United launches free education series

United Rentals will host a free, weekly educational series that focuses on improving worksite performance, the company announced. Taking place online June 30 through July 28, the educational webinars will provide advice, safety guidance and innovation from the experts and leaders across multiple industries.

“Companies face a major challenge in managing worksite complexity and see a huge opportunity to improve performance,” said Ty Campbell, director, sales and online services at United Rentals. “This learning series will provide companies with actionable information to take control of equipment fleets to improve how they consume and utilize equipment, and deliver real savings to the business.”

Anyone can register for the sessions, which will include the following topics:

• Frictionless Fleet Management: Accelerating Opportunities for Cost Savings
• The New Normal: Safety and Productivity in a Changing Environment
• The Data Said So: Using Analytics to Drive Process Improvement and Cost Savings 
• Why Now? Effective Change Management in a Remote World
• Better Together: Success Through System Integration

Frictionless Fleet Management: Accelerating Opportunities for Cost Savings (June 30, 1 p.m. EDT) will cover how to manage fleet and equipment rental needs across multiple projects, worksites and departments.The session will explore how using a single-source, online platform to manage owned and rented fleet helps tame that complexity and alleviate friction points in the process. It will show how to access insightful information and deliver actionable data and context to teams. 

The New Normal: Safety and Productivity in a Changing Environment (July 7, 1 p.m. EDT) aims to discuss equipment cleanliness as a foundational element to a successful safety culture. ”As companies look to rent equipment to address worksite needs, they need to have confidence an equipment rental provider adheres to best practices for disinfecting equipment touch points.” The session will review steps companies can take to safeguard equipment fleet is sanitary and ready for use. 

The Data Said So: Using Analytics to Drive Process Improvement and Cost Savings (July 14, 1 p.m. EDT) will discuss how updating processes and changing the way business gets done onsite. The session will examine one company’s process improvement lifecycle and provide insights into how they used analytics to drive double-digit equipment fleet cost savings.

Why Now? Effective Change Management in a Remote World (July 21, 1 p.m. EDT) will address how adopting and implementing change can be a challenge for any organization, and can be even more challenging when team members are working remotely. This session discusses best practices to guide companies through the change management process smoothly. It will look at tools and resources available to help companies adopt cloud-based workforce performance management.

Better Together: Success Through System Integration (July 28, 1 p.m. EDT) will cover how system integration can help a company streamline business processes and create efficiencies. The session will review the different types of solution integrations and how they are applicable. It aims to showcase the multiple points in the procure to pay process, from ordering management of on-rent items, all the way to invoicing and payment.