewhere, and what is still out on a truck.
The job
One screen for prep, load, strike and check-in
A job at a given stage has one thing that can be done to it, so the job decides the screen rather than you. Scan by QR or RFID, or tick it off by hand when the label has gone.
Truck board
A board that says who is driving what
Runs out and back, your trucks and hired-in ones side by side. The driver gets a note with a code on it: one scan logs the delivery, another logs the truck home and opens the check-in.
When you are short
Hire it in, buy it, or change the job
The shortage tells you the moment it exists, over the dates that matter, and offers every way out from where you are standing — including taking it off the job.
Money
Quotes the customer accepts themselves
Rate cards by hire length and revisions that supersede cleanly. Send it as a link, the customer accepts or asks for changes, and an accepted quote moves the job straight to the next stage.
Servicing
Everything off the road, and what it cost
Report a fault from the scan bench. Fix it on your own bench or send it out, track what was promised back, record the cost, and recover it from the customer who broke it.