Equipment Dealer Resources & Insights

What we write about

The MDMS blog is written for equipment, machinery and capital-goods dealerships across Australia and New Zealand. Instead of generic software advice, every article is grounded in the way dealers actually run their businesses — quoting and configuring complex equipment, building and commissioning units, keeping the workshop full and profitable, managing parts and stock, running rental fleets and reconciling finance. Below are the topic areas you'll find as the library grows.

Topics we cover

Dealer management

Running a multi-branch dealership on a single platform — CRM, sales and CPQ quoting, and the day-to-day operations that tie sales, service, rental and parts together.

Workshop & field service

Service operations from the workbench to the worksite: work orders, labour recovery, technician scheduling, and capturing jobs in the field with the offline service app.

Rental fleet

Managing rental contracts and fleet utilisation so machines are earning rather than sitting idle, and so off-hire, returns and billing stay accurate.

Parts & inventory

Keeping the parts department under control — stock turns, fill rates, supersession and the warehouse workflows that prevent obsolescence and stockouts.

Finance & invoicing

Invoicing, payments and reconciliation, including how MDMS syncs with Xero so finance numbers tie out.

Industry insights

Perspective on where dealer management software is heading and how modern cloud platforms are changing the way equipment dealerships operate.