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April 2023

New Accounting Process

We are always looking for ways to improve our processes to enhance the way our company operates and make your job a little bit easier. We will soon be launching a new process for petty cash reimbursement.
 
What is the new petty cash process?
Accounting will automate the request for a petty cash reimbursement in a workflow similar to that of an expense report. The Branch Manager will submit the receipts and the reconciliation attached to the request in Netsuite. More details to follow in future communications as we get closer to implementation.
 
How is this new process helpful?
  • Gives Accounting greater oversight into petty cash and what is being spent
  • Gives visibility to the ROMs and RVPs, who will periodically review and reconcile petty cash expenses
  • Protects our teams and our company from potential theft or fraud

When will this new process be implemented?
If this change affects you, you’ll start to see more communication about it in the coming weeks.

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April 2023

From Our Integration Team:

EDI update
We are continuing to make great strides in our EDI integration. There are only a few customers remaining to make the transition to NetSuite. Currently, the team is working on Mopar Canada.  Congrats and thank you to Lee Freeze and April Johnson for their leadership here!  Every EDI integration takes more load off our operations teams from having to transfer inventory between systems.

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April 2023

WE’RE WINNING

The CBS OneTeam Spirit of coming together and going the extra mile to provide superior customer service was recognized last month at FleetPride’s Annual Supplier Summit event where Continental Battery Systems won the Heavy Haul award!

Continental Battery FP Award

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April 2023

Camping World joins forces with CBS

We’re thrilled Camping World has selected CBS to be the primary vendor for its private label, Electric World.ABBE246B-B6F9-4BF9-BEAD-46CAD7BD04D8

This new partnership places CBS as the exclusive provider of Electric World batteries for all of Camping World’s 200+ stores nationwide!

"The merger really made this possible. Camping World wanted someone that could serve all their locations. When we became CBS, we were able to do that. It allows us to show our power as One Team," said Frank Westphal, National Account Manager for Camping World.

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April 2023

One Team Hero: Sean Bland

Sean Bland, Branch ManagerSean started his career with Exide in 2000 as a Contract Laborer in the warehouse.  Shortly after, Sean was identified as a stellar employee and was offered a full-time position with Exide.  Sean quickly picked up on everything there was to learn about the battery business.  One thing led to another and he was promoted to Line Lead and then on to Warehouse Supervisor.  Sean excelled at all the positions he had.  Eventually the opportunity came along for Sean to run the Richmond Warehouse as a Branch Manager.  Sean took the job and ran with it.  


Sean has worked for Exide, Battery Systems, and Continental Battery Systems. Through all the mergers and changes, Sean has consistently run a great branch.  The Richmond branch leadership has a great rapport with its staff and very little turnover.  The branch is very clean and well-run.  All of this can be attributed to Sean’s willingness to embrace change, learn new things, and work hard.  Sean instills all of the aforementioned values in the Richmond Team, and it shows every day.  The word TEAM and Richmond branch are synonyms with one another.  No one needs to be asked to do anything; they just do it because they are part of the TEAM.  Sean truly shows that hard work and dedication pay off in the end!

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