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Wholesale Value Added Distributor. True distributor dedicated to supplying the manufacturing and resale customer exclusively – no retail.
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Wholesale Value Added Distributor • True distributor dedicated to supplying the manufacturing and resale customer exclusively – no retail • Commitment of resources to inventory, highly skilled personnel with specific fields of expertise, and physical plant and equipment designed to maximize value-added
Wholesale Value Added Distributor • Relative scale of importance – OEM • customers get a higher degree of • specialized attention and service from a • local distributor than a remote supplier. • OEM customer’s impact is higher on the • distributor. Distributor pools his • customers and in turn has higher relative • impact in their behalf with the supplier.
Privately held. Owners and employees share a common mission and pride in the performance of the company and its reputation in the community and markets.
Wholesale Value Added Distributor Local product engineering support focused more keenly on the OEM’s particular needs rather than the general design of the supplier’s product. Supplier’s captive production holds no priority on the distributor’s resources whereas it is the first priority for supplier’s resources. A A typical replacement package used for railroad equipment
Wholesale Value Added Distributor Production services from re-trim of engine configuration to complete power packages and drives. All designed to meet specific OEM requirements for componentry and performance A “A” - OEM Unit Production “B” – Delivered “Just In Time” B
Wholesale Value Added Distributor Acts as a field arm of the supplier providing focused customer support - • Application engineering tailored to meet needs of local customers • Terms, delivery, and warehousing to meet customer needs • Custom design and production of engine packages and configurations • to maximize customer’s production efficiency • Just In Time inventory of finished goods • Aftermarket product service assistance • Customized training for OEM and its customers
Wholesale Value Added Distributor Engineering and design expertise even provided to Deere for field packages Tier 3 replacement packages designed for JD Construction & Forestry As part of the TIER UP Program