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Revolutionise Your Construction Business with Fuellox Fuel Management

Say Goodbye to Manual Fuel Management Hassles and Hello to Efficient Fuel Tracking

Streamline your fuel processes

Fuellox collects all the data you need

Eliminate Labour

Fuellox removed the need for logbook, data entry and more

Instant Reporting

Fuellox reports all refuelling activities instantly

Introduction

Fuel management is a critical aspect of running any business that relies on vehicles or machinery.

For construction and earthmoving businesses, however, managing fuel consumption can be particularly challenging. With multiple small tanks spread across different job sites, tracking fuel consumption and controlling costs can quickly become a logistical nightmare.

That’s where Fuellox comes in – an innovative fuel management solution designed specifically for construction and earthmoving businesses. In this article, we’ll explore the challenges of fuel management for construction businesses, and how Fuellox can help solve these challenges.

Section 1: The Challenges of Fuel Management for Construction and Earthmoving Businesses

Manual fuel tracking across multiple small tanks can be a time-consuming and error-prone process.

For many construction businesses, fuel management has traditionally been done using manual logbooks.

These logbooks are often not complete and are prone to getting lost or forgotten. Parrtial fuel usage data is of limited use to the busness owner.

Additionally, when it comes time to compile the data for reporting purposes, the information can be difficult to work with and requires additional labout to enter the data and audit the usage.

Manual fuel management often leads to incomplete or inaccurate data. It can also be difficult to keep track of all the different tanks and fuel sources, which can result in a lack of visibility into fuel usage patterns. When the data is finally transcribed into a spreadsheet, it may be incomplete or contain errors, making it difficult to use for any reporting purpose.

Moreover, manual fuel management can be a time-consuming and tedious process, which can take valuable time away from more important business activities. It also requires a significant amount of effort to ensure that all the data is accurate and up-to-date.

All these challenges make manual fuel management a suboptimal solution for construction businesses, particularly when there are multiple tanks to manage. A more modern approach, like Fuellox, can help overcome these challenges and provide a more efficient and accurate way of managing fuel usage.

Remote sites and workers

“Before Fuellox, people were always passing their fobs around. We never really new who took fuel and we were often uncertain which machines it went into.

Not only did Fuellox solve this problem, we can now manage all our remote staff with Fuellox and never need to send out fobs…”

Justin

Plant Manager – Civil Construction & Forestry

Section 2: How Fuellox Works

Fuellox is a fuel management solution that is specifically designed to meet the unique needs of construction and earthmoving businesses.

It is a hardware and software solution that installs directly onto fuel tanks, controlling the pump start and stop. Using a flow meter, Fuellox can accurately record how much fuel is dispensed from the pump.

The Fuellox app on a smart phone provides a user-friendly interface for managing fuel dispensing across multiple jobs, and tanks, providing real-time data on fuel usage.

One of the key advantages of Fuellox is that it eliminates the need for RFID fobs or physical tokens. Instead, users can be invited remotely to access the system via the Fuellox app. This makes the system more efficient and user-friendly, especially for businesses with a distributed workforce.

“Wow - I’ve never seen anything like this…” Ian

When we met Ian in 2017 he was working with major/leading fuel system and tank sales company. At the time Ian was head of the Fuel Managemnt team. Since then Ian has installed >50 Fuellox systems for customers all over Australia.

“If I only I had this 10 years ago…” Deon

Deon runs the Fleet and Asset department for a major council. For his entire career with council tracking Fuel has been a major challenge. Deon’s team of 40 people use Fuellox every day to record all Fuel dispensing. The reporitng feature alone saves them team many ays of work each month.

Section 3: Benefits of Fuellox for Construction Businesses

By using Fuellox, construction businesses can enjoy a range of benefits. These include:

• Real-time monitoring of fuel consumption and costs across multiple tanks

• Accurate tracking of fuel usage, reducing the risk of errors and fraud

• Remote access to fuel management, eliminating the need for physical tokens and streamlining the process

• Reduced administrative costs and increased efficiency, saving time and money

Section 4: The Importance of Measuring Fuel Usage

Peter Drucker once said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” This is especially true for fuel usage in construction businesses.

Without accurate measurement, how can you be sure that your fuel is going where it’s meant to? Fuel theft is a major problem in the construction industry, and manual logbooks make it difficult to identify and prevent.

That’s why Fuellox includes features like real-time reporting, user tracking and geolocation. It becomes simple to detect potential fuel theft.

To further illustrate the importance of fuel theft prevention, we’ve embedded a video below showing how easily diesel fuel can be stolen from construction sites.

Peter Drucker

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Investigations led detectives to attend a Moranbah paddock, where it is alleged police located two men pumping fuel from a vehicle into a shed.

A crime scene was declared and police located 7,500 litres of diesel fuel, stored in fuel pods, along with $7,000 in cash.

Two cameras and two phones were also seized, in which it is alleged evidence was located that indicated the pair were attempting to on-sell the fuel*.

• Video and content credit: Queensland Police Service

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Conclusion

We have shown why manual fuel management can be a major challenge for construction businesses.

However, with the right tools and technology, it is possible to streamline the process and improve efficiency.

Fuellox offers unique solutions to the challenges of fuel management for earthmoving and construction businesses, providing real-time data on fuel consumption and costs across multiple jobs and tanks, while eliminating the need for physical tokens or RFID fobs.

By using Fuellox, earthmoving and construction businesses can save time, reduce costs, and improve their bottom line.

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Further Reading

What makes Fuellox unique for Civil Construction and Earthmoving business owners?

Getting Started with Fuellox

Learn more about how Fuellox works and how to install it.