Propane, Oil and Gas

Companies that supply bulk or cylinder propane gas must balance the pressure to reduce costs with accurate and efficient service delivery to ensure residential and commercial customers always have an available gas supply. An added challenge is that bulk delivery schedules are dynamic, while cylinder deliveries follow a fixed schedule. For both types of operations however, the inability to accurately forecast customer inventory is a significant factor in increasing the cost of delivery. Descartes offers a strategic solution for the propane, oil and gas industry that streamlines the process of planning fixed and dynamic routes and managing fleets in the field.

With the Descartes route planning and scheduling solution, operators can centralize route planning, improve delivery execution, and synchronize operations to more effectively drive costs down while improving service efficiency.

Descartes helps propane, oil and gas companies:

• Create optimal delivery territories and route definitions.
• Centralize route planning and optimization.
• Plan routes up to two weeks in advance.
• Gain access to fleet-wide visibility in real-time.
• Synchronize operations to more effectively drive costs down while improving delivery service efficiency.
• Ensure better forecasting, tighter control of operations.

Propane, oil and gas companies can use the Descartes Delivery Management Suite to address business challenges including Strategic Delivery Planning, Warehouse Optimization, Daily Planning (Route Planning), Reservations, Transportation Management, Supply Chain Visibility, MobileLink/Dispatch/Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL), Reporting Services and Connectivity & Messaging.

Descartes' propane, oil and gas customers include:

• Amerigas
• Ferrellgas