Sonata launches MilEdge for car rental industry

BANGALORE, INDIA: Sonata Software, an IT consulting and software services provider, today announced the launch of 'MilEdge', a Car Rental Management System at the Car Rental Show in Las Vegas, United States.

Designed for large and medium car rental organisations and auto-leasing companies, MilEdge is a PCI DSS compliant comprehensive web based solution developed to support all stages of car rental operations, from front counter control to back office management, thereby creating a cohesive and efficient business environment, said a press release.

“MilEdge has been designed to provide quick and easy solution to the car rental businesses helping them to streamline their operations, respond quickly to the market fluctuations and grow their business faster,” said Mahesh Shastry, head, Travel, Transportation & Logistics Business, Sonata Software Ltd.

Sonata is implementing MilEdge at Arenco Group, the largest car rental company and owner of the Dollar and Thrifty brand in United Arab Emirates with a fleet size of over 16000 vehicles.

Rahul Singh, GM, Thrifty UAE said, “ We have partnered with Sonata as MilEdge mapped well with our requirements. Sonata has taken the complete ownership of the implementation, ongoing maintenance and support of the system.”

MilEdge comprises of modules from Customer Enquiry to Vehicle Purchase, Fleet Management, Bookings, Rental Agreements, Transfers, Replacements, Rate Management, Payment Management, Fleet Movement Tracking, Incident Management, Vehicle Service, Loyalty Management and finally sale and disposal of the vehicles, added the release.

The solution also supports handheld devices viz. PDAs for counter and operations users to track vehicle movements and fuel dispensing from in-house fuel stations. The web based application is an easily customizable solution supporting multi-organizational capabilities. It ensures complete data integrity and enables organizations to change with the growing market demands