CTS launches fuel management without annual fees
Fuelling systems supplier Centre Tank Services (CTS) has introduced the B.Smart cloud-based fuel management system from Italian manufacturer Piusi, which offers a variety of reporting and monitoring features without annual hosting fees.
While the ability to monitor and report on who has drawn fuel, how much, when, and for which vehicle, has been provided by fuel management systems for the last two decades, CTS emphasises the importance of choosing a system that can save on time, hassle and money.
“Fuel management systems were traditionally a method of security to lock out unauthorised users from being able to dispense fuel, and to spot any refuelling anomalies from authorised users,” said CTS marketing manager Michelle Jackson.
“However, advancements in technology mean that it’s becoming easier for you to record, access and report on the transactional information. Such features have meant that the data is now not only of interest to you as the transport manager, but also your company’s finance manager for forecasting and budgeting fuel costs and allocating them to different sites/cost centres.
“As the market matures, sophisticated systems are becoming more and more affordable for even the smaller fleet operator,” Michelle contends.
“Certain ‘wish list’ fuel management features were previously only on systems within the budget of large companies, so smaller fleets made do without them. For example, do you currently have to actively remember to go and download the data from your fuel management systems? Are you having to compile reports from different pumps or sites to get a full picture of your fuel use? Or maybe your drivers are still manually logging what fuel they take?”
The new B.Smart is the first cloud-based fuel management system from Piusi, providing users with the ability to monitor fuel and AdBlue use remotely and in real-time wherever a Wi-Fi or mobile network is available. From a single pump on a single site, right up to multiple dispensers across unlimited geographical sites, vehicle refuelling data is accessible from a single online portal, allowing the smallest and largest of fleets to track, view and compare all subsidiary sites’ fuel use.
“By using the app on your drivers’ mobile phone to enable dispensing and its network to send the data to the cloud, you can view all of the latest data and reports via the online portal on your PC, tablet or smart phone,” Michelle continued.
“You are also able to remotely enable driver access to the pump to control who can dispense fuel, preventing unauthorised users from being able to pull up and fill their vehicle. Being able to do all of this wherever you are, saves you the time, hassle and cost of having to attend each site to obtain the information.”
While many cloud-based fuel management systems require annual hosting fees for storage of data or use of the portal, says CTS, this is not the case with B.Smart.
“Piusi have made the conscious decision to absorb these costs; you simply buy the system and your driver app licences and it’s yours,” Michelle concluded.
More details on the nationwide distributor network for the product are available from CTS.
