PeopleNet Announces MPG Guarantee Program
(April 27, 2008) PeopleNet has launched the MPG Guarantee Program, an innovative service to help fleets improve miles-per-gallon fuel performance. The new offering based on years of in-depth experience with many North American fleets is backed with a unique money-back guarantee. PeopleNet is the leading provider of intelligent onboard communications and fleet management solutions in North America.
"The cost of fuel is the most critical issue fleets face today. The efficient purchase and use of that fuel is an urgent challenge," said Rick Ochsendorf PeopleNet's vice president of operations. "For most fleets, it means the difference between profit and loss. For some it's a matter of survival."
Ochsendorf said the MPG Guarantee Program evolved from more than 13 years of PeopleNet experience with customer fleets that adopted technology to improve operating and business performance. To attain those goals, many fleets had to re-evaluate and revise long-established business processes, he said. PeopleNet helped effect the necessary changes to meet and exceed performance goals in many areas, including fuel efficiency.
According to Ochsendorf, the goal of the MPG Guarantee Program is to increase fleet mpg from 5% to 10%. In some fleets at today's prices, that can represent millions of dollars. In any case, PeopleNet guarantees the mpg benefit will exceed cost of the program within one year or all fees will be refunded.
"This involves much more than simply changing driver habits, though that's certainly a part of it," Ochsendorf said. "We'll spend substantial time with the fleet and look at all the elements that can contribute to the goal."
The PeopleNet MPG Guarantee Program involves a year-long collaboration during which PeopleNet Professional Services will audit customer practices, then develop and implement a plan.
Ochsendorf said PeopleNet's MPG Guarantee Program includes six distinct phases that begin with an in-depth analysis of fuel purchasing, maintenance, driver habits, operating efficiency and equipment specs. It goes on to establish measurement benchmarks and a custom, fleet-specific plan to improve mpg.
The program also includes training for in-company trainers to carry the program forward and a long-term plan to make sure that mpg benefits are maintained well beyond that first year.
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet, based in suburban Minneapolis, is North America's leading provider of Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems. Its transportation products are used by top truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the U.S. and Canada. PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 14 years ago and now serves more than 1,500 customers, including several Fortune 500 companies. PeopleNet is on the web at www.peoplenetonline.com.
For more information contact: Joleen Keenan (952) 227-7245
