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Similarities With CUSTOMER Foster Strong Relationship
“Kicker is so similar to Averitt,” says Dan. “They just celebrated their 50- year anniversary in 2023. Thirty percent of their workforce has been with them for more than 30 years. And they do a lot of giving to charities, the city of Stillwater and Oklahoma State University.” We also share a passion for service, which is important to Dave McDonald of Kicker’s distribution leadership. “If you’re carrying our product, your customer service is a reflection of us,” Dave explains. “That’s important. We want that.” able to grow our partnership significantly since 2011. What started as a few pallets here or there has become a Power of One solution from our Tulsa and Charleston locations. We now provide LTL, truckload, warehousing and drayage services, as well as expedited for events such as trade shows. “We try to tap into every part of our market that we can with Kicker,” Dan says. BUDDING RELATIONSHIP As a result of our commitment to excellence, we’ve been When Tulsa transportation sales specialist DAN WENTZ looks at Kicker, he sees almost a mirror image of Averitt. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons we have such a strong partnership with the Stillwater-based audio equipment company. DAN WENTZ
And Dave has found another Averitt resource that he appreciates – our LTL transportation management system, Averitt Connect. “We’re using Averitt Connect on a regular basis,” he says. “Averitt Connect helped us because our shipping department was going from website to website to get quotes. That was inefficient. So this brought efficiency – we can go to one spot, get what we need and move on to the task.”
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION According to Director of Port and Distribution Sales TIM SHUSTER , our Charleston warehouse is uniquely positioned to further strengthen our ties with Kicker. “Three of Kicker’s 10 largest customers are on the
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East Coast,” Tim explains. “Bringing goods into the Charleston port and storing and doing fulfillment from Charleston created much-improved speed to market, creating a significant savings in time and money.”
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Our dedication to quality – and our open line of communication – has opened new pathways to be a Power of One provider. Relationships like the ones we
have with Kicker allow us to add more bills to our system, and that means more opportunities for us to deliver outstanding service. Thank you for all you do to make that possible! T m
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