{"id":4136,"date":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheels2025dev.wpenginepowered.com\/resource\/keeping-your-business-moving-during-a-disaster\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:09:06","slug":"keeping-your-business-moving-during-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.wheels.com\/public\/resource\/keeping-your-business-moving-during-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Your Business Moving During a Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
At Wheels, we like to\u00a0say\u00a0\u201cBusiness Moves Better with Wheels.\u201d Clients experience this every day through the world-class consulting, programs and services we provide. But there\u2019s also a lot that goes on behind the scenes to\u00a0keep\u00a0your business moving, especially when a weather event or other disaster occurs.<\/div>\r\n
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To stay one step ahead during disastrous events like hurricanes or the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Wheels follows a disaster preparation and response protocol. This process is designed to prioritize drivers\u2019 safety and minimize disruptions to your fleet. Our protocols are designed to ensure consistently reliable and seamless service delivery to our clients through disastrous events.<\/div>\r\n
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Disaster Best Practices: Risk Mitigation Action Plan<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
Many different types of events can be disruptive. Sometimes we’re able to start preparing in advance and other times it\u2019s unexpected. Whatever the circumstance, our protocol helps minimize the impact to clients during each event and its aftermath.<\/div>\r\n

During\u00a0disastrous\u00a0events, the Wheels leadership team monitors\u00a0the situation\u00a0daily.\u00a0In addition, a\u00a0cross-functional\u00a0taskforce\u00a0proactively\u00a0assembles\u00a0to actively monitor and manage any impact to the supply chain as well as Wheels\u2019 ability to continue delivering seamless service to our clients. This\u00a0team meets regularly, often several times a day, throughout the event to gather and share information, reach out to suppliers, take appropriate action and communicate details to our clients.<\/div>\r\n

Our process begins by using analytics to understand the landscape and location of clients\u2019 current vehicles, as well as those in transit to dealerships or upfit suppliers. We use operational checklists for each product, service or department to manage through this process.<\/div>\r\n


The task force proactively reaches out to manufacturers, delivering dealers, transportation carriers,\u00a0upfitters,\u00a0storage facilities, rental car companies and our other supplier partners to understand their response plans and the status of current inventory along with their recovery status.<\/p>\r\n

Throughout an event, the task force continues to obtain information from our suppliers to then pass along to our clients, with a focus on:<\/p>\r\n