Fuel card management system for petrol stations

Fuel card management system for petrol stations

Characteristics of the fuel cards management system for petrol stations:

• Fuel card system operates in ONLINE mode - fuel card serves only as identifier, information about cardholder account is stored only in central server, which makes the system highly secured
• Simplicity of payment using fuel cards for fuel and complementary products
  
• GSM/GPRS communication channel between card terminal installed at petrol station and central server
  
• Communication is made using a proprietary highly secured communication protocol using encryption
• Each caldholder account can store points/money and fuel purses (for prepaid fuel)
• Detailed account of all sales using fuel cards on all petrol stations
• Access to personal card accounts using a standard web-browser (reception of reports on operation)
• Ability to set daily, weekly, monthly limits on volumes of purchased fuel using fuel cards
• Ability to set customer identification policies through storing various information about cardholders: vehicle number, vehicle odometer value, car model name, etc., and verifying data when using fuel card at petrol station
• Ability to organize various bonus programs using fuel cards
• Ability to organize various discount programs using fuel cards
• Ability to top fuel card accounts at any petrol station

Advantages of fuel cards management system for petrol stations:

For petrol station owners:

• Reception of prepayment from customers prior to selling products - customers put money on his card (refills his account) prior to making a purchase, which means that a petrol station owner receives payment prior to selling fuel and products and can place them in a turnover (investment)
• Highly efficient tool for keeping old customers and attracting new customers to petrol stations
• Ability to organize various bonus discount and loyalty programs to promote petrol station services and improve customers loyalty
• Detailed reporting about usage of fuel cards by customers on all petrol stations, reception of reports of various forms
• Reception of various analytical information about customers of the fuel card system, tracking of the most effective petrol stations, most sold products, geography of customers
• No need to install expensive software in a company office - all management over a fuel cards system (adjusting, reports, creating of discount and bonus programs, etc.) is made using a standard web-browser
• Ability to organize automation of petrol station by installing NaftaPOS software for petrol stations on a POS terminal  and adding a PTS controller over fuel dispensers and ATG systems to it, which allows provision of remote control over technological processes, automated measurement and commercial accounting at petrol stations

For private individual customers:

• Use of fuel cards allows to make payment for fuel and products in petrol station shop using a single card (no need to have cash money)
• Participation in discount programs of petrol station using a fuel card (example: the more products are purchased (the more is total purchased amount) - the more discount for products is received)
• Participation in bonus programs of petrol station using a fuel card (example: receive additional 1 liter of fuel for free after you purchase every 20th liter)
• Reception of precise information on current personal account balance at any time via standard web-browser
• Refilling of fuel cards on any petrol station

For customers - companies, who purchase fuel cards for their employees:

• Centralized refilling of fuel cards for company emloyees
• Detailed tracking of every employee card account with precise time of refuel,  petrol station name and location, volume of fuel filled and its cost, etc. at any time via standard web-browser
• Ability to set various conditions for employees at filling with petrol: requirement to fill only customer vehicle  with a number which corresponds to given customer card account, requirement to enter employee odometer value at filling with fuel, requirement to fill only a vehicle of model which corresponds to given customer card account, etc.
• Effective tool for providing actual and unbiased information on movements of company employees, keeping track of possible violations by employees