Your transportation team spends more money than almost anyone else in your aftersales group. That’s not a bad thing; it’s a requirement of their job. Most of what they buy is actually transportation, and almost all transportation among NAPB OEMs is outsourced to carriers. We will cover supplier selection in several key areas such as: How do OEMs actually pick carriers? How do OEMs balance price, coverage, and quality? How do OEMs manage the procurement and quoting process to ensure they receive enough bids, but not too many? What qualifies a carrier to do work for the OEM? And how is the transportation buying process staffed and managed? This session will be benchmark heavy, understanding what each OEM does at each step in the process.