Richmond Based Party Rental Firm Increases Driver And Warehouse Efficiency With Demountable Body System - Spring 2001

Party Perfect, of Richmond, VA has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years. To help keep pace with this growth as well as the constant demands of the renting public, Party Perfect has relied on the benefits of a unique piece of logistics equipment. By using the demountable truck body system, manufactured by Demountable Concepts, the company has seen significant increases in efficiency, both in the warehouse and on the street.

Like most party rental firms, Party Perfect would often be at the mercy of their trucks showing up at event sites or back at the warehouse in a timely manner. When a truck, loaded with dirty party wares returns to the warehouse after hours, it generally results in additional overtime. The crew would have to unload the truck at night to have it ready for loading the next morning. When an event is being dismantled, the crews often have to wait for the truck to show up to begin reloading. When multiple events are scheduled, the overtime increases and stress levels rise.

Jeff Johnstone, President of Party Perfect, realized that his costs were rising and his service was being compromised. The decision to implement the demountable truck body system was made to help alleviate these problems. With multiple bodies for each truck in the fleet, scheduling labor for events as well as the warehouse is a lot more manageable. According to Johnstone, "Our drivers and installation crews don't have to worry about unloading the truck right after an event, they simply demount the body and mount the appropriate body for the next day's work. Our warehouse personnel can unload the body at their convenience, keeping the warehouse clean and orderly."

Demountable Concepts also ensures that customers will have years of trouble free service. Johnstone adds, "Demountable Concepts has been extremely helpful in the education process as well as with the implementation of the system, I'd like to express my satisfaction with their support and service after the sale. I would gladly recommend the system to others in the party rental business."