Although trips to the gas station are
expensive, not all distributors are
experiencing dramatic spikes in costs,
changes to their bottom line or price
increases for customers. However,
witnessing others in the industry
experience an increase in operating
costs due to the rising cost of fuel has
been enough for many to become
conscious of inevitable trickle-down
effects, causing slight changes in the
way some businesses function.
A wholesaler like Mike Sibulkin,
vice president of Continental Lift Truck Corporation (Jordan, MN),
doesn’t have many service vehicles
on the road. Sibulkin has not been
affected very much by the increase in
fuel prices other than a few surcharges
on the materials he receives. “We have not implemented a surcharge
ourselves, but we are not running
20 or 30 service vans. If we
were, we probably would have a
charge,” Sibulkin says.
This article originally appeared in the Fourth Quarter, Fall 2006 issue of The MHEDA Journal ©
Data Key Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
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