Operations
Why Your In-House Driver Network Costs More Than You Think
Most parts directors underestimate the true cost of an in-house fleet. We break down driver, vehicle, and overhead costs hidden in plain sight.
Read MoreYour Wholesale Growth Partner
Your Parts.
Delivered on Time.
Every Stop.
LMDS is an operating partner for wholesale parts departments. Parts delivery is the only thing we do. We understand the demands of dealerships and the MSOs and collision facilities they serve, so your customers get the right parts on time and your team gets its day back.
Nationwide CoverageReal-Time Tracking on Every DeliveryAutomotive Parts Specialists
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Running Your Own Driver Network Is
Costing You More Than You Think
The Daily Pain
- Drivers who call in sick leave customers waiting, and angry callbacks follow
- Inefficient routes mean more miles driven and higher fuel and labor cost
- Managing dispatch pulls your parts team away from selling and serving customers
- No real-time visibility means you can't answer basic questions: "Where are my parts?"
- Fixed fleet overhead regardless of how many deliveries you actually run that day
What It Actually Costs You
- Transportation is typically your second-largest overhead after payroll, and it compounds
- Every delivery that misses its window puts a customer relationship at risk
- Repair shops don't switch wholesalers over price. They switch over late parts.
- Managing a driver network isn't your core business. It just feels like it has to be.
Services
What LMDS Handles
Final mile delivery isn't a side operation for us. It's the only thing we do.
Final Mile Delivery
Pickup from your facility, delivery to your wholesale customers, repair shops, body shops, independent mechanics. Same day. Every day. Vehicles sized to the load: Sprinter vans to box trucks.
White-Label Service
Unmarked white vans and drivers who represent your dealership, not ours. Your customers never see LMDS, they see your parts department showing up on time. Keep your own dispatch or hand it to us; either way it runs under your brand.
Real-Time Tracking
Every delivery tracked from pickup to drop-off. Live visibility for you and your customer. Photo, signature, and timestamp confirmation on every stop. No more 'where are my parts?' calls.
Fleet Replacement
LMDS can partially or completely replace your in-house driver network. We absorb your dispatch, routing, and customer service overhead, while improving your delivery service levels and reducing your costs.
Capacity to Grow Into
Adding wholesale accounts shouldn't mean hiring five drivers and buying four vans. We scale your delivery capacity up within a week, and back down when the season turns, so growth is a phone call, not a capital decision.
Scalable Coverage
Sophisticated machine learning scales up or down for any workload and any traffic condition. High-volume days, seasonal spikes, overflow capacity, handled without fixed fleet costs on your end.
Who We Serve
Built for Every Layer of the Parts Network
The Problem
You're running a parts business. Somewhere along the way, you also became a delivery company, managing drivers, coordinating routes, handling callouts, and answering 'where are my parts?' calls that have nothing to do with selling parts.
How LMDS Fixes It
LMDS takes the entire delivery operation off your plate. Dispatch, routing, driver management, customer communication. All of it is ours. Your team focuses on what actually drives your business: selling parts.
What You Get
- Reduce transportation overhead significantly
- Faster delivery means more repeat wholesale business
- Real-time proof of delivery on every stop
- Scale delivery volume without adding headcount
- COD support and unlimited returns handled for you
- Dedicated drivers on every run, never gig workers
What Dealers Actually See
Nationwide
Coverage Across Major Markets
Same Day
Delivery on All Eligible Orders
Real-Time
Tracking on Every Stop
Hours Back
For Your Parts Team Every Week
We were spending more time managing drivers than selling parts. LMDS took that entire operation off our hands. Our delivery times are better, our customers aren't calling to complain, and we've reduced what we spend on transportation considerably.
Bob Kuehl, V.P., Fixed Operations
Cost Calculator
Run Your Numbers
Six quick questions. We'll show you the true cost of your in-house delivery operation, and the hours it's taking off your team.
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Built on Proven Technology and an Industry-Leading Network
Marketplace insiders with a national network providing OEM Wholesalers with insights to the automotive vertical while researching and quantifying Dealer customer pain points. If anything is going to impact the industry, APS is on it.
A proven market leader in logistics software and services, having perfected systems to streamline final mile automation, along with end-to-end logistics management that delivers real-time route visibility. Elite Extra powers LMDS route optimization, tracking, and dispatch.
An industry authority and innovator with over 7,000 North American customers and 40,000 trucking companies in network. NTG gives LMDS nationwide presence, strategic satellite offices, and the carrier capacity to handle any workload.
What Dealers Ask Before They Sign
LAST MILE Delivery Solutions (LMDS) is a comprehensive delivery service designed to efficiently transport collision and mechanical parts from wholesale dealers to repair and collision shops, providing a dedicated, streamlined solution for routing and delivery.
For Wholesale Dealer Operations
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Read MoreStop Managing Drivers.
Start Growing Wholesale.
Tell us about your delivery volume and we'll show you exactly what LMDS looks like for your operation.
Nationwide CoverageNo Long-Term Contract RequiredDedicated Drivers on Every Run