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Nobody Wants to Replace QuickBooks. They Want It to Finally Work for Fuel.
The most common question I hear from fuel marketers is not which system to switch to. It is whether they even need to switch at all.
16 hrs ago
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Dibyesh Giri
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The Equipment Rental Account Looked Simple. The Invoice Said Otherwise.
The customers who look easiest to serve are sometimes the ones whose back office requirements you find out about after the first delivery.
Aug 4
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Dibyesh Giri
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July 2026
Bob Has Been Dispatching for Forty Years. Here Is What Building for Him Actually Looks Like.
The best software decisions I have made came from watching someone work before I touched a single feature.
Jul 28
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Dibyesh Giri
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The Collections Team Was Doing Everything Right. The System Was Making Sure It Didn't Matter.
In fuel distribution, overdue invoices often start long before collections, with missing POs, delayed billing, unresolved credits, and fragmented…
Jul 21
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Dibyesh Giri
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QuickBooks Was Not the Problem. The Path to QuickBooks Was.
What working with American Petroleum taught me about building around the system operators already trust instead of replacing it.
Jul 16
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Dibyesh Giri
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I Went to Denver Looking for a Dispatch Problem. I Found an Outlook Calendar.
What a fuel operator taught me about looking past the workflow that looks broken and finding the one that actually costs money.
Jul 14
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Dibyesh Giri
9
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Finding the Right Fuel Truck Driver Is Harder Than It Looks. Ovante Johnson Told Me Why
A conversation with the operations manager of Pacific States Petroleum on hiring, culture, and what happens after the 90-day mark.
Jul 9
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Dibyesh Giri
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They Didn't Call to Complain. They Just Stopped Calling.
In fuel distribution, customers rarely announce they are leaving. First they pay slower. Then they order less. Then one day the volume is gone.
Jul 7
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Dibyesh Giri
12
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June 2026
The Tax Exemption That Was Valid Last Month. And the Audit That Found Out It Wasn't.
Fuel tax exemption compliance is not a complicated problem. It is a tracking problem. And the spreadsheet, the dispatch system, and the billing software…
Jun 30
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Dibyesh Giri
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The Fuel Dispatch Operation Was Running on Jenny's Memory
The most important system in your fuel operation is probably not software. It is a person. And she is thinking about retirement.
Jun 28
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Dibyesh Giri
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The Driver App Everyone Opens But Nobody Trusts
Buying the app was the easy part. Getting drivers to trust it more than paper is where most fuel distributors quietly stall.
Jun 24
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Dibyesh Giri
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The Load That Doesn't Show Up on the BOL
On the operators who showed up when they wanted to be somewhere else.
Jun 22
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Dibyesh Giri
15
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