The market leading solution for Equipment Services


As you would expect, after so many years of continual development and use in the community equipment arena, ELMS2 offers comprehensive integrated, modular facilities to manage clients, stock, referrals, waiting lists, journeys, purchasing, servicing, faults, parts and repairs. Available as either a locally installed or cloud based solution, ELMS2’s wealth of functionality helps you get your equipment back on time, eliminate duplicate referrals and journeys, and optimise van loads and driver technician workloads.

ELMS2 is proven and in use throughout the UK and beyond, remaining true to its original design concepts:

Keep track of your equipment,
and make sure it comes back!

Provide all relevant Legislative and Performance Indicator information as a by-product of normal use

What can ELMS2 do for CES?

A history of all activity and contact with a client or an identifiable item of equipment is maintained, and deliveries, collection, services, visits, and repairs are scheduled using closely integrated functionality. Stock and parts are tracked against multiple locations, and budget and asset information is recorded and accessible in real-time.

In addition, ELMS2 provides comprehensive functionality to assist with asset management, providing all necessary financial and budgetary information relating to the value (both current and historical) of equipment, depreciated as required. This allows you to monitor ordering patterns by combinations of referrer, budget holder, base, and referrer category.

Comprehensive support for mobile computing and the use of barcoding is offered throughout the system. This allows drivers and technicians who go out into the community to use handheld devices to record delivery status information, and details of on-site services, at the point of contact with the client. For the many external referrers who wish to order equipment from the CES, ELMS2 allows them to place orders directly in to the system via a responsive browser interface that is as easy to use as the popular ‘home shopping’ systems. The module has been designed to be very intuitive, using logical workflows, which helps minimise training overheads.

ELMS2 can automatically email external users directly when a delivery is successfully completed or is unable to take place (e.g. if the client was not at home). This can significantly reduce the load on the service imposed by referrers phoning to query whether a client has received a delivery.

Ethitec are a truly independent software house dedicated to meeting the information needs of all CES through the provision of ELMS2. We are a commercial member of the National Association of Equipment Providers.

Key Functionality for Community Equipment Services (CES)

Client & Orders

• Demographics • Multiple Addresses with Address History • Property Types (with restrictions)
• Soundex Searching • Multiple System Aliases • Referrer and GP Details
• Online / Mobile Ordering for Prescribers • Complete Order History • Online Authorisation Processes
• Short & Long Term Loans • Special Orders • Service Orders
• Repeat Orders (Cyclical / Call-Back) • Immediate Issue for Satellite Stores • Prescriptions / Retail Model

Client & Orders

• Demographics
• Multiple Addresses with Address History
• Property Types (with restrictions)
• Soundex Searching
• Multiple System Aliases
• Referrer and GP Details
• Online / Mobile Ordering for Prescribers
• Complete Order History
• Online Authorisation Processes
• Short & Long Term Loans
• Special Orders
• Service Orders
• Repeat Orders (Cyclical / Call-Back)
• Immediate Issue for Satellite Stores
• Prescriptions / Retail Model

Interested in ELMS2 for Wheelchair Services?

Our ELMS2 for Wheelchairs page outlines additional functionality relating to Referrals, Appointments, and Assessment etc...