Breaking Free from Outdated Systems: A Fuel Marketer’s Guide to Selecting Modern Dispatch Software
Choosing the wrong fuel dispatch software to manage your operations is like driving a car with a flat tire. No matter how hard you try, you’re constantly slowing down. That’s the situation fuel marketers are in when they’re working with outdated legacy softwares. We were chatting with a fuel distributor from the States, and he […]
Pacific States Petroleum’s Shift from Paper-Centric to Digital-Centric On-site Fuelling Operations with FleetPanda
For 23 years, Pacific States Petroleum, California’s largest on-site fuelling company has consistently delivered on time and provided top-notch service. But behind the scenes, they were drowning in paperwork and manual task management. The over-reliance on paperwork and manual processes led to inefficiencies and occasional errors. The leadership team at Pacific States realized – it’s […]
6 ways to scale operations with a fuel dispatch software
Operations play a crucial behind-the-scenes role in end-to-end fuel dispatch. It’s a revenue center for companies in this space. But, for all these years, the different stakeholders – drivers, dispatchers, and accountants managing different workflows have had to do so with limited tech access. As a result, operations processes weren’t the most efficient. So, what’s […]
Disrupt or get disrupted: Why unified dispatch softwares are a gamechanger in automating operations
Efficient operations is the future of fuel dispatch. In fact, logistics and operations have been the core function of the entire fuel dispatch ecosystem. That too for years now. But it has been limited by old tech stacks, paperwork, spreadsheets, and manual processes. Even after these constraints, many fuel distribution businesses seem to have made […]
An Operation Heads guide to building a logistics budget CFO’s approve!
Optimism fuels improvement, but realism pays bills! That’s what budgeting is all about. To start with, you need a well-positioned budget you can take to your CFO to justify the finances you need and the returns you promise. Whether it is hiring additional resources or tools or whatever it is that you plan to do to […]
Maximize fuel dispatch efficiency with wireless Tank Monitor integration
There is a cost to monitoring, but there is a higher cost for run-outs, long trips for small drops, and inefficiency in deliveries. Especially with the current industry state where driver shortage and rising fuel costs are a burning problem for fuel distributing companies. Getting real-time visibility into what’s going on inside the tank, i.e., […]
Houston-based 3L uses FleetPanda’s Unified Dispatch Platform to Streamline and Automate Operations across Companies
Uncovering the 3L Success Story Background Spec Oil, a leading fuel trading company, saw the potential for higher profit margins through expansion. This meant acquiring trucking companies to strengthen their distribution. So they acquired 3 major fuel delivery companies (3L being one of them), which they now run under the name 3L. To make this […]
Why Fuel Marketers Across the Country are Implementing Accounting and Dispatch Systems Together
When petroleum marketers look for optimization opportunities within their business, accounting and dispatch emerge as the two primary functions. Implementing state-of-the-art systems here gets you to a new degree of efficiency and helps improve the customer experience. Companies like Tyree Oil and 3L are now upgrading their accounting and dispatch operations together. In fact, some […]
WPMA and M-PACT 2023 Showed Petroleum Marketers How Rapidly Their Industry Is Modernizing
Downstream petroleum is one of the most mature industries around, but it’s been slow to adopt new technologies. This is starting to change, as the 2023 Western Petroleum Marketers Association (WPMA) Expo in Las Vegas and M-PACT Fuel & Convenience Tradeshow in Indianapolis showed. Cloud-based software companies in particular made a strong showing at both […]
Houston fuel distributor 3L Energy Solutions integrates three acquisitions into one large operation, plans to grow
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 17, 2023 – 3L Energy Solutions merged three small fuel distributors into one 50-plus-truck operation by modernizing its logistics with FleetPanda, a unified dispatch platform. The move vertically integrates 3L Energy Solutions’ parent company, Spec Oil, into the downstream sector of oil and gas, where it can capture last-mile distribution’s potentially […]