“Fleet Fueling is a great conference where I can get information on a variety of issues like government regulations and new services under one roof in a short period of time! Listening to the experts on biodiesel, MPG improvement, upcoming regs and benchmarking fuel surcharges was refreshing.”

– Virind Gujral, eSourcing Manager, Penske Truck Leasing

 

“With the busy lives of every fleet fuel manager these days, this conference is laser-beam focused to get to the key issues and interests in a time sensitive and effective manner.”

– Joe Broski, Assistant Director, Fuel Procurement, Swift Transportation

 

“The Fleet Fueling conference has given me a much better understanding of the hedging process. I would highly recommend this conference to others in the industry. I enjoy the networking opportunities and meeting with people from other trucking companies.”

– Elisha Hutchings, Fuel Logistics Manager, O&S Trucking, Inc.

 

“The sessions on hedging are very informative. It’s made me realize the need to have a written hedging process for my company.”

– Mark Payne, CFO, Floyd & Beasley Transfer

 

“The annual Fleet Fueling Conference provides the needed understanding on how to be competitive in the fuel marketplace.”

–Perry M. Wilson, Driver Coordinator, McKee Transportation, LLC

 

“A broad range of topics with quality speakers and a wonderful opportunity to get a great knowledge base.”

– Jon Heup, Director of Purchasing, ATC Leasing

 

• Trucking Company Executives
• Fleet Managers
• Shippers
• Fuel Managers
• Distribution Managers
• Truckstop Owners/Operators
• Diesel Fuel Bulk Purchasers
• Risk Management Professionals
• Procurement Officers
• Fuel Distributors
• Transportation Consultants
• Oil Company Executives
• Remote Fueling Companies
• Government Officials
• Bus and Transit Fuel Managers
• Biodiesel Supply Executives
• Fuel Additive Companies
• Fleet Card Executives

Fleet Fueling Agenda
Day 2 • Monday, September 22, 2008

Sponsored by:

With diesel averaging more than $4/gal, controlling fuel costs is life or death. Learn how one of the most efficient fleets in the business, UPS, manages its fuel costs for more than 93,000 vehicles. Giving real-life examples, UPS veteran Mike Whitlatch will tell you how UPS:

 

• Manages its own storage.
• Isolates price variability.
• Ensures supply integrity.
• Looks beyond surcharges.
• Cuts MPG costs.
• Much, much more!

Cutting your fleet’s fuel consumption takes much more than just managing tires and wires. Proper tire inflation and on-board GPS systems are just the beginning of the ground-breaking tactics and techniques this giant fleet — with 28 manufacturing plants, 10 distribution centers and 35,000 retail outlets — has adopted. Learn the ins and outs of Sherwin-William’s MPG and cost control strategy, and how it is changing in this escalating fuel price environment.

Ready or not, 2008 kicked off the first year of the most ambitious fleet turnover effort in modern memory. Everything about the new engine systems have changed including the fuels needed to keep emissions within federal clean fuel limits. Selective catalyst reduction, exhaust gas recirculators, and diesel particulate filters all require a brand new mindset for your fleet managers and your drivers. Learn from this top Class 8 fleet analyst what these changes mean for you and your competitors.

Sponsored by:

2:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Diesel costs are out of control and carriers are passing those increases on to shippers in the form of higher and higher fuel surcharges. Sky-high fees strangle shippers’ earnings and ultimately, their ability to get products to market — an outcome no one wants to see. Meantime, carriers are having trouble passing on surcharges as diesel prices quickly increase. In this unique session, shippers and carriers will learn how to break through this deadlock and come to agreement on:

• Volume-leveraged fees vs. Industry averaged surcharges.
• Where trucks fuel.
• Price negotiation tactics.
• How to reduce emissions.
• How to break out of the vicious at-the-pump cycle.
• How to share a common economic interest, and more!

Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s leading suppliers of wood and paper-related products with over 300 facilities in North America, South America and Europe. Learn how this manufacturing giant worked with its carriers to create an equitable system for leveraging its purchasing power to drive down fuel costs. You will learn the details of GP’s win-win approach by creating a fuel-for-freight network for its shipments that integrated hedging into a fuel buying system that took the risk away from the carrier.

Here’s your chance to see this ground-breaking software in action. Learn how shippers can use this system, how carriers participate, how truckstops are paid — see the entire supply chain in a different light. Most importantly, learn how you can participate in this up and coming business platform.

Think fuel costs are out of your control? Think your fuel budget is forever doomed to fall short of your needs? Think again. Here’s your chance to learn how federal, state and local governments can save money, reduce shortfalls, reduce the cost of providing basic services and control the rising costs of increased Homeland Security. Learn how to pool your commodity purchases including gasoline, diesel, biodiesel and ethanol with other municipalities while maintaining your own individual product specs and other requirements.

Take control of fuel price volatility. Government fuel purchasers can and are using many of the same tools and strategies employed by the private sector to manage risk and stabilize budgets. Learn how to employ FASB-qualified financial hedges or swap techniques to counter the budget-busting impact of skyrocketing fuel prices.

Fuel buyers can get to know the ins and outs of this free, web-based information service. In this hands-on session, you’ll see how you can dramatically improve your procurement practices by tapping into an on-line auction for fuel where suppliers battle it out for your business — and save you thousands in the process!

 

© 2008 OPIS