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INCREASING PROFITS THE RETAIL PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FACES PRICE VOLATILITY... SOARING FUEL COSTS... RISING DRIVER COSTS... CHANGING CUSTOMER NEEDS... IN ADDITION TO TYPICAL OPERATIONAL INEFFICIENCIES TAKE CONTROL SMARTDROPS EMPOWERS YOU TO DECREASE OPERATIONAL COSTS & INCREASE DELIVERIES IT'S SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO INTEGRATE & OFFERS PROVEN RESULTS YOU CAN MEASURE DRIVING THE BOTTOM LINE

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I N C R E A S I N G P R O F I T S

T H E R E T A I L P E T R O L E U M I N D U S T R Y F A C E S

P R I C E V O L A T I L I T Y . . . S O A R I N G F U E L

C O S T S . . . R I S I N G D R I V E R C O S T S . . .

C H A N G I N G C U S T O M E R N E E D S . . .

I N A D D I T I O N T O T Y P I C A L O P E R A T I O N A L

I N E F F I C I E N C I E S – T A K E C O N T R O L

S M A R T D R O P S E M P O W E R S Y O U

T O D E C R E A S E O P E R A T I O N A L

C O S T S & I N C R E A S E D E L I V E R I E S

I T ' S S I M P L E T O U S E , E A S Y T O I N T E G R A T E

& OFFERS PROVEN RESULTS YOU CAN MEASURE

D R I V I N G T H E B O T T O M L I N E

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R E D U C I N G C O S T S

MORE GALLONS DELIVERED IN LESS TIME

USING FEWER RESOURCES

SmartDrops automatically generates

routes that best balance gallons

delivered with miles driven.

LOWER FUEL COSTS

Smarter routes means driving

fewer miles and saves gas.

LOWER DRIVER COSTS

Smarter routes means driving fewer

hours. Drivers save time not having

to build their own routes.

LOWER MAINTENANCE & REPAIR COSTS

Your fleet drives fewer miles,

reducing wear and tear.

GREATER EFFICIENCIE$ IMPROVING PERFORMANCE

$5,000 to $10,000ADDITIONAL PROFITPER DELIVERY VEHICLE ANNUALLY

I N C R E A S I N G D R O P S

MORE DELIVERIES & MORE PROFIT

Using SmartDrops means driving

better routes and driving fewer hours

so your drivers can make more

deliveries daily.

MORE DELIVERIES FROM EACH ROUTE

Building routes based on factors

including urgency and gallons, you can

make sure every route/driver delivers

as many gallons as possible.

1 to 2 DROPSPER DAY

DROPSMILES DRIVENHOURS DRIVEN

COSTS

“SmartDrops is an indispensable business tool. Being able to see the orders without

having to print unneeded tickets is a huge improvement. Sequencing and directions

help new drivers. Not having to start each shift with route planning saves driver

time. Selecting the orders and building routes is fast and easy. These efficiencies

have cut operational costs while increasing capacity.”

STANDARD OIL

“It would hurt Santa Energy’s bottom line to return

to our pre-SmartDrops operations. The ability to

view the delivery territory and street level details

for all orders has greatly increased efficiency.

Orders are now given to drivers based on a general

delivery location rather than hard-set zones.”

SANTA ENERGY

“Smart Drops is a great tool for drivers &

dispatchers. Keeping map grids or zones up to

date gets overwhelming. Smart Drops easily allows

multiple drivers to efficiency be in the same town.

It also allows drivers to learn new areas quickly.

Smart Drops is a valuable tool for Alvin Hollis.”

ALVIN HOLLIS

“Visual order display is extremely helpful. We can

see how we can pull ahead on degree days and

where orders are in relation to mandatory

deliveries. Delivery decisions are now better

balanced in terms of gallons and miles driven.

The sequencing and tight grouping of stops is

beneficial and the routes are ideal with great

feedback from the drivers. Customer support and

training is superb.... Vertrax is a very good partner.”

WHITE FUEL

GREATER SOLUTION$. SMARTDROPS SUCCESS

SM RTDR PS

THE SMARTDROPSDIFFERENCE PROFIT.

SELECT CUSTOMERS

Energy USA Propane

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SM RTDR PS 15% MORE EFFICIENCY & 40% MORE PROFIT.

I N T E G R AT E D

Integrated with all leading host systems

Fully geo-coded account base

User-friendly, displaying allorders visually

Easy to customize for displaying ordersby Product Type (Propane, Heating Oil,Diesel, etc.), Order Type (Automatic,Period / Julian / Table, Will Call, PhoneOrder), Urgency, and Date

Includes street level mapping withzoom, pan and other viewing tools

Resource Management allows viewing,managing and tracking of driverresources, deliveries and routesthrough graphic charts as well asdigital maps

F L E X I B L E

Automatic Route Development

Resource management and automaticdriver/route allocation

Optimal delivery sequence

Optimal driving route

Multiple daily routes per driver, startingand ending at fill points

Easy route editing to add ordelete stops

A C C U R AT E

Integrated Live Tracking allowsongoing analysis of Planned versusActual routes

Ongoing Differential Analysis Report ismaintained (e.g. Truck 123 deliveredstops 1 – 5 in time, but is now 20minutes behind)

Offers typical GPS tracking features(viewing filters, street level maps,zoom, pan, bread crumbs, live location,speed, length of stop, landmarks/pointsof interest, reporting, etc.)

Cellular with Satellite backup allowsmaximum coverage

E A S Y T O U S E

Turn by turn street level directionsare presented in a sequenced printeddriver manifest

Estimates generated for each routeinclude time to deliver each order,time for total route, total gallons tobe delivered

Streets, roads and structures can be“turned off” to remove them from routecomputations (major highways, smallbridges, school roads in certain timewindows, etc.)

Invaluable for new drivers or driversunfamiliar with a particular territory

Route can be sent to in-vehiclecomputers

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DRIV ING THE BOTTOM L INE

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