Hot on the heels of a successful trial, equipment hire specialist HSS Hire has launched HSS ProService Marketplace, which it promises will reshape the way businesses in the transport sector buy and hire equipment and materials.
The new platform gives companies of all sizes instant access to over 550 sellers and 50,000 active products, giving them the ability to buy, hire, and manage all they need for their fleet maintenance and logistics equipment requirements.
By using this single marketplace, businesses can streamline their purchasing processes, improve administrative efficiency, and gain control and insight into their spending activity.
Key features of HSS ProService Marketplace include a comprehensive product range, including the HSS rental range, as well as partnerships with sellers and merchants.
It also offers proprietary Scope 3 reporting via a market-first use emissions calculation based on manufacturer information and DEFRA conversion factors to measure CO2e equivalent per hour for emitting products.
Greener alternatives are automatically recommended to users at the point of order and emissions tracked so organisations can easily see top emitting products and opportunities for improvement.
The system also allows businesses to set user access and approval flows so digital paper trails track and store automatically, and users can set ”out of offices” and temporary points of contact
Other features include real-time visibility on spend across users, sites and projects, a commercial insights dashboard to replace spreadsheets and self-analysis, and a Live Chat funtion with contact to operations, credit control or product experts in less than a minute.
Dani Hodges, HSS ProService Marketplace chief commercial officer, said: “We’re extremely proud and excited to take HSS ProService to market.
“Having trialled the marketplace with existing customers over the last few months, we’ve seen immediate uptake from a broad range of businesses. We’ve had some fantastic feedback already, and now we’re excited to start building on that community.
“We’re first to market with this and absolutely welcome feedback. Every day, we get input about what people would like to see next, and because we own the marketplace infrastructure, we can react quickly. Anything that customers ask for is our priority.
“Our mission is to provide the ultimate all-in-one marketplace that simplifies and centralises the entire procurement process, from sourcing to supply chain management.”
Hodges added: “We’ve been really lucky that we’ve been able to invest so much time and resource into the marketplace.
”Many companies can’t and that’s why we’re so keen to make it a real community space for those that want to get ahead in sustainability reporting and enjoy the commercial advantages that come hand in hand with that.”
