United Road Announces Vehicle Shipping Partnership With Smartauction

Dec. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- ROMULUS, MI. – “This is another example of United Road increasing its industry leading presence in the dealership vehicle logistics business”, says Mike Wysocki, CEO of United Road.  “Our new state of the art call center will allow SmartAuction’s thousands of customers to book orders electronically, 24 hours a day, when it’s most convenient for them.”  Along with fully automated ordering, United Road’s call center has highly trained Logistics Marketing Associates available to give dealers one on one personalized service if they prefer.  “This new relationship with SmartAuction, and the expansion of our call center”, says Wysocki, “is the natural progression of the desire to provide our customers with the best, most convenient and cost effective solutions in the vehicle logistics business.”

The new call center, with a focus on mid-volume markets, including dealers, small leasing companies and individual car transportation, features state of the art technology, including phone, email, and web chat, and is the perfect solution for SmartAuction and United Road’s other industry relationships, including Ebay Motors, where they are the number one shipper by volume and dollars.  For SmartAuction customers, the call center is already making a difference with over 100 orders booked in the first week alone.

Wysocki sums it up, “Our partnership with SmartAuction proves that United Road is dedicated to providing the fastest, highest technology and most convenient shipping solutions possible for our customers.”

Headquartered in Romulus, Michigan, United Road is one of the largest vehicle transportation logistics solutions providers in the United States. With over fifteen hundred employees and a nationwide network of twelve hundred late model vehicle carriers, United Road is the technology leader of the industry via its proprietary web-based, real time OVISS information system. The company operates in the 48 continental United States, Alaska, Canada and Puerto Rico.  United Road is also the only SmartWay certified “green” auto carrier in the United States recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for outstanding environmental practices.  For more information, please visit unitedroad.com, call 866.470.0036, or email unitedroadsocial@unitedroad.com

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United Road is the premier vehicle logistics provider in North America. Each year, coast to coast and across the borders, we manage the delivery of over 1.8 million vehicles for OE's, Dealers, and private customers. United Road is Driven to Deliver!