These solutions losing that parts order, dealers have an option to dispatch an on-demand driver. Once confirmed, a tracking link is provided to the dealer and the Delivery costs vary by distance. display driver/vehicle buyer. GPS coordinates and appropriate descriptions for the pick-up and drop-off locations are transmit- availability - and the ted to the driver. As an enhancement, seamless ac- COSTS cost to deliver by each (from parts eCommerce to routing/ packages cost more. RevolutionParts has announced that their local delivery costs have averaged approximately $15. Advances - such as delivering multiple orders on a single hotshot run - will lower average delivery costs per parts order. cess is being built directly into many fixed-operations technical solutions Oversize/overweight parts order. dispatch to EPCs) thanks to Application Programming Interfaces that nearly all fleets offer. These solutions display driver/vehicle availability - and the cost to deliver by each parts order. Dealer solutions support increasing numbers of fleets and dealers can select a Buyers may pay (fully or partially) for 2-hour 'priority' delivery. In some cases, a large order may justify local delivery costs being absorbed by dealers. Likely, in the future, to generate additional OEM parts sales, some automakers may subsidize deliveries. fleet based on cost or other factors as well. MARCH APRIL 2021 || FIXED OPS MAGAZINE 51http://asidoors.com/FO1120