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Enabled a Leading Oil and Gas Logistics and Transportation Company in Michigan to Pickup and Off-load Petroleum Efficiently
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
20%
Improvement in operating processes through automation
Thousands
Reports generated and made day-to-day data easily accesible
Significant
cost savings through workflow automation.
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Introduction
BAZCO Oil Company is one of the largest fuel distribution and petroleum transport companies in Michigan, providing logistics and transportation services across the oil and gas industry. Their operations span crude oil pickup, off-load management, and distribution across a wide geographic area — requiring precise load documentation, real-time field visibility, and fast, accurate invoicing to protect revenue at every stage of the service-to-cash cycle.
But what happened at the loading terminal wasn’t making it to the invoice on time or intact. BAZCO was running on a costly legacy application that failed to deliver operational value — poor navigation, rigid workflows, and a software vendor that couldn’t or wouldn’t make the changes the operation required. Work order and load management processes grew more complex, but the platform didn’t grow with them. Revenue leaked across pickup, transport, and off-load stages because the system couldn’t capture the data the billing team needed. BAZCO needed a field service management platform built for oilfield logistics — implemented directly by the team that built it.
Challenges
- Legacy applicationdrained budget without delivering value. BAZCO’s existing software was costly, rigid, and failed to support the operational complexity of petroleum pickup and off-load management across Michigan.
- Poor navigation forced repeated steps and wasted hours. The application’s design required dispatchers and drivers to navigate redundant workflows for every load — multiplying admin time and slowing the entire operation.
- No real-time visibility across geographically dispersed operations. With vehicles spread across a wide area, BAZCO lacked the ability to track loads, locate drivers, and monitor pickup and off-load progress in real time.
- Revenue leaked between the field and the invoice. Manual load documentation and disconnected workflows meant billing data was incomplete, stale, or inaccurate — stretching invoicing cycles and increasing disputes.
- Software vendorcouldn’t orwouldn’t adapt. BAZCO’s existing provider offered no meaningful support for customization. Every request for changes was delayed, deprioritized, or priced out of reach.
- Growing complexity outpaced the legacy platform. As petroleum logistics operations scaled, the rigid application couldn’t keep up — creating bottlenecks that cost time, money, and customer confidence.
Solution
FieldEquip replaced BAZCO’s failing legacy application with a unified oilfield logistics platform — configured for petroleum pickup, transport, and off-load workflows and live within weeks. One platform, owned and operated by the team that built it. No third-party integrator. No third-party license costs. Direct access to the engineers who built and continue to customize BAZCO’s system.
- End-to-end load management on a single platform. Work order creation, load scheduling, dispatch, field ticketing for pickup and delivery, contract management, and invoicing — unified in one system built for oilfield logistics.
- From the field to the invoice, nothing gets lost. Digital field ticketing captures load data, images, commodity costs, and delivery confirmation at the point of service — flowing directly into the billing pipeline.
- Real-time visibility across everyload and every driver. Dispatchers track pickup and off-load progress in real time. No more guessing where a truck is or when a load will arrive.
- High-resolution image capture at pickup and drop-off. Drivers photograph load conditions at each site for customer review and compliance documentation. Visual proof captured at the point of service.
- Automated calculations eliminate manual billing errors. Load quantities, commodity pricing, and invoicing calculations run automatically. No manual data entry between the field and finance. Accurate invoices the first time.
- Mobile-first, built for the field — online and offline. Web portal and tablet-based mobile application work in connected and disconnected environments. Drivers capture load data regardless of cell coverage at remote sites.
Result
BAZCO replaced a failing legacy application, weeks-long invoice cycles, and disconnected load management with one platform built for oilfield logistics. If your petroleum transport operation is still running on a system that can’t keep up, that gap is costing you revenue on every load.
20%
Improvement in operating processes through automation
Thousands
Reports generated and made day-to-day data easily accesible
Significant
cost savings through workflow automation.
Client Testimonial
FieldEquip is an indispensable tool, we rely on it for every aspect—Field ticketing, invoicing, financial aspect, showing revenue to management and making business decisions.
