Quality Wood Products and Demountable Concepts, Inc., Ted Clarensau, General Manager of Quality Wood Products, Inc., in Kansas City, MO, has been delivering custom made cabinets to their customers using the demountable system for over ten years. Before the demountable system, Ted Clarensau had a problem with keeping up with his growing business. Ted stated, “At first, I had a big fleet of straight trucks at my disposal, but as we started to grow bigger, I needed to buy more trucks just to keep up with the demand I was having. I was somewhat hesitant, because I did not want a larger fleet. Since we make custom cabinets, our trucks would come back late in the evening from their runs and a night shift to load our products was something that we did not want. Instead, I had our workers come in before 7:00 am to load the trucks. This became a problem for us on many occasions because our loaders would load the wrong custom made cabinets in the wrong trucks. This would then set us back.” “At the time, I didn’t even know Demountable Concepts, Inc. existed. I was thinking about running some gooseneck trailers, but I was afraid because we work on rough terrain. This rough terrain, I found, is hard for a huge trailer to operate and maneuver on. We also thought about increasing the number of trucks in our fleet, which would also be expensive.” After acquiring the demountable system, Ted Clarensau found that his biggest benefit with this system was that he could load his cabinets all day. Ted further stated, “Since I am so busy, I need these extra bodies around. If they were not there, then I would not be able to make as many deliveries as I do. When the trucks would come back empty, I would have to spend some time loading them instead of making deliveries. Now with the demountable system in place, in five to ten minutes, my drivers can be back out on the road again delivering more products. By using the demountable system, I know for a fact that I can now complete more deliveries daily.” |
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