Press Releases
February 19, 2020 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, created a new transportation data management platform, FELIX, that provides shippers with a single, streamlined system to secure and strengthen strategic relationships with transportation partners. FELIX (Freight, Energy, Load, Information and eXperience) is the first platform based on shippers’...
January 29, 2019 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is proud to announce the addition of Morgan Vawter, chief analytics director at Caterpillar, to the organization’s Board of Directors. Vawter will work alongside Craig Dickman, Board of Directors chairman and Breakthrough founder, Doug Mueller, Breakthrough CEO and...
November 6, 2018 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is proud to announce Matt Balzola as vice president of go to market. Balzola, who most recently served as the vice president of business development, took on his new role and responsibilities in September. “As we continue to...
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October 15, 2018 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, announced the creation of a new headquarters as part of the Shipyard development in the Broadway District of Downtown Green Bay. The announcement was made at a press conference hosted at Breakthrough’s current headquarters. Breakthrough President and CEO...
Green Bay, Wis. – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is proud to announce Jenny Vander Zanden as chief operating officer of Breakthrough Fuel. Vander Zanden, who currently serves as the vice president of fuel recovery, will assume her new role and responsibilities immediately. “Throughout her entire career...
September 20, 2018 – As Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, continues to grow and expand its service lines, the organization is proud to name Heather Mueller chief operating officer of Breakthrough Supply Chain. She currently serves as the vice president of new client experience and will begin...
August 9, 2018 – To better align long-term business goals and all service lines, Breakthrough Fuel, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is excited to announce it will now be known solely as Breakthrough. The new name was selected to further integrate and embody Breakthrough’s comprehensive services, including the...
April 24, 2018 – Breakthrough is excited to announce Daniel R. Elliott, a leader in the transportation economic and railway labor industries, and John A. Schmidt, longtime recognized industry leader and philanthropist, have been appointed to the organization’s Board of Directors. Elliott and Schmidt join Craig Dickman, former Breakthrough CEO, who serves as the chairman of the...
April 9, 2018 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is excited to announce the launch of its latest service offering, Breakthrough Supply Chain. The new service was created to support shippers on the freight side of their transportation spend through data-based supply chain optimization. “As a leader in...
March 21, 2018 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is excited to announce Daniel Cullen, Vice President of Advisory Services, has been selected to appear on Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2018 Pros to Know list. The annual award recognizes professionals who will help organizations meet significant...
January 23, 2018 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy and information management, is excited to announce Doug Mueller, who currently serves as the organization’s president, as the new CEO. Mueller began the transition to the new position this month. Since joining Breakthrough in 2007, Mueller has advanced all aspects of the...
September 21, 2017 – Breakthrough, a pioneer in the field of transportation energy management, has joined the BlockChain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA), formed by experienced technology and transportation professionals who will work to build the first set of freight industry blockchain standards. BiTA’s goal is to establish direction for the development of blockchain in the...
August 30, 2017 – Breakthrough, a Green Bay-based transportation energy management firm, was honored with the Supplier of the Year Award from Nestlé in the USA for their contributions to the food and beverage company. The award is given through Nestlé’s North America Procurement Supplier Relationship Program, which ensures that the company and their suppliers...
June 30, 2017 – The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), a collaborative forum for ocean container shipping lines serving the trade lane between Asia and North America, will discontinue publishing its guideline formula for calculating fuel costs in a matter of days. Beginning July 1, 2017, the TSA will offer only a single weekly average...
May 16, 2017 – Breakthrough, a Green Bay-based company working in transportation energy management, recently made an investment in a Silicon Valley startup. Peloton Technology, of Mountain View, is working on a “platooning” platform which uses automated vehicle technology to sync two semi-trucks, so that both vehicles’ braking and acceleration happen simultaneously. The startup says...
March 13, 2017 – Since 1938, the Mexican fuel market, which has been subject to a state-run monopoly, has not seen fuel prices change more than once per month. That changed over the weekend as the Mexican government implemented a new energy reform policy. The result: daily price changes in 90 separate zones throughout the...
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In the News
SupplyChainBrain: October 31, 2019 – This article discusses how shippers can leverage data throughout the RFP process to help them better understand their place in the broader shipping landscape, consider lane-level behavior, and consistently monitor performance throughout the year.
Ship & Bunker: August 30, 2019 – As shippers and carriers work to develop contracts for the upcoming year, IMO 2020’s unknown impact on fuel continues to create questions about both fuel prices and compensation models. Because of this, it is important that shippers and carriers both understand freight and fuel as separate budgets...
Ship & Bunker: August 15, 2019 – With IMO 2020 sulfur regulations on the horizon, shippers need to consider how they plan to address the looming fuel restrictions. With these changes, it has never been more important or critical for transparency in BAF formulas and how they are calculated. Shippers who proactively engage in...
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Forbes: May 29, 2019 – It will take years before we know what the true cost of IMO 2020 will be to consumers in the U.S. and around the globe, and whether that cost will be offset by better health and savings in medical care. But nothing good in life comes free, an immutable fact...
Green Bay Press Gazette: October 15, 2018 – Breakthrough on Monday announced it would start construction of a 40,000-square-foot headquarters building in spring, just north of the dock at the center of the city’s Shipyard redevelopment area off South Broadway. The building should be completed by spring 2020.
Ship & Bunker: October 9, 2018 – With January 1, 2020 just 15 months away, compliance with the IMO’s sulfur cap has the complexity of a game theory framework.
The Journal of Commerce: September 27, 2018 – The unveiling of new bunker fuel adjustment factors from three of the largest global container lines over the last week has focused the industry’s attention to billions of dollars of extra cost hitting an already volatile industry.
Store Brands: August 14, 2018 – Retailers are finding the fresh section a fine opportunity for store brand growth, especially as the center store continues to shrink. That’s all good, but it poses severe challenges when it comes to the transportation and logistics of fresh products. Breakthrough’s Jennifer Vander Zanden shares her perspective.
Inbound Logistics: April 25, 2018 – Doug Mueller was enjoying a long, happy career at Schneider National when Craig Dickman, a former colleague, proposed Mueller join him in a new kind of business.
Green Bay Press Gazette: February 12, 2018 – If Doug Mueller has a regret about his tenure with Breakthrough, it’s that it didn’t begin sooner. Mueller, the company’s newly appointed CEO, joined the Green Bay-based energy and information management company in 2007, about three years after Craig Dickman founded the fuel management company.
Journal of Commerce: January 25, 2018 – The closing of the once-influential discussion group of carriers in the trans-Pacific after nearly 30 years underscores not only how proposed rate increases — often undercut by members themselves — no longer faze shippers, but also the heightened scrutiny by global regulators.
SupplyChainBrain: December 22, 2017 – Improved aerodynamics and vehicle add-ons, further engine improvements, the promise of alternative fuels and the advancement of automated driving technologies — all of these add up to exciting developments in truck technology.
FreightWaves: November 13, 2017 – Fuel costs may have been eclipsed by driver pay and benefits as the top cost item for trucking fleets, but that doesn’t mean they are not top of mind for savvy fleets.
Food Logistics: October 31, 2017 – In a time of cost trimming and zero-based budgeting every penny counts, and volatile costs can be devastating.
Insight on Business: October 2, 2017 – The bumper-to-bumper truck traffic coming to a highway near you is not necessarily reckless driving. See how companies are investing in emerging truck platooning technology.
Journal of Commerce: September 13, 2017 – The US ports that closed ahead of Hurricane Irma’s landfall are preparing to reopen, but with fuel store low, many still without power and roads and rail lines in disrepair, it will be days before shippers see supply chains in Florida and the Southeast totally restored.
Freight Waves: August 31, 2017 – With the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey still keeping a large portion of southeast Texas basically closed for business, that means that the nation’s oil supplies are being disrupted.
Wisbusiness.com: August 28, 2017 – Breakthrough was honored with the Supplier of the Year Award from Nestlé in the USA for their contributions to the food and beverage company.
Freight Waves: August 29, 2017 – More flooding and higher fuel prices as the week moves on, and many roads in Houston area will likely remain closed as cresting rivers lead to additional flooding later this week
DC Velocity: July 24, 2017 – Autonomous trucks could spell the end for railroads’ intermodal cost advantages. But the jury on self-driving vehicles is still out.
Freight Business Journal North America: July 5, 2017 – The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), a collaborative forum for ocean container shipping lines serving the trade lane between Asia and North America, has discontinued publishing its guideline formula for calculating fuel costs.
China Network Supply Service: June 21, 2017 – The cross-Pacific discussion group has had a wide impact and is now of little significance. Recently, with the members agreed to stop the meeting to discuss the market tariffs, surcharges guidance information, such organizations exist value, the future is uncertain. Read the original version (in Chinese).
Journal of Commerce: June 19, 2017 – The future of a once-influential and now-shrunken discussion group of carriers in the trans-Pacific is uncertain after members agreed to stop discussing rate and surcharge guidance, according two executives from member carriers.
American Journal of Transportation: June 13, 2017 – The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), a collaborative forum for ocean container shipping lines serving the trade lane between Asia and North America, will discontinue publishing its guideline formula for calculating fuel costs.
Wisbusiness.com: June 2, 2017 –Breakthrough recently made an investment in a Silicon Valley startup. Read about the partnership and more.
Clean Technica: May 22, 2017 – The semi truck platooning technology firm that we reported on recently, Peloton Technology, has successfully closed a $60 million Series B funding round.
DC Velocity: April 13, 2017 – Automated vehicle systems developer Peloton Technology has landed $60 million in funding to accelerate development of its technology that coordinates truck driving controls so they can cruise in highly efficient pairs called “platoons,” Peloton said Wednesday.
Fortune: April 13, 2017 – Peloton Technology, a vehicle technology focused on freight transportation, raised a $60 million Series B funding round led by Omnitracs, a fleet management company, alongside existing investors Intel Capital, DENSO International America, BP Ventures, Lockheed Martin, Nokia Growth Partners, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Volvo Group, Sand Hill Angels, Band of...
Axios Pro Rata: April 13, 2017: Peloton Technology, a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of connected and automated vehicle technology for freight transportation, has raised $60 million in Series B funding. Omnitracs led the round, and was joined by B37 Ventures, Misui USA, Shlumberger, US Venture, Breakthrough and return backers Intel Capital, DENSO International America, BP...
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Erin.Blaha@BreakthroughFuel.com
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A History of Innovation
Since 2004, Breakthrough has revolutionized the market by developing custom transportation energy management strategies for the world’s leading shippers. We founded the business with a passion to challenge the status quo in supply chain fuel management, develop technology to help shippers, and achieve transparency in the fuel that moves goods to market. Read more about our history below.
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The initial
Breakthrough idea;
patent filed and technology built
Launched
Breakthrough
Advisor
Launched flatbed/heavy haul
over-the-road fuel recovery
Expanded over-the-road fuel
recovery to North America
Rebranded logo
Launched rail intermodal
fuel recovery services
The first
natural gas
movements
for a client
Managed natural gas (CNG) fuel program
with a station build
Launched
Breakthrough Insight
Launched
Global Fuel Recovery
Global marine fuel
recovery solutions
became operational
Moved into Backstage at
the Meyer June 25, 2015
Breakthrough launched
data sciences capability
Launched Breakthrough
Supply Chain
Hosted the 10th Annual
Mercury Group
First commercial
client; over-the-road
fuel recovery
Mercury Group was founded
as a shipper-fuel study
and collaboration group
Moved into the Milwaukee
Railroad Train Depot
May 1, 2011
Created T-Fuel®
to manage transportation energy risk
Trademark: 3,288,706
Breakthrough®
Registered September 4, 2007
US Patent:
7,729,998 Shipper
Fuel Management
(Physical Method)
Issued June 1, 2010
Trademark:
4,070,466 Experience
A True Breakthrough®
Registered December 13, 2011
US Patent: 8,190,533 Shipper Fuel
Management (Virtual Method)
Issued May 29, 2012
US Patent: 20120158609
Issued June 21, 2012
US Patent: 20120239587
SMART Fuel Management
Issued September 20, 2012
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