Fuel Management - Fleet Fuel
A Mid-Atlantic trucking company with twenty four highly paid drivers was sending drivers to retail fuel stations for gas and diesel fuel. Drivers fuel daily and the trips to the retail fuel location were driving up the company's overtime pay expenses.
Sokolis Group moved the company from its retail fuel procedure to an fleet fuel solution.
The fleet fuel solution of mobile fuel delivered by Sokolis Group reduced overtime, resulting in a reduction in the fleet's weekly driver payroll.
Fuel Management
A Mid-Atlantic region Port operation was struggling with the high cost of fuel and paying for fuel daily based on daily delivery slips instead of fuel invoices.
Sokolis Group negotiated more attractive pricing and instituted a fuel purchasing program designed to require fewer deliveries and regular fuel invoicing.
The company moved to more efficient weekly fleet fuel invoicing and saw their fuel and propane costs drop over 10% per gallon. Improving their fuel management system for buying diesel fuel.
Sokolis Group contacted the company's fuel vendors and set up payment agreements, security deposits and wire transfers for all invoices to ensure the fuel vendors would continue providing to fuel our client. New fuel vendors and terms were secured in instances where we were unable to come to terms with the current fuel vendors.
The fleet client was able to secure the fuel they needed within a day or two and suffered no significant business interruption.
Operational Process Fuel Optimization
A large fuel company recognized their fuel and fuel additive purchasing program, which relied on daily "price shopping" and routinely routing drivers to different suppliers, was inefficient and likely increasing driver hours and fuel costs in the long run.
Sokolis Group identified the closest qualified fuel vendors to the trucking fleet terminal, contacted fleet fuel vendors and negotiated low-margin pricing contracts on behalf of the client.
Driver and fuel costs were reduced due to the result of the close proximity of the contract fuel vendors.
Fuel Management - Fuel Audit
A national environmental service company had been purchasing fuel from a national fleet fuel provider. They liked the convenience of the fuel service but throught their fuel pricing was too high.
Sokolis Group did an fuel audit on all of the fuel bought by the environmental company.
Through the fuel audit it was discovered that a large price increase was given by the fuel provider without letting the fleet client know.
We were able to work out a deal with the fuel company to refund and write off over $35,000 of overcharges of diesel fuel to our fleet client.
Fuel Management
The new management of a large trucking fleet company wanted to institute a structured fuel program that would be more cost efficient than the current practice of drivers fueling up anywhere on-road.
An in depth fuel analysis performed by Sokolis Group, revealed a number of fuel network gaps.
Sokolis Group moved quickly to develop a fuel program strategy that would take driver routes and terminal locations into account.
We created a new fuel network of fuel locations and negotiated with many national vendors including truck stops, card-locks, fleet fuel companies and fleet fuel card companies.
As a result of the fuel strategies developed by Sokolis Group, the company saved over $1.5 million in just two years.
Fleet Fuel Consulting - Diesel Fuel
A large regional fuel supply company was expanding its operations in fleet fuel.
The Sokolis Group put improved fleet fuel sales processes in place and helped lay out a strategy for the company to grow but not to hurt customer service.
Within one year the company's fleet fuel volume tripled and its bottom line quadrupled.
Opportunity Development - Outside Sales
A national fuel company and regional company did a joint venture to expand its fuel product offering.
They brought the Sokolis Group in as its outside fleet fuel sales force for it to grow its market position.
Several new clients were signed and the venture was considered a big success.
Fuel Management - Fleet Fuel Card Solution
One of the country's largest building material companies, did not have any fuel procurement or fuel management system plan in place.
The Sokolis Group helped put a 6 month detailed fuel management study and fleet fuel analysis together on how the company and its 200 plus locations could get things under control.
By negotiating with the fleet fuel card provider, fleet fuel companies and oil companies, the company now has fuel savings of $650,000 in the first year of its new fuel management program.
Fuel Management - Fleet Fuel Card Solution
One of the nations most will respected food distribution company was using a national fleet fuel card.
During our fuel audit review we discovered that they were paying full retail diesel fuel price at truck stops.
We renogatiated their fuel card contract and put in discount programs at truck stops saving the company $85,000 a year. It also provided the fleet client additional fuel management controls.