Published: July 07, 2011
Acorn Rentals Creates Mobile Solution in Days Using FileMaker Go for iPad
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - FileMaker, Inc. today announced that Acorn Rentals, a company that
delivers no-charge rental cars across Australia, has adopted FileMaker
Go for iPad, the best-selling database app for iPad and iPhone. Why?
The company was able to create a custom customer-service solution for
iPad in a few short days after struggling for months to develop a
proprietary mobile solution.
Find out about Acorn's new FileMaker Go solution
⢠How it works: Acorn provides
rental cars to customers after an auto accident from more than 250
locations throughout Australia. With an iPad running FileMaker Go in
hand, Acorn drivers enter customer and vehicle details directly into the
firm's main database at headquarters. The customer receives a copy of
the documentation by e-mail.
⢠Business benefits:
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Better service: Customers get their replacement cars faster and
easier and receive documentation through e-mail
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Reduced costs: Acorn extended its existing FileMaker Pro
solution to the iPad, slashing ongoing IT overhead
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Increased driver productivity: No more clipboards or manual
data entry
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Cut administrative overhead: Eliminated paper forms
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the full story and watch the video.
⢠Customer quotes
"The moment we found out about FileMaker Go for iPad, we instantly
switched over to it and abandoned our previous costly, complex mobile
development effort."
- Aaron Martin, National Operations
Manager, Acorn Rentals
"With FileMaker Go, our drivers immediately had full access to our
FileMaker Pro database from anywhere. We subsequently made a few layout
modifications and created a script so that we could insert customer
signatures electronically into all the documents. It was that simple."
-
Michael Costin, National Account Manager, Acorn Rentals
⢠Resources
Learn why FileMaker Go is the fastest, most cost-effective way to
develop custom business iPhone and iPad solutions
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker
is the leader in easy-to-use database software. Millions of people, from
individuals to some of the world's largest companies, rely on FileMaker
software to manage, analyze and share essential information. The
company's products are the FileMaker Pro line - versatile database
software for teams and organizations, for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and
the web - and Bento, the personal database for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple.
Copyright (c) 2011 FileMaker, Inc. All rights reserved. FileMaker and
Bento are trademarks of FileMaker, Inc., registered in the U.S. and
other countries. FileMaker Go is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc. in the
U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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or
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