PeopleNet and ITS Compliance, Inc. Announce Regulatory & Risk Management Partnership Alliance for Automated Fuel Tax Reporting to ensure Vehicle/State Regulatory Compliance
Alliance improves accuracy, eliminates data entry and paper trip reports
MINNEAPOLIS, August 4, 2010 - PeopleNet® (www.peoplenetonline.com), the leading provider of innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, and ITS Compliance, Inc.® (www.itscompliance.com), the industry leader in premier cost-effective web-based / paperless driver and vehicle compliance and risk management solutions to the private, for-hire and leasing fleets across the nation, today announced that they have formed a partnership alliance to deliver seamless, integrated solutions to their joint clientele. Through this alliance, client's will immediately realize tremendous benefits in GPS data integration, enhanced fleet reporting/data analysis and cost reduction in compliance management through the ITS Compliance, Inc. (ITS) Fuel Tax Reporting Service. Additional data integration initiatives between PeopleNet and ITS are underway for Driver Qualification File (DQF) Maintenance and Vehicle Registration Asset Management (VRAM).
Commenting on the announcement, PeopleNet Safety and Compliance Product Manager Jim Angel said, "this partnership delivers a state of the art automated fuel / mileage and highway-use tax reporting solution, enabling U.S. fleets to cost-effectively meet vehicle / state IFTA & IRP regulatory compliance and recordkeeping requirements. In the trucking industry's stringent regulatory environment, this partnership strengthens our customers' compliance efforts in the most cost-effective way possible. PeopleNet welcomes ITS as an Automated Fuel Tax partner, it is with this full service solution that we continue to provide quality services to our customers."
The new partnership merges PeopleNet's GPS tracking and fuel purchase information with ITS' Paperless Fuel Tax Reporting System, and compliance and risk-management expertise to automatically and accurately compute all state fuel/mileage and highway-use taxes for PeopleNet customers. In addition, this turn-key service provides comprehensive fleet tax analysis reporting, tax return preparation/submittal, data retention, and premier IFTA/IRP audit management, representation and support by ITS for all joint clientele.
According to John Vosters, ITS' vice president of business development, "Our partnership with PeopleNet provides clients the power to immediately reduce fleet costs, limit liability/exposure, capitalize on technology, and proactively comply with CSA 2010. In addition to long-term accuracy, we're eliminating the need for paper-based source documents and all related administrative costs."
Scholastic Book Fairs' recently expanded its long-term regulatory and risk-management relationship with ITS by taking advantage of this new partnership to implement the Premier Paperless Automated Fuel Tax Reporting Solution in its 169 PeopleNet GPS-equipped vehicles. Todd Logan, Scholastic Book Fairs' director of transportation and facilities, noted, "We value technology as a critical strategy for increasing productivity and operating profit, decreasing operating costs, and driving quality, responsive service delivery. The integration between ITS and PeopleNet further capitalizes on our GPS equipment investment by leveraging GPS position history data to streamline mileage and highway-use tax compliance management, and eliminating paper driver trip reports to provide greater risk-management benefits and minimize fleet audit exposure."
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: 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.
About ITS Compliance, Inc.
ITS Compliance, Inc. (ITS) is an industry leader in providing premier, cost-effective, Web-based "Paperless" Driver and Vehicle regulatory and risk-management solutions to Private, For-Hire and Leasing Company fleets of all sizes. Since 1983, the company has focused on reducing its Client's compliance costs, liability and risk exposure to increase profitability. Today many of the Nation's leading fleets use ITS' Web-based "Paperless" Driver Qualification & Fuel Tax Reporting, Vehicle Registration Asset Management, Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) Audit, Periodic Inspection / Vehicle Maintenance Tracking, Expedited Background Investigation, Streamlined Drug & Alcohol Testing, Hours of Service Auditing and tailored Consultation & compliance-management training Solutions as "Their Partner For Success!".
