More Than Just Parts Discover the Advantages of Working Closely with Your Parts Suppliers

摘要

A Cadillac Escalade comes into your shop.It needs new ball joints,tie rods and even new brakes.So,you go online and search your POS to find the part you're looking for.But did you really find what you needed?”What is this Escalade?”asks Jim Davison,a zone manager at one of The Alliance's Certified Service Centers under Eastern Warehouse Distributors,explaining how he encourages technicians to ask themselves that very same question.”When you look it up on the computer,it says Escalade,Escalade ESV,Escalade EXT.EXT means it's an extended wheelbase,so it's going to have a larger brake rotor than a standard short wheelbase’cause it's a lot heavier.It changes your variants on rims,too,because the EXT may have a 22-in.wheel,where a plain Escalade may have a 17-in.wheelbase.”