NationaLease

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Written by Mary Jaimes-Serrano

Produced by Stephen Marino

Have you ever wondered what drives success in the transportation industry? NationaLesase has found the secret and is achieving its success by providing the services its clients need, helping them meet their goals, maintaining their budgets, and treating them like the family they are.

These core values have helped NationaLease to grow from its humble beginnings in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, to a national company of over 120 family-owned leasing companies combined to compete with the big-box leaders while offering small family benefits and services. Now with over 10 thousand employees nationwide and over 900 locations in the U.S. and Canada, NationaLease is keeping to its values and helping its clients achieve their transportation goals as one of North America’s largest full-service truck leasing companies.

Services That Drive Success

Services are the driving force of any company and the key to success in the transportation industry. NationaLease offers the services that keep it moving forward as a national leader. Whether leasing, buying, or renting, they provide the right option for

their clients’ ever-changing needs and help them decide which option suits these needs best.

Full-Service Leasing

Full-service leasing with NationaLeasing is not only a costeffective alternative to buying but can also translate into an efficient way to keep capital available for other business needs.

So what does full-service signify for NationaLease and its customers? It means that NationaLease is taking care of its customers’ needs with its own people, in its own shops, and connecting them with its reliable relationships with over 120 trusted vendors, literally from bumper to bumper. Full-service means NationaLease takes care of everything during the average five to six-year lease, including financing, acquisition, licensing, fuel tax reporting, maintenance, and tire repairs.

Full-service leasing offers clients the ability to have the trucks they need to keep their business growing without having the extra worry of maintenance, depreciation, or financing. NationaLease’s full-service leasing helps its customers focus on their business while NationaLease takes care of its fleet.

This option gives NationaLease customers the peace of mind that their transportation business will keep moving down the road even when they hit bumps along the way. By taking on the risks associated with keeping a fleet going, NationaLease offers maintenance, repairs, and replacement vehicles while repairs and maintenance are being performed. Meaning that their clients never have to worry about their trucks or drivers sitting idle waiting for costly repairs.

Full-Service Rental

Full-service commercial rental options with NationaLeasing are similar to leasing without longterm obligations. This option opens new doors to clients who have a temporary or occasional need for additional trucks to achieve their goals. Giving them solutions for short-term needs that offer the same service and maintenance benefits as leasing with contract maintenance.

Some of the rentals available with NationaLease include box trucks, straight trucks, straight truck refers, stakebed trucks, single axle tractors, tandem axle tractors, tandem axle sleepers, and 48’ to 53’ dry or refer trailers. This variety is only bettered by the added benefit of contract maintenance to

ensure everything runs smoothly from lot to load and beyond.

Truck Purchasing and Selling

NationaLease offers a wide selection of used trucks, heavy-duty trucks, trailers, and specialized trucks to accommodate its clients’ diverse needs. With access to over 85k trucks and 95k trailers, NationaLease has the connections and capital to meet and exceed expectations and keep its clients on the road.

When it’s time to replace an old or obsolete fleet, NationaLease offers its customers the benefit of

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working with over 120 independent commercial dealers. The experts at NationaLease utilize their 70 years of experience to help their clients find the right equipment for their needs and the perfect solution for liquidating their current equipment.

Dedicated Logistics

NationaLease understands that logistics are not a one-and-done for every company. Their highly trained experts work to develop flexible, dedicated logistic solutions that fit the specific needs of each client. Some of these solutions include

Transportation

Dedicated contract carriage, final leg delivery, freight brokerage, hazmat transportation, Justin-Time (JIT) delivery, live-haul transportation, LTL transportation, Merge-in-Transit, rail and port drayage, specialized equipment applications, shuttle transportation, TMS technology systems, and truck load transportation.

Distribution

Consolidation/De-consolidation, cross-docking, dedicated warehousing, inventory management, kitting and sequencing, multi-client warehousing, packaging/re-

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packaging, pick-pack-ship, port and container services, quality control management, value-added services, WMS technology systems, and yard management.

Supply Chain

Delivery route optimization, fleet asset optimization, material handling equipment, network design consulting, project logistics, and resource scheduling.

Family Feel With Big Benefits

Keeping with their core values, NationaLease knows that meeting

budgets and saving time are key components to the success of their clients. With this in mind, NationaLease utilizes 120 familyowned truck leasing companies with an average of 20 years of experience in over 1000 locations across the U.S. and Canada to provide clients with over 85k trucks, 95k trailers, and support backed by full-service maintenance.

NationaLease President Dean Vicha explained that NationaLease keeps its customers’ bottom line at the forefront of everything

it does. With this in mind, the company strives to meet or exceed client budget expectations. For this reason, NationaLease is always on the lookout for the best vehicles and the values that will relate to savings for its clients.

NationaLease takes pride in giving its customers the volume of a large company with the service expected from a small family business.

Utilizing this mindset, NationaLease helps every one of its customers overcome the challenges that face the transportation industry. These challenges include supply chain constraints, rising inflation rates, finding and retaining employees,

and rising interest rates.

NationaLease stays up-to-date on these ever-changing challenges and works to help clients overcome these industry hurdles in the most cost-effective ways possible.

Utilizing relationships built over the last seventy years, NationaLease has the ability to buy capital at lower rates than many other smaller companies, giving its clients the benefits associated with big box companies while maintaining the personal relationships and support of a small family-owned transportation company. These lower rates translate into saving for all of

Another benefit of NationaLease’s buying power is seen in its ability to offer clients the capability to trade up in less time. Instead of having to depreciate a new vehicle to zero percent, NationaLease’s used truck sales enable its clients to depreciate the value of its vehicles to 20-25 % before they are able to trade that vehicle for something that keeps their business moving forward.

Looking Toward the Future

Like every other company and industry in today’s economy,

sustainable transportation is something that will become a prevalent part of the future. NationaLease is aware of the advancements that are taking place daily and is ready to help its customers explore the possibility of purchasing and equipping a sustainable fleet. By attending national conferences by organizations like the American Trucking Association (ATA), NationaLease ensures that they are up-to-date on sustainability as well as every other aspect of the transportation industry.

NationaLease and its trained staff understand the extensive cost

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and necessities to make the leap from a traditional transportation fleet into a fully sustainable fleet. The knowledgeable team at NationaLease will take the time to discuss every aspect, from pricing to equipment requirements and everything needed in between. Making its clients’ decision to go sustainable as seamless as possible.

Relationships that Endure

Success in any business is achieved by building relationships that endure the constantly changing industry. This is especially true in the transportation industry. NationaLease has spent the last

70 years building and nurturing these relationships with every person involved in its small family environment. From employees to corporate clients, every person is treated with the respect and acknowledgment they deserve, and ensures their needs are met in the best possible way. From flexible schedules to flexible leasing/buying options, NationaLease works with every member of its team to achieve success for its clients and employees alike.

NationaLease understands that its employees are the driving force to its success and works to ensure they have everything needed to

give 110% every day. By working with the best and providing them with the essentials they need, the company ensures their employees are ready to help clients achieve their transportation goals consistently and effectively.

Driving Success Home

Success is only achieved when the whole family is included. This is one of the key reasons NationaLease has continually achieved and surpassed its goals over its 70 years in business. By providing the services needed to drive success in a manner that fosters future growth, NationaLease continues to show why it is one of the leaders in the transportation leasing industry.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company Name: NationaLease

Country: United States

Industry: Transportation

Est: 1944

Premier Services: Transportation Leasing

President: Dean Vicha

Website: www.nationalease.com