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CASE STUDY
Rain for Rent partners with Telogis to enhance
security and support growth initiative
Overview:
manufacturing.Rain for Rent Interna-
Founded in 1934, Rain for Rent Interna-
tional UK has implemented Telogis Fleet
Connecting and protecting assets
through software tracking
tional UK offers market-leading tempo-
to enable the company to more accu-
Rain for Rent International UK has in
rary liquid handling solutions across 65
rately monitor its liquid handling assets
excess of 100 assets currently in its
locations worldwide. Specialising in a
across various locations, and give senior
portfolio. At a cost of £80,000 per unit,
range of maintenance projects - from
management enhanced insight into their
any instances of theft or movement has
flood relief to construction site dewater-
movements remotely, in the office and
serious ramifications on profitability and
ing - the company is known for its quality
on-the-go through mobile and desktop
revenue.
of products, attentive customer care
devices. Dramatically reducing time
and engineering expertise. The UK team
needed to travel to dispersed sites for
Tom Finnegan, UK Business Manager,
works alongside a dedicated supply chain
manual inspections, this also helps the
Rain for Rent International UK comments,
to meet the needs of a diverse customer
team more accurately monitor customer
“We’re a dynamic and trusted brand, rec-
base across a range of sectors, from
use of assets whilst protecting against
ognised in the industry for the resilience
government to oil and gas, mining and
security breaches and theft.
and durability of our products.
Industry
Service Area
Construction &
Heavy Equipment
Europe
“We had no existing software in place, and once the decision to invest in tracking
tools had been made, we quickly came to the decision that Telogis best suited
our needs."
- Tom Finnegan, UK Business Manager, Rain for Rent International UK
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Rain for Rent
Telogis gives us unparalleled insight into our assets, wherever they’re located, and at
the touch of a button on a desktop or mobile device. The end result is saving us hours in
time previously lost through manual on-site inspections, a better product and improved
customer satisfaction levels.”
- TOM FINNEGAN, UK BUSINESS MANAGER, RAIN FOR RENT INTERNATIONAL UK
However for this very reason, we need to
data and connected location intelligence.
years so maintaining our high customer
be able to protect against any instances
Tom comments, “We had no existing
satisfaction levels is crucial. We wanted
of theft. Our units can measure 12
software in place, and once the decision
to enhance our existing relationships
meters long and contain up to 70 cubic
to invest in tracking tools had been made,
through tracking of our rental prod-
metres (70,000 litres), meaning they’re
we quickly came to the decision that
ucts through software, connecting all
extremely expensive to manufacture and
Telogis best suited our needs. Telogis has
parties on the location of a unit and
repair. Once the assets are in position,
an excellent reputation in the market and
ensuring transparency on the duration
they can hold tons of material which may
our US team had a very successful experi-
of a contract. With Telogis, we receive
also be perilous to the local environ-
ence with it previously. That made it a
alerts when an asset moves outside of
ment if unlawfully moved. We wanted to
natural choice for us. Through the use of
a virtual boundary. Before, it could have
become even more proactive in quashing
Telogis Fleet, we can now monitor every
taken days before we became aware -
any risk before it arose.”
asset through the online system, remotely
or it might even have gone unnoticed
or though the iOS or Android compatible
altogether, which would have obviously
The team also wanted to get a better grip
mobile app. It gives a remarkably detailed
impacted heavily on our bottom line.”
on rental usage, ensuring the containers
level of insight, including the ability to
were used for the purposes requested
report on start and stop times for more
and the duration stipulated. To best man-
accurate billing. The user interface is in-
Automating asset management
and enhancing productivity
age these business demands, Rain for
credibly easy to operate; we were up and
From Scotland to Cornwall, Rain for Rent
Rent International UK decided it needed
running in a matter of days.”
International UK has over 15 storage
locations to house its various assets. It
to deploy a solution that would seamlessly
link their assets and mobile workforce,
Tom continues, “We’ve grown a loyal and
urgently needed to be able to monitor
and turned to Telogis, the market leader in
dependable customer base over the
these products more precisely, and in
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Rain for Rent
real-time through one centrally controlled system. Previously, the entire
inspection and auditing process had
to be done in person, with the results
entered by hand.
Tom Finnegan comments, “For security
and compliance purposes we’re required
to conduct an inventory audit every
quarter. To physically check each and
every unit could easily take over a week
to complete for one person. We urgently needed to update our operational
processes and deploy a solution which
would reduce this time, allowing us to
focus on serving our customers and
make our offering innovative. Through
the use of Telogis, we’ve exceeded these
objectives and now have crystal clear
visibility on where all our equipment is
at any time, no matter how remote the
Through the use of Telogis, we’ve exceeded these
objectives and now have crystal clear visibility on
location. Our auditing process has been
dramatically reduced to just one hour,
WHERE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT IS AT ANY TIME,
NO MATTER HOW REMOTE THE LOCATION.
achieved through the intuitive automated functionality of Telogis Fleet. This
crucially allows us to focus our attention
on driving business innovation and ROI.”

Gaining a competitive edge
through technology innovation
In addition to location monitoring, the
making available several thousand units
Tom comments, “This is an exciting time
team was aware of the wider advantages
for those territories over the forthcom-
of transition for us, and we look forward
which could be achieved through this
ing years.
to extending our partnership with Telogis
to the benefit of our customers and eco-
type of solution, such as censoring for
system of partners. We’ve already seen
tamination or overflows which could
Looking to the future: Innovation
and personalisation of brand to
support growth across Europe
have a harmful effect on the immediate
With several hundred units on order
hours available to focus on strategy and
environment. The team had an ambi-
and on trial across central Europe,
improvement of services, enabling us to
tious long-term international growth
Rain for Rent is poised to achieve its
meet our business objectives, now and in
strategy in place, looking to expand
ambitious growth targets. It plans to fit
the immediate future.” 
further across the UK and Europe includ-
Telogis based technology to these
ing the Netherlands and Germany, and
additional units.
dangerously high levels of poisonous
liquids being stored, preventing con-
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