Mack, Volvo offer ‘Preferred’ fleet purchasing program

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Mack Trucks and parent Volvo Trucks North America have introduced the MV Preferred program for managing parts and repair purchasing.

Designed for fleets with 50 or more trucks, the system uses a automated processes to validate purchase orders and invoices, to ensure that transactions are complete and that customer-specified spending controls are met.

There is no fee for the program and it is available to customers now. They can sign up for the program at their Volvo or Mack dealer.

“The overall goal of the effort is to further automate the transaction process to enhance efficiency and accuracy, as well as ensure that customer-specified spending controls are achieved,” said Tom Kelly, Mack vice-president of marketing.

MV Preferred eliminates errors and omissions from the ordering process through an automatic validation process, the companies say. Each fleet enrolled is given a unique identification number. The customer provides that number to their dealer when ordering parts or service. The dealer then checks the customer’s profile to ensure the order process meets the customer requirements. For example, if the customer requires a purchase order or a unique purchase order number format for a parts purchase, the order cannot be entered unless all of the customer-required information is included.

The program also verifies the correct price for all qualified genuine Volvo and Mack vendor all-makes parts purchases for each customer. Each billing invoice gives fleets a record of all transactions made against their accounts, and purchase activity and history can be checked 24 hours a day online.

In addition, MV Preferred gives fleets the ability to set pre-determined spending limits for parts or service repairs for individual terminals. This information is entered into the fleet’s profile.