How to Setup Cross-Hire Equipment
To set up a piece of equipment as a Cross Hire item after creating the Equipment record, simply leave the status at ‘Entry’ and raise a Purchase Order with the type of ‘Cross Hire’. When this Purchase Order is processed and booked in, the status will automatically update to ‘For Hire’ and allow you to place the piece of equipment on a Hire Contract.
Cross Hire items can be differentiated from your regular Hire items as the ‘Asset’ tick box on the General tab of the Equipment record will not be ticked.
I.e. If the item is in the ‘Hire Cycle’, with a status of ‘For Hire’, ‘On Hire’, ‘Reserve’ or ‘Inspect’ and the Asset tick box is blank then the equipment is a Cross Hire one.
When the Cross Hire item is returned from the Hire Contract, you can manually change the status to ‘Cross Hire’ (i.e. a dormant Cross Hire item). Then this can be placed on another Equipment Hire Purchase Order subsequently if required.