This article was published in the April 2020 edition of NTEA News.
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NTEA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Work Truck Services Inc., announced certification labels were recently added to the Shop WorkTruckCert marketplace, making it easy to purchase label stock that accommodates your standard laser printer (bulk printing), and other vehicle certification needs.
Effective March 30, 2020, labels on Shop NTEA fully transitioned to Shop WorkTruckCert (learn more at ntea.com/wtclabels). Subscribers are eligible for discounted pricing on WorkTruckCert products. All users must log in to the marketplace using WorkTruckCert credentials.
The cloud-based WorkTruckCert, a part of your NTEA membership, was developed to help the
industry document conformance with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-required safety standards. Designed to serve the commercial vehicle community’s need to quickly, easily and efficiently compile and access vehicle data, while improving the certification process, WorkTruckCert recently marked its first anniversary. And, Work Truck Services Inc. is expected to provide NTEA with data from WorkTruckCert, so the Association can offer the industry aggregated data reports.
“The industry has enthusiastically responded to this new data resource. Vehicle records, representing diversity in both GVW and geographic dispersion, have been submitted,” said Doyle Sumrall, a Work Truck Services director and officer. “The key delineator in the data is the body type associated with the VIN, which for the first time since VIUS data was reported by the 2005 Census, gives the work truck industry insight into actual upfit by GVW. It’s exciting to think NTEA may soon provide the industry with aggregated reports on the upfit population of trucks in use.”
Work Truck Services has partnered with IHS Markit to provide better customer intelligence to the industry. “As a result of collaboration with WorkTruckCert, we will provide the program users complimentary access to fleet size details associated with the VINs they enter into WorkTruckCert,” said Dawn Brusseau, associate director, commercial vehicle solutions for IHS Markit. Supplemental detailed reports, including registration-related data, are available for purchase through IHS Markit.
Given the success of its flagship tool, Work Truck Services Inc. is exploring opportunities to improve the industry’s existing process of gathering and analyzing commercial vehicle upfit configuration vocational data.
Further meaningful data integration, while improving industry access, is the mission of Work Truck Services Inc. In support of this focus, NTEA is researching additional partners to create a more robust vocational database.
“We are excited to announce Work Truck Solutions Inc. and Work Truck Services are exploring a collaboration. Work Truck Solutions has created an industry-recognized market position, supporting commercial vehicle marketing and inventory tracking,” said Sumrall. “They provide a platform for enhancing the connectivity between commercial vehicle buyers and upfitters, equipment manufacturers and commercial vehicle dealerships, which aligns with the needs of the industry and has the ability to further the mission of Work Truck Services.”
“Both organizations believe that through this innovative collaboration, we can accelerate the availability of statistically valid analyses of commercial vehicle trends and applications,” said Kathryn Schifferle, CEO/founder of Work Truck Solutions.
Next steps in the potential partnership will be shared pending review results.
Learn more about WorkTruckCert at ntea.com/worktruckcert.
