Behind the Scenes: How We Build Features Based on Customer Feedback

For equipment rental businesses, the right features in their rental software toolkit can transform efficiency, asset utilisation, and visibility across operations. At MCS Rental Software, the roadmap is driven by what customers experience every day. With 40+ years of expertise in rental management, we translate feedback into a proven process that turns insights into practical updates in MCS. The result is a platform that evolves with your needs and continues to innovate.

User Group Meetings

Regular User Group Meetings bring together MCS Customers to discuss upcoming ideas, current pain points, and review usage patterns. This gives us the opportunity to validate the MCS roadmap with real-world input, ensuring the product reflects genuine workflows. The outcome for you is features that directly improve how you run your rental business at peak performance.

Focus groups

Our focus groups are smaller, targeted sessions with users who share specific workflows. These sessions dive into processes and new features, with early-stage prototypes tested by real users. The benefit is a user-centred design that reduces adoption friction and brings improvements and feedback early on in development.

Annual customer survey

Each year, we conduct a comprehensive survey across our entire customer base to gather satisfaction feedback, identify needs, and capture feature requests. The process includes quantitative scoring, qualitative feedback, and trend analysis over time. This provides clear visibility into customer requests and feedback, helping us balance quick wins with longer-term investments.

MCS Collaboration Tool

As part of the MCS Customer Club, customers can log in to access everything related to their MCS account, including the MCS Knowledge Base and other helpful resources. Members also have access to the MCS Collaboration Tool, where they can suggest product enhancements, share solutions, and vote on ideas submitted by other users. This collaborative space allows customers to come together, support their favourite ideas, and actively influence the future direction of MCS development and product roadmaps.

MCS Customer Day

The MCS Customer Day is a flagship, annual event that showcases the roadmap, offers live demonstrations, and invites users to come together to share ideas. With the showcase of what’s new, what’s coming, and general hints and tips to getting the most out of the software, this is the perfect day for idea sharing, collaborating, and building a strong partnership.

Account management visits

Proactive visits from Account Managers focus on your business and how you use your rental software solution. These sessions cover growth plans, service-level feedback, pain point mapping, and finding solutions that help you reach your goals. The benefit is deeper, more frequent feedback loops and quicker translation of needs into future software releases.

Trade associations and governmental policy changes

We monitor industry standards, regulatory updates, and safety requirements affecting asset rental and compliance. Our approach includes gap analysis, policy tracking, and timely feature updates to reflect new rules and best practices. The benefit is improved compliance confidence and reduced risk, especially as depreciation, tax rules, and safety regulations evolve. The outcome is a platform that stays current with the rental landscape and supports responsible operations.

At MCS, the journey from customer feedback to feature delivery is deliberate and collaborative. By combining structured events with ongoing engagement and industry updates, we ensure the MCS platform remains practical, scalable, and aligned with industry realities. This approach reinforces our commitment to customer success, long-term innovation, and sustainable growth for rental businesses worldwide.

Discover how customer-driven development translates into tangible improvements for your rental business. Schedule a personalised demo or contact our sales team to discuss your equipment rental management needs.

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