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Coach Ken: A New World

By Ken Taylor, Commercial Truck Training I recently returned from a national meeting that was eye opening! I had the opportunity to interact with manufacturers, dealers, and support industries to the commercial and fleet dealers across the nation. Knowing that I worked directly with commercial and fleet dealers nationwide, the...

Dealership Success: Planning Ahead in the Green

By Shawn Horsewill, VP Customer Success, Work Truck Solutions The Green Truck Summit (GTS) is an annual day-long event which kicks off the Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and features intensive programs led by industry experts, OEMs and government representatives. It typically begins with a few keynotes, and they then...

Cup O Joe: WELL…YOU ARE DIFFERENT!

I can’t say it often enough.  Nobody outside your office door, or away from your desk, understands you.  You don’t sell the way “they” do.  You don’t have just the finance options “they” have (you have more).  You don’t expect to “sell from stock” the way “they” do.  You don’t...

WTS: Slowly Increasing Inventory and Continued Demand Fuel Commercial Vehicle Industry

Steady Predictable Trends a Welcome Phenomenon in Light of Tumultuous History Chico, CA, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Work Truck Solutions®, the leading authority on commercial vehicles, today released their Q1, 2023 Commercial Vehicle Market Analysis. The slow but steady increase of inventory available from OEMs is affecting commercial vehicle...

SCELZI INC: NO COMPROMISE ON MATERIALS of CONSTRUCTION

As Spring approaches and the traumatic weather patterns of early 2023 settle down to something a bit less exciting, truck body builders are faced with the classic “Good News vs Bad News” scenario. The Good News is that Ford is almost back to full-time scheduling of chassis cabs to dealers...

The Reading Truck Group Signs an Agreement to Acquire Mastercraft Truck Equipment; Furthers Expansion West With Two Additional Truck Centers

READING, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Reading Truck Group announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Colorado-based Mastercraft Truck Equipment, a commercial truck and van solutions provider. With two locations in Colorado, the acquisition of the privately owned Mastercraft Truck Equipment, furthers Reading Truck’s growth strategy; and positions the company with...

WORK TRUCK SOLUTIONS EXPANDS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPORT

Work Truck Solutions, the leading authority on commercial vehicle configurations and business vehicle use cases, launched their updated upfitter software suite, plus released their 2023 upfitter product roadmap. Two years of drastically lower vehicle production has accelerated the focus on innovation in data reporting and online ordering. The updated upfitter...

WORK TRUCK SOLUTIONS INTEGRATES CRESTLINE INTO NATIONAL MARKETPLACE

Work Truck Solutions, the leading authority on commercial vehicles, expands its strategic partnership with Crestline Auto Transport, a premier nationwide vehicle shipping and logistics company. Crestline will embed their vehicle shipping functionality onto the Work Truck Solutions Comvoy.com platform. This new API technology offers Comvoy.com users real-time, upfront, delivery costs on...

WTS: KATHRYN SCHIFFERLE ON THE DRIVING MOBILITY PODCAST

Sourcing and selling upfitted commercial vehicles is seamless today because of this company For consumers, buying a vehicle has always been a simple transaction. You decide on a make and model you like and search the dealerships near you to see where it’s available. But for decades, this wasn’t the...