FUE L DE L I V E RY IT for Fuel Delivery
Data flow supports fuel flow BY S T EP HEN B E N NE T T
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ITH MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE, fuel oil dealers can automate much of their delivery and management processes to enhance efficiency
and productivity. Implementing such technology also acceler- ates the invoicing process, which can be a boon to the bottom line. There are a number of systems that fuel oil dealers can choose from. Here are some highlights of some systems.
ADD SYSTEMS Over the last couple of years more oil dealers have invested in wireless mobile communications, in part because it usually features vehicle tracking capability based on the global positioning system (GPS).
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John Redmond, vice president of product strategy for
ADD Systems, Flanders, N.J., said this vehicle tracking feature enables the office to know where delivery trucks are at any given moment, and so supports overall productivity. ADD Systems markets the Raven handheld computer for fuel deliv- ery operations. Both the vehicle tracking and the continuity of mobile com-
munications are better today because cell phone coverage has expanded and improved over the past three years, Redmond said, enabling, for example, transmission of data with fewer interruptions or glitches. In the event a driver does enter an area without cellular service, the ADD System stores messages until
