The Twelve Days of Sokolis Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve fleet fuel management employees, Eleven fleet fueling locations, Ten fuel managers in need Nine alternative fuel products, Eight fuel buying buyers Seven fleet fuel auditors. Six fuel dispensing islands, Five fuel consulting experts, Four mobile fleet fueling companies, Three Fleet Fuel planning programs, Two fleet fueling cards,

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Time is Money

When you’re talking fuel management or fueling your own car, isn’t your time worth something? I stopped the other day to fill up my Honda Accord with gasoline. It was a little busy at the Shell station, though it was 2:30 in the afternoon and regular gasoline was $2.799 a gallon.

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Fuel Management, Who are you?

As the President of Sokolis a fuel management and fuel consulting firm, I am always asked to advertise in trade magazines, news journals and other publications. Over the years we have tried a little bit of this and a little bit of that and it really hasn’t worked. Most marketing gurus might say you haven’t stuck with something long enough

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It’s Fuel Planning & Fuel Inventory Silly

Who moved my fuel planning to another calendar? Last Thursday the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the inventory levels for all products, gas, heating oil (diesel fuel) and crude oil all increased. Crude oil increased 1.8 million barrels for the week. This of course sent the fuel prices down on NYMEX and caused havoc to proper fleet fuel planning

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Fall & Winter Safety Tips

With winter pulling up to the front door in the northern part of the country it brings a time to remind ourselves that the season brings with it special considerations for safety. I know as a fuel management and fuel consulting why don’t you just talk about fuel buying or something. Relax! There is a strong tie into fleet fuel.

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Knowing People in the Social Network, Good Fuel U?

In 1999 a new word was added to the dictionary according to merriam-webster.com that word was ‘blog’. Notably word ‘network’ has been around since the 1530’s. What happens when those two worlds come together? We get even newer words like Facebook, LinkedIn and while Twitter is not a new word, there is a new meaning. All these network applications are

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