Overview

FMS is not only the most comprehensive fuel management network available but is also the most flexible. With product modules that address different parts of the supply chain, FMS enables customers to use the functionality they need most at the moment they need it. Additional modules can be activated to meet customers' expanding needs.

The FMS modules are complementary and gain incremental benefits by working together throughout the supply chain. FMS Modules and strategic partnerships represent the entire fuel supply chain. Some features FMS include:

Inventory Management:

• Inventory Management Module
• Remote Monitoring Module
• VRU (Voice Response Unit) for reporting from the field

Environmental Compliance:

• Environmental Compliance Module
• Alarm Management Services (remotely manages and responds to alarms in the field)
• Demand Forecasting
• VRU (Voice Response Unit)

Demand Fulfillment:

• Order Management
• Strategic Sourcing (aka Best Buy)
• Dispatch Management
• Transportation Scheduling

Financial Management:

• Price Management
• Delivery / Order / BOL Receipt
• Invoice Reconciliation
• Freight Management
• Delivery Reconciliation
• Supplier Invoice Entry

Transportation Management and Optimization:

• Manages dynamically, in real-time, actual fleet movement to plan.

Enterprise System Integration:
FuelQuest has strategic relationships with most of the enterprise systems used by businesses today to ensure seamless integration into the back-office systems companies rely upon to manage the fuel supply chain. These include:

• SAP
• Oracle Financial
• Great Plains
• JD Edwards
• PDI
• Factor
• AIMS
• DM2.

If there is a legacy system in place that was developed in-house by a customer, FuelQuest's development team will work around the clock to address any integration issues and work towards seamlessly bringing the customer online with FMS.

 

Benefits

With FMS, customers can expect the following:

• Reduced fuel costs
• Reduced operating costs
• Improved security of supply
• Increased sourcing capabilities
• Enhanced visibility into inventory
• Improved predictability and control in the acquisition and management of fuel
• Increased understanding of demand patterns (fluctuation in peak and low needs, etc.)
• Added integration into existing enterprise systems (ie. SAP, Oracle Financial, JD Edwards, Great Plains)

Related Indutries

	Retail Convenience stores, retail fuel operators and supermarkets face an increasingly volatile fuel market, making it difficult to maintain fuel margins and provide predictability of operating costs.   Read more
	Fleet Impacted by volatile fuel prices, fleet operators are realizing growth in fuel costs to over 30 percent of their overall capital expenditures - this dramatic growth is causing headaches for managing their complex supply chain that requires a constant supply of fuel to keep their trucks on the road.   Read more
	Transportation For transportation companies such as airlines, rail, and marine operations, a consistent and affordable supply of fuel is critical to their businesses. The volatile fuel market makes running these operations challenging and fuel buyers are under pressures to ensure security of supply while staying within budget.   Read more
	Carriers FuelQuest is committed to driving out unnecessary costs and increasing efficiencies across the fuel supply chain. Interaction between common carriers, retailers and commercial and industrial users of fuel is one of the most important links in the chain.   Read more

 

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