Dufour Petroleum Fleet Adopting PeopleNet System to Optimize Operational Efficiency
Integration with back-office software to more fully automate processes
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1, 2009-PeopleNet (www.peoplenetonline.com), a provider of innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications management, today announced that Dufour Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Energy Partners, has chosen PeopleNet's onboard computing and mobile communication system for its 250-truck private fleet. In order to meet Dufour's aggressive timeline, PeopleNet developed and is working a full implementation plan that includes dispatcher and driver training, documentation and programming needs.
Explaining the company's decision, Dufour Fleet Analyst Greg Howell said, "We're in the process of switching our technology to PeopleNet to more fully automate our operation. Our new onboard recorders (OBRs) capture a wealth of real-time data that helps us track our asset costs and manage maintenance and service more proactively. The implementation is moving quickly because PeopleNet is easily integrating with our proprietary back-office software. With PeopleNet data flowing directly into our modules, we're automating processes like payroll, dispatch and more."
Dufour distributes its products from wellheads and treating, processing, and fractionation facilities to its wholesale customers across the United States, including distributors, refiners and chemical facilities, with a focus on the South and Southeast. Within the next month, PeopleNet's PACOSâ will be integrated with Dufour's dispatch system. The automated messaging and geo-fencing platform will flow delivery arrival and departure notification data directly into the software. In addition, Dufour will use PeopleNet's online Fuel Tax Reporting, which combines GPS tracking and fuel purchase information to automatically compute IFTA fuel tax, mile tax, IRP tax and other state taxes.
Dufour has also engaged PeopleNet Professional Services to establish an MPG Guarantee Program, which Howell anticipates will be in full swing by the end of the year to help the company maximize fuel efficiency. In addition, within the next 12 months, Dufour will be adding PeopleNet's eDriver Logsâ to take the paperwork out of its traditional hours-of-service log-book process.
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 more than 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 revenues into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
For more information contact: Meghan AuBuchon (763)279-7636 maubuchon@peoplenetonline.com.
