Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The "Vendor Managed Inventory" model reduces administration costs, uses economies of scale to save participating municipalities money, increases efficiency and reduces the supply chain's carbon footprint, according to the participating transits.

As a cornerstone of the Prevost Parts and Service Network, Online Ordering has the capabilities, the reach and the depth of technical knowledge to make parts identification, placement of orders, and order shipping and tracking convenient and easy.

MCI's Coach Critical list starts with 1,000 parts and will include 1,500 by June 2012. The list, compiled with the input of operators of MCI coaches and in-house technical experts, includes both high- and low-volume parts, including those that are sometimes hard to come by.

This additional level of "Allison Excellence" certification will require distributors to meet aggressive customer service standards focused on timeliness of repairs, inventory stocking and customer feedback, according to the company.

The new 58,000 sq. ft. facility is equipped with 13 service bays, one wash bay, 20,000 sq. ft. parts warehouse area and a two-story office area.

Company also has exclusive training programs coming up in 2009 at both their Florida and California locations.