

“We could look at that because a solo driver-” “What if you could get 300 miles and recharge some in 30 minutes, would that be helpful?” “What kind of recharge time would you be looking at there?” Devon asks inquisitively. But in my application, I’m not there yet.” Then we could really take a look at something like that. “We could put a solo driver in it, and when he takes his break around 550 miles, the truck can recharge. “The only way electric trucks will work for us is if we can get a consistent 600 miles,” Greg says. They are a part of the more than 110 Meritor sales and support representatives across the United States, Canada and Mexico known as DriveForce, a crack squad of savvy product experts who create and maintain relationships with fleets and dealers. But “district manager” and “senior manager” titles don’t encompass the responsibility that Paul and Devon have out on the road. Paul is Meritor’s district manager for Michigan and Northern Ohio, a role that Devon held for four years before being promoted to his current position two years ago.

They sit in an idling SUV just outside Meritor’s headquarters in Troy, Mich. “Think Greg would be okay with us stopping in early?” he asks Devon Delcourt, Meritor’s senior manager of field sales for the central region. The fleet customer he had lined up for an 8:30 a.m. Paul Kosciolek starts his day juggling schedules. Compliance – Are your dealers following your guidelines and specifications?ĭuring this webinar, you’ll hear first-hand observations on ways fleets can take back control of how they spend their time by focusing on:

Billing error rates – How many times do you have to deal with a single invoice? What are your experiences and expectations relative to billing error rates? Invoice processing time – How much time do you spend chasing invoices? What could you do with the extra time you gain if you could turn the invoices around quickly and reliably? Roll time – what if you could count on average roll times below the industry standard? What does that mean to your reputation with your customers? Easier said than done, right?ĭo any of the following daily headaches sound familiar? Ever wonder how you can spend less time on the same set of day-to-day problems and more time enabling your customers to meet their objectives? It may seem obvious to say you first need to improve your operational efficiency.
