Fuel Management for Bus and Coach

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A Bus fleet will typically operate from one or more sites with each vehicle returning to it’s home depot at least once a day. On larger fleets, buses are typically fuelled during a fuelling shift by fuelling staff rather than by the driver.

Coaches additionally may be away from their home site for more than a day and use fuel cards whilst away. It is more usual that coaches are fuelled by the driver rather than on a daily fuelling shift.

Products are typically Diesel and AdBlu.

The Operator would want to know which vehicle was fuelled, when it was fuelled, what products it took along with the quantities of those products. More than likely, the mileage at the time of fuelling, and the Driver or Fueller ID would also be required.

For buses, the simplest system is for the fueller to use a tag to identify himself, then type the vehicles reg or fleet number to identify the bus. Optionally the bus’s mileage may also be entered. Alternatively, more and more customers are opting for auto vehicle ID and automatic mileage capture systems to speed up the fuelling process. Jigsaw offer TeleTag or EasyFuel for this purpose.

For driver fuelled coaches, each coach would be issued with a tag which is used to identify the vehicle when fuelling. The driver can be prompted to enter a mileage, and to identify himself to the system. As with buses, nozzle based technology is a time saving and secure fuelling option.

Suggested Hardware :

Each person requiring access to the fuel management web service would be issued with a user name and password. One or more individuals would have administrator level access rights to be able to add and delete users.

Details of each vehicle in the fleet would be entered on to the web service, setting product restrictions, mileage prompts, etc, and also assigning the vehicle in to groups so that meaningful reports may be generated.

Any reports which need to be generated daily, weekly or monthly are configured as required so that they will automatically be produced and distributed.

On the Fuel Server :

Most Used Reports :

Transaction listing
Period Stock reports
Vehicle Group Fuel Usage

Relevant Vision Tiles :

Unfuelled Vehicles List
Fuel Stock Holding
Fuel Purchase history
Group MPG Comparison
Vehicle Highest Fuel Usage
CO2 Emissions

The Real time stock view across all tanks on all sites with predictions based on current usage of when to re-order stock, and how long the current stock will last The system will generate e-mails automatically when stocks run low.
The system will generate monthly reports and distribute them automatically leaving the user free to concentrate on managing issues raised rather than moving paper.
The system automatically generates real time fuelling information highlighting vehicles and people using excessive amounts of fuel. The web service lets you quickly delve in to the data behind these issues.
The system will show when there are peaks and troughs in demand for fuel, comparing fuel usage year on year. The system will also compare the price you are paying for fuel with the average refinery gate price.

Useful System Features :

To ensure accurate mileage entry, hardware may be fitted to the vehicles which will automatically gather and pass the mileage from the vehicle to the fuel island. Jigsaw Midas, FuelGuard and EasyFuel all have this option. Alternatively, if the vehicle is fitted with a tracking system, then some of these pass the vehicles mileage back to the telematics server. Jigsaw have interfaces to several telematics servers to recover this mileage automatically.

Whilst not strictly necessary for stock management, Tank Gauging is a recommended add on to the system as it gives confirmation to the book stock level, and makes short deliveries, fuel theft, and bad pump calibration obvious and quick to spot.

Many times a “Yard Key” is issued which is used to fuel loaned or contract hire vehicles and just about anything else - legitimate or otherwise. Plan for these eventualities by holding spare keys on site that can be issued and recovered as necessary.

Green Fuels. Whilst most commercial vehicles still use diesel and gasoil, there is more and more concern for the problems of NOx and particulate emissions. There is even talk of banning diesel vehicles form city centres. Jigsaw is working with several fleet owners and independent gas supply companies to establish a network of CNG and LNG fuelling stations.

If your pumps are getting old Jigsaw offer integrated solution which save space and money. The fuel management system and the pump are built together in ot one cabinet. This is especially useful on single pump sites.

The Jigsaw system can be configured to turn on more than one pump when a single vehicle ID is presented. This can be used to turn on and monitor oil, water and anti-freeze dispensers as well as the diesel with a single authorisation sequence. Any Zero deliveries are ignored by the terminal.

Options to consider :

Integrated Pump Options - Replace your pumps and you Fuel management System. Save Space, Reduce Costs

Unique Jigsaw Vision Tiles give Real Time information - this one showing any vehicles missed from a fuelling shift.

New - Jigsaw TeleTag ...

Products Designed Specifically for Bus and Coach Refuelling ...

BUS and COACH

Designed specifically for bus refuelling operations, the Jigsaw TeleTag system identifies both the vehicle and the fueller automatically. A long range ID tag is fitted to the side of the vehicle adjacent to the fuel filling point. The fueller, who carries a similar tag, simply lifts the fuel nozzle and starts to fuel. When the fueller and vehicle tag are both adjacent to the fuel island, the system reads both ID tags, validates them and turns on the pump.

If fitted, the system will also interrogate an on board unit to automatically read the vehicles mileage. This not only speeds up the fuelling process, but also makes it more secure and results in accurate MPG Figures.