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Pipeline Punks // Build Studio

Build the stack. Send it to a person.

Pick the tools your operation needs, tell us what you already run on, and send the build to the person who scopes it. Nothing to sign up for, and every demo runs on sample data. Never your records.

cost
free. no account. no email wall.
data
sample data only. never your records.
price
no prices here. TNDS quotes each build.

  1. 01

    Pick

    Choose tools from the shelf and the groundwork around them. Open any demo to watch it run on sample data.

  2. 02

    Describe

    Say what you run on today and which rules apply to you. Skip anything you are not sure about.

  3. 03

    Send or keep

    Send the build to TNDS and a person replies within one business day. Or keep it: copy the share link or download build.json.

Step 1 of 5

Pick your platform

Every tool on the shelf runs on Google Workspace today. Microsoft 365 versions are built on request.

Ready now.

Microsoft version on request.

Step 2 of 5

Pick the tools

These are the tools TNDS installs today. Open any demo to watch it run on sample data, then tick the ones you want.

Fleet and compliance

Field and office

  • Capture inspections and incidents on a phone, with photos, and turn each one into a branded PDF and email.

    Works with Google

    Show me the Field Capture Command demo on sample data (opens in a new tab)

  • Work orders from the office to the technician's phone and back, reading customers and items from QuickBooks Online. Invoicing stays manual in this release.

    Works with Google + QuickBooks Online

    Walkthrough on request.

  • A team status board with priority filters and red and yellow flags, so you can see who is doing what.

    Works with Google

    Show me the Department Task Dashboard demo on sample data (opens in a new tab)

  • Schedules email and calendar reminders from a sheet and sorts Gmail with sender rules.

    Works with Google

    Walkthrough on request.

  • Sets up standard Drive folders and Gmail labels from an industry template, run from one sheet.

    Works with Google

    Walkthrough on request.

Sales and contracts

Reporting

  • A daily, weekly or monthly summary email built from your sheets, with changes and anomalies flagged.

    Works with Google

    Show me the Executive Email Summary Tool demo on sample data (opens in a new tab)

  • A branded Looker Studio dashboard connected to your Google Sheets, with each number defined in writing.

    Works with Google + Looker Studio

    Walkthrough on request.

AI governance

  • An evidence package that shows how your AI tools are controlled, mapped to SOC 2 and NIST 800-53. Audit preparation, not a substitute for a licensed auditor.

    Works with Google + your git repo

    Walkthrough on request.

Step 3 of 5

Set up around them

The groundwork TNDS puts in around the tools. Tick what you want; skip what you do not.

  • A standard folder layout for your shared drive, with a short guide in every folder so people file things in the same place.

  • Your procedures written down in your own brand, numbered, with a register that shows which version is current.

  • Trackers, forms and reference files for each compliance area you pick in step 5.

  • A short weekly read on fuel market prices for your operation, prepared by TNDS.

  • Rules that sort your existing files into the new folder layout. Your team or your IT provider runs it on your side.

  • One source of truth for your records, plus plain-English search across your procedures and documents.

  • An assistant that answers compliance questions from the regulations, set up for your company and your compliance areas.

  • One place to see what is installed for you, what is running, and what comes next.

  • Training built from your own procedures, in a viewer your staff can use.

Step 4 of 5

What do you run on today?

So the build fits the systems you already have. Not sure is a fine answer; it becomes a question for the first call.

The system that runs order to cash.

Where the books live.

Where your team's mail lives.

Pick both if files are split between the two.

Your telematics or electronic logging provider.

Fuel distributors only. Skip it if it does not apply.

No dispatch system is common, and a fine answer.

Step 5 of 5

Which rules apply to you?

Pick every compliance area your operation answers to, or None of these.

Send to TNDS

Send your build to a person

Jacob at True North Data Strategies reads what you picked and replies. No account, no mailing list, no drip campaign.

Your details go to Jacob Johnston at True North Data Strategies to answer this request. They land in TNDS email and its contact records, and this site keeps nothing. The Studio runs on sample data only.

Free tool. Nothing to build.

Off-road diesel tax check

Running clear diesel in off-road equipment? Five numbers show what dyed diesel would save in Colorado and how much tax already paid may be recoverable. Estimates only; your CPA files any claim.

Run the tax check (opens in a new tab)

Rather talk first?

The Studio is one way in. A conversation with TNDS is the other, and an operations assessment is the place to start if you are not sure what to pick.

Talk to TNDSStart with an assessment

Pipeline Punks // Petroleum briefs

Six free petroleum briefs. Pick the ones you want.

Short, sourced email briefs for small and midsize fuel distributors: operations, AI in the field, compliance deadlines, vendor claims, seasonal readiness, and an action list. Choose any mix. Confirm by email. Every brief carries a link to stop it.

  • Petroleum Operations Brief: Mondays and Thursdays
  • Petroleum AI Field Report: Mondays and Thursdays
  • Compliance Deadline Radar: Tuesdays
  • Vendor and Tech Watch: monthly
  • Seasonal Readiness: March, April, August and October
  • Action Summary: with each brief
Sign up for the briefs

Want to see how these get built? The Operators Brief is field notes on what we built, what broke, what it cost, and what to steal. Free to read, no account.

Read the Operators Brief
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