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Drury Southwest and FleetLocate: All About IFTA, ELD, and Safer Drivers

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Vehicle Telematics
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Drury Southwest, a family-owned construction and hotel business, faced challenges in managing their fleet of tractors, flatbeds, and trailers used for hauling construction equipment and materials. The company had to comply with the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA), which required accurate reporting of miles driven across state lines. The process was time-consuming and prone to errors as it relied on drivers to provide mileage information. Additionally, the company needed to ensure compliance with the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate, which required accurate logging of drivers' hours. The company decided to be proactive and adopt a solution before the ELD compliance deadline. Read More
About Customer	Drury Southwest is a family-owned and operated business that started as a tile and plaster company in the 1940s. The company expanded into the hotel industry in the 1960s and built their first hotel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Today, Drury Hotels is a successful, growing system of over 130 hotels in 20 states. The San Antonio office of Drury Southwest focuses on all the company’s construction projects, including hotel and roof deck construction. The office also manages Drury Southwest’s two full-time CDL short haul/long haul drivers and tractors, as well as a flatbed and trailer fleet for hauling construction equipment and materials. Read More
Solution	Drury Southwest adopted FleetLocate, a fleet management solution, to simplify IFTA reporting and ensure ELD mandate compliance. FleetLocate drastically reduced the workload associated with IFTA administration by accurately tracking and reporting miles driven across state lines, eliminating the need for drivers to manually provide this information. The solution also helped the company's drivers comply with the ELD mandate by automatically logging their hours. FleetLocate was implemented well before the ELD compliance deadline, giving drivers ample time to learn and adapt to the new technology. The solution also provided alerts about driver behavior, which helped improve fleet safety. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Vehicle Telematics

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Drury Southwest, a family-owned construction and hotel business, faced challenges in managing their fleet of tractors, flatbeds, and trailers used for hauling construction equipment and materials. The company had to comply with the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA), which required accurate reporting of miles driven across state lines. The process was time-consuming and prone to errors as it relied on drivers to provide mileage information. Additionally, the company needed to ensure compliance with the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate, which required accurate logging of drivers' hours. The company decided to be proactive and adopt a solution before the ELD compliance deadline.

About Customer

Drury Southwest is a family-owned and operated business that started as a tile and plaster company in the 1940s. The company expanded into the hotel industry in the 1960s and built their first hotel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Today, Drury Hotels is a successful, growing system of over 130 hotels in 20 states. The San Antonio office of Drury Southwest focuses on all the company’s construction projects, including hotel and roof deck construction. The office also manages Drury Southwest’s two full-time CDL short haul/long haul drivers and tractors, as well as a flatbed and trailer fleet for hauling construction equipment and materials.

Solution

Drury Southwest adopted FleetLocate, a fleet management solution, to simplify IFTA reporting and ensure ELD mandate compliance. FleetLocate drastically reduced the workload associated with IFTA administration by accurately tracking and reporting miles driven across state lines, eliminating the need for drivers to manually provide this information. The solution also helped the company's drivers comply with the ELD mandate by automatically logging their hours. FleetLocate was implemented well before the ELD compliance deadline, giving drivers ample time to learn and adapt to the new technology. The solution also provided alerts about driver behavior, which helped improve fleet safety.

Impact #1	FleetLocate drastically reduced the workload associated with IFTA administration.
Impact #2	The solution helped the company's drivers comply with the ELD mandate by automatically logging their hours.
Impact #3	FleetLocate provided alerts about driver behavior, which helped improve fleet safety.

Impact #1

FleetLocate drastically reduced the workload associated with IFTA administration.

Impact #2

The solution helped the company's drivers comply with the ELD mandate by automatically logging their hours.

Impact #3

FleetLocate provided alerts about driver behavior, which helped improve fleet safety.

Benefit #1	IFTA administration time reduced from a week to significantly less time (exact time reduction not mentioned).

Benefit #1

IFTA administration time reduced from a week to significantly less time (exact time reduction not mentioned).

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Drury Southwest and FleetLocate: All About IFTA, ELD, and Safer Drivers

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