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17 come in handy when rush orders appear, says John Devany, Betts Truck Parts sales manager. It's much more affordable for Betts Truck Parts to rush order a product from its Fresno location than from a supplier's warehouse, which could be anywhere in North America. "With Fresno, we're able to fi ll our pipeline and respond quicker to those rush scenarios," he says. "We can react overnight and get any product back in our store the next day." The fi nancial benefi ts of a master warehouse also can become a spring- board to other sales opportunities, says Jeff Sandt, vice president of product development at HDA Truck Pride. Sandt and Shawn Shumaker, vice president of program management, work together to stock and manage HDA Truck Pride's CV Logistics warehouse. Shumaker says CV Logistics is a 20,000 sq. ft. facility in St. Louis that operates solely as a source for HDA Truck Pride members interested in bolstering their product offering. But unlike a warehouse owned by an individual member, which would be fi lled with products a member already carries, the duo says their facility offers what members are missing. In short, CV Logistics stocks what distributors don't have — either intentionally or unin- tentionally — and offers them at cost and at quantity levels that work in each member's business, Sandt says. "CV Logistics provides product for our members in a relatively non- competitive environment for our vendor partners," says Bill Burns, COO at HDA Truck Pride. Sandt says shop supplies, vehicle W W W . T R U C K P A R T S A N D S E R V I C E . C O M M a y 2 0 1 5 | T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E XSolve runout vibrations X Maximize tire life X Prevent tire cupping faster & easier www.hunter.com/forcematch Make balancing Free on-site demonstrations available for Truck Parts & Service readers That's the whole purpose of the fl ow of the network. To allow each level of distribution or dealer to order only what they need in the quantity they need. – Doug Sunkel, executive director for Cummins Global Logistics Cover Story