DuPont/Conoco Phillips Joint Venture Transportation Company Switching 435-Unit Fleet to PeopleNet TABLET, Expanding Use of Technology for Safety, Compliance, Driver Management and Greater ROI
Sentinel Transportation pumping up efficiency with portability and peripherals
CINCINNATI AND MINNEAPOLIS, April 18, 2011 – PeopleNet, the leading provider of innovative and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, today announced that Dupont/Conoco Phillips joint venture transportation company, Sentinel Transportation LLC, is switching its 435-unit fleet to PeopleNet TABLETTM and expanding the use of technology for safety, compliance, driver management and greater ROI. Vice President of National Accounts Mark Kessler made the announcement at the NPTC Annual Convention being held in Cincinnati through April 19. “Sentinel first connected with us at last year’s NPTC event, when they were looking for a more responsive, dependable technology vendor-partner,” said Kessler. “The fleet began replacing onboard computers with PeopleNet in August and will be completing TABLET installations for pumping up efficiency with portability and peripherals.”
Sentinel Project Manager Johnny Carnes went to NPTC to “get the ball rolling” on identifying prospective new vendors. He said, “When I talked with other carriers, it seemed that they were either using PeopleNet or were in the process of switching to PeopleNet. After about a month into our pilot program with PeopleNet, we understood why we were hearing so much about the company. We knew this was the company we wanted to work with. TABLET will make us more efficient by helping us automate processes such as our on-time delivery information by converting our paper AOD (advice of delivery) to an electronic form.”
Sentinel provides transportation and logistical services exclusively for Conoco Phillips and DuPont companies in all 48 contiguous states and Canada. The fleet hauls chemicals and petroleum products, hazardous waste, crude oil and refined products. Four out of Sentinel’s 45 terminals are 100 percent equipped with PeopleNet and currently running eDriver Logs® , Automated Fuel Tax Reporting and Vehicle Management.
According to Carnes, “PeopleNet is helping the company and its 700 drivers address its highest priorities—safety through accurate logs and drivers hours management, and quality of service—making life easier for everyone. The drivers who first begin using eDriver Logs may hate me the first day, but after a week or two, they love me. It’s also making compliance audits a snap, done almost in real time. Automating our fuel tax reporting has given us a consistent, accurate way of handling this requirement. When we’re 100 percent PeopleNet, we’ll be saving $200,000/year in mailing, paper and labor.”
Sentinel is making its maintenance proactive with Vehicle Management engine monitoring. Carnes explains, “PeopleNet emails fault code reports to mechanics in 16 Sentinel shops across the country, so they can head off issues that are brewing before they become giant problems. We’re also going to create driver scorecards from other engine data reports that will help us identify driving behaviors that pose a safety risk, so we can coach our drivers. We’re already monitoring speed with SpeedGauge®.”
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications
to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company’s leadership includes: Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award, Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics’ 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; and M2M Value Chain Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
