Epes Carriers Inc. is a Greensboro, North Carolina based transportation holding company that currently owns four subsidiaries. Epes Carriers Inc.'s goal is to provide a variety of quality services to niche markets throughout the continental United States as well as selected Canadian Provinces and Mexico. Epes Carriers Inc. announced today that they have signed a contract to utilize the Expert FuelŪ system, from Integrated Decision Support Corporation of Richardson, Texas.
Expert FuelŪ is integrated directly into the Innovative Computing Corporation dispatch software system to provide an optimal fuel purchase plan to the driver at the time of dispatch. Expert FuelŪ minimizes fuel costs by recommending the lower cost fuel locations.
"Expert Fuel'sŪ use of current fuel price information matched with our fuel supplier partners will take advantage of where to buy the lowest cost fuel on each dispatch" said Bill Fobert, President of Epes Carriers Inc. "We believe that Expert FuelŪ will deliver real fuel cost savings and help keep us competitive in the marketplace".
"We are very pleased with Epes Carriers Inc. decision to install the Expert FuelŪ system." said David Harris, Director of Sales for Integrated Decision Support Corp." We look forward to working with the management team at Epes Carriers to get the best possible benefit from their investment.
ABOUT Epes Carriers Inc.
Epes Carriers Inc. is a Greensboro, North Carolina based transportation holding company that currently owns four subsidiaries. Epes Carriers Inc.'s goal is to provide a variety of quality services to niche markets throughout the continental United States as well as selected Canadian Provinces and Mexico. The management of Epes Carriers team provides a variety of advantages to each subsidiary. As a result all customers can be assured of financial stability, state-of-the-art equipment, dedicated service capability and total quality management. The subsidiaries are:
Epes Transport Inc. is a truckload common and contract carrier with 48-state authority. We serve the major markets in the Eastern United Sates, Texas, and Canada. Epes has a fleet of 600 Power Units, 1걄 Vans, and 50 Reefers.
Epes Logistics Inc. is a transportation logistics company that offers a full range of transportation services to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers. Texas Star is a dry van truckload carrier with major markets in the Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, California and Intra-State Texas.
Texas Star operates a modern fleet of 325 Power Units and 550 Trailers. Dedicated Division is operated by Epes Transport, and offers dedicated equipment and drivers, with flat bed equipment available.
ABOUT Integrated Decision Support Corporation
Since 1990, Integrated Decision Support Corporation has been exclusively focused on providing optimization technology to full truckload carriers. Collectively, Integrated's customers represent more than 50ꯠ trucks. Integrated's objective is to provide its customers with a strategic competitive advantage through the use of optimization-based decision support systems. Integrated's full line of software addresses the entire range of decision-making issues for full truckload carriers from strategic and tactical to operational. These systems are proven to provide increased profits.
