Pro-Dealers Cut Driver
Overtime and Increase Profits with Demountable Truck Bodies
"We get the product
to our customers in a timely way-that's the bottom line. We run
seven Demountable Trucks and fourteen Demountable Bodies, which
results in considerable savings in time and money."
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE
Formerly Western Building
Products
Cincinnati, Ohio
PROBLEM
Driver down time and
inadequate delivery service
- Because millwork trucks had to return
to the warehouse for loading, customer delivery requirements
went unmet.
- Driver and warehouse-overtime cost
rose, but delivery service did not improve.
SOLUTION
Implementation
of the TruckTainer Demountable Body System
- Each millwork truck has two bodies,
allowing warehouse personnel to load one body during normal
business hours while the truck makes deliveries with another
body.
- When drivers return to the warehouse
for their second set of deliveries, an empty body is swapped
for a loaded one in only ten minutes.
- During the afternoon, warehouse personnel
load the returned bodies for the next morning's delivery
run, ensuring that drivers get on the road early.
- Faster and more frequent deliveries
have improved customer service.
- Labor and overall fleet costs have
been reduced significantly.
