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Interview with the Owner Part 5 – Operating in a Recession

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Many dealers are struggling to keep their business thriving as new-car demand has declined. Many of these retailers are looking to used vehicles to bolster their bottom lines, so what, if any, deals are you offering to help dealers keep transportation costs down and keep profits up in these tough times?

As one example of how we’re helping dealers keep costs down, we ran a promotion with Dealerslink and Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG) in July that offered numerous discounts. DTAG offered significant savings on its inventory purchased through Dealerslink’s Web site, and JMN provided an additional 10 percent to 20 percent discount on any DTAG vehicle shipped through the Dealerslink Shipping Portal. We will continue to work with our many partners on similar cost-saving offers in the future.

Our 11 strategically placed terminals allow customers to get a lot of backhaul rates in our footprint. Very simply put: if they order online, they save money. We’re also in the trial phase with a lot of new vendors and are developing connections that will provide even more efficiencies and savings in the future.

For answers to questions or to learn more about JMN’s services, Visit JMN Logistics.

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Interview with the Owner Part 4 – Changing with the Times

Monday, October 19th, 2009

As more and more dealers become tech savvy, have you found that demand for your services has grown over the years, with more dealers remotely bidding and gaining units and then turning to transportation companies to deliver them? Or do you find most of your clients still prefer to be on-site at auction and “kick the tires,” so to speak?

The transportation landscape has changed. Buyers aren’t going to brick and mortar auctions anymore; they’re ordering from their desk. We built our systems to facilitate this new method of buying and transporting vehicles. We provide the technology and assurances to provide peace of mind that dealers can get the right car to the right location. They can log into our system and download a copy of the proper paperwork.

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Interview with the Owner Part 3 – Why JMN Logistics

Monday, October 12th, 2009

There are a variety of transportation companies out there; what do you believe makes yours special? Why should dealers select you over a competitor?

There are three main things that set JMN Logistics apart from our competitors: our nationwide reach, our experience and our technology. With a growing fleet of dedicated trucks and drivers, along with an owner operator and carrier network consisting of over 3,000 haulers nationwide, we can handle customers’ needs, large or small. JMN’s experienced staff has over 200 combined years of vehicle logistics experience. We constantly look for ways to use cutting-edge 21st-century technology to streamline processes so our customers will have more time to focus on their core competencies.

We take orders from one to 1,000 and have a multi-modal approach to provide the best fit for our customers — everything from leveraging assets like our own trucks, to utilizing our rail partners, to our numerous storage and marshalling facilities. Our one-call-does-it-all approach is backed by experts with a strong logistics background.

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Interview with the Owner Part 1 – History of JMN Logistics

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Please tell us about the history of JMN Logistics? When was it established/who established it? Has it changed hands over the years? How has it evolved over the years to meet the ever-changing industry?

JMN Logistics is proud to be celebrating our 10th anniversary in August 2009. It was established by Jon Michael Nuckolls, a third-generation car dealer from St. Louis. He had become a big player in auto auctions and had his own truck to haul vehicles. Other dealers began asking if he could haul their vehicles as well. JMN has grown from moving 30,000 units in 2000 to nearly 300,000 units in 2008. Additionally, our company went from seven employees and one truck in 1999 to 95 trucks and 165 associates in 2008.

In dealing with growth, one of our primary challenges is in constantly keeping the pulse of our thousands of customers, both large and small, and
meeting their expectations.

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