In news that will be welcomed by truck operators, Hino SA says it has cut the retail selling prices of its replacement parts by 4% as a contribution to assisting fleet owners to lower operating costs. Stable parts supply is critical to truck operators in controlling costs as downtime due to a lack of the correct part is costly and Hino says that it has been efficient in this aspect of its after-sales operations.

"We realise if we can lower the cost of parts while maintaining our excellent supply rate this will be a real win-win for our Hino customers, so therefore we are able to take this price-cutting initiative, which is made possible by improved efficiencies in all aspects of our parts operation," says Sudesh Sanilall, senior manager aftersales of Hino SA...

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