COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Dutch Oil Co. will implement FuelQuest Inc.'s Fuel Management System (FMS) to streamline fuel distribution and fleet operations for approximately 100 gas stations including its company-owned and operated locations, dealer-owned stores and independent retail sites. The company will deploy FMS to improve complex and labor-intensive fuel management processes with an automated, efficient solution.
"FMS is the ideal fit because it eliminates multiple separate systems for tracking fuel costs, inventories, distribution and financial reconciliation", [image-nocss] said Tommy Gilreath, CFO of The Dutch Group Cos., Columbus, Miss. "With FMS in place, we are able to consolidate our in-house manual systems and systematically boost productivity to support our aggressive growth plans."
The collaborative nature of the FMS solution allows Dutch Oil to manage its entire supply chain to lower transportation, procurement and administrative costs. FMS delivers improved insight into Dutch Oil's fuel management processes and will dramatically reduce the company's total landed cost of fuel by an average of 4 cents to 6 cents per gallon.
To that end, the company will initially use FMS' Voice Response Unit (VRU), Transportation Scheduling and Strategic Sourcing modules. These modules will allow Dutch to efficiently interact with their branded suppliers and find price advantages in their unbranded markets. Combined, these applications enable Dutch Oil to optimize inventory levels and fleet scheduling, strategically aggregate and manage its fuel spending and supply contracts, ensure more timely and accurate orders by providing secure access to dealer operated sites and sites without Internet access via the VRU and improve productivity of internal staff.
"With the volatility of fuel prices in today's market, FuelQuest is empowering industry veterans like Dutch Oil to better serve their diverse customer base and provide a solid platform for growth," said Rich Cilento, president and CEO of Houston-based FuelQuest. "With reduced dependence on manual processes and complex internal systems, FMS will automate and standardize processes to diminish their freight costs and improve fleet utilization."
FuelQuest provides on-demand, web-based supply chain management and tax automation technologies for suppliers, distributors, buyers and traders of petroleum products and other energy commodities. FuelQuest solutions deliver operational and financial value to more than 750 customers. These customers include leading global oil companies, international retailers, shippers and government entities. Its solutions help customers manage the complexity, regulation and market volatility of billions of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel annually. ZyTax solutions process tens of billions of dollars of motor fuels excise taxes per year.
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