Renting, also known as operational leasing, is the ideal solution for all those organization that you are looking for older competitivenessfocusing on the core of your business and optimizing your resources.
At a corporate level, the acquisition, operation and sale of unproductive assets, such as work or representation vehicles, can mean a task that involves and distracts different areas, or even merits the hiring of professional personnel with a degree of experience in fleet management.
“Our experience, as well as our infrastructure, allows us not only to ensure high levels of availability, but also to provide benefits in terms of profitability, safety and comfort for our customers,” says Vicko Zlosilo, Commercial Manager of Mareauto Avis.
Next, the expert tells us in greater detail the differences between renting and financial leasing for the acquisition of vehicle fleets:
Leasing
“Renting is that service provided by experts, which consolidates all the complexity of asset management and transforms it into the simplicity of a fixed monthly fee with multiple benefits for the client,” he says.
Under this modality, the service begins with advice on the selection of the ideal asset and the sizing of the fleet for the client’s operation, based on an expected level of availability. After the delivery of the units, we proceed to a stage of administration and monitoring of the vehicles, with telemetry tools that allow us to analyze the data and transform it into corrective and preventive proposals in case we see risk trends on the part of the drivers, safeguarding both their life as the optimal state of our units. Some features of this service are:
- · A constant rate (canon) that includes all the expenses of the vehicle and its operation such as the insurance policy, preventive and corrective maintenance, taxes, equipment, telemetry service, among others.
- · Includes GPS and unit monitoring.
- · Do not cover bank lines of credit.
- · Workshops at the national level.
- · Transfer of benefits in terms of economies of scale.
- · Assistance service 24/7 in case of emergencies.
- · Contracts from 1 to 5 years.
“From Mareauto Avis, in addition to this, we make available to our clients a large fleet of vehicles of different categories that will allow them to start their operations from the signing of the contract and during the period of acquisition and enlistment of the new units”, Zlosilo points out. .
For its part, it indicates that in the event of prolonged stops and accidents, this varied portfolio will allow maintaining high availability with vehicles with similar characteristics without affecting their usefulness.
On the other hand, the specialist comments that Mareauto Avis is characterized by its development in information technologies with platforms and apps, which allow our professionals to analyze data and generate value propositions in operating savings, reduction in accidents and the assurance of a high availability of the units.
“These tools are also made available to our clients in case they wish to see historical or live data, such as the performance of their users (driving score), routes, the status and the log of the units, among others,” he says.
Financial Leasing
Financial leasing consists of a leasing contract for capital goods or assets, often used as a form of financing by opting for a purchase option at the end of the contracted period and at a contractually agreed value. Some additional features of this service:
- It is provided by banks or financing companies
- It is regulated by the SBS
- Fees can be fixed or staggered
- · The asset is depreciated over the term of the contract, which provides tax benefits
- · The financial entity owns the asset except at the end of the contract the lessee opts for the purchase option
- · The canon or rate does not include the expenses inherent to the operation of the vehicle such as maintenance, insurance, permits, taxes.
- Being a regulated service, it covers the credit line of the contracting company
- · The duration of the contract usually ranges from 1 to 5 years.
Financial leasing also has different options (importation, infrastructure, etc.) that promote the growth of companies through the efficient use of their cash while enjoying the use of the assets.
In which case is a financial leasing suitable for me?
- · When the purchase option is going to be exercised considering extending the useful life of the asset after the end of the contract.
- · When this asset is considered a productive asset, that is, it generates profitability within my business, and therefore I have the infrastructure and resources for its operation, monitoring and administration, focused on obtaining a competitive advantage.
Although both services have something in common, in addition to the rental of assets, it is that they are tools that favor the growth and productivity of companies, one focused on the acquisition of the asset and the profitability that it generates and the other; as a comprehensive solution by experts, to a need of the production or operational process, and that allows the company to focus on the core of its business.
