Future Proof Your Forecourt Management Processes

Streamlining Your C-Store and Back Office Processes

Managing a forecourt takes knowledge, experience, and hard work. You have to oversee and track multiple moving parts. 

It is vital that as the world develops so do you and your processes and systems are kept up-to-date, efficient and as profitable as possible. 

Running a fuel retail business requires careful management and control. If your software systems are outdated, it can throw a spanner in the works. 

At Gilbarco Veeder-Root, we pride ourselves at building better business for our customers. We have refined our solutions to ensure that you can run your business as simply and effectively as possible. 

It is also important to us that we provide free and helpful content that supports our customers to excel in their business ventures. That’s why this latest article provides you with seven tips on how to ensure your forecourt management is efficient.  These will help you achieve high returns on investments and scalable profitability. 

Top Tips for Forecourt Management With Passport Alpha Payment Systems

We have been manufacturing the world’s leading fuelling and convenience store equipment and technology since 1865. Having been in the industry for a long time, we have insight and knowledge that we love to share. 

Our customers’ success is our number one priority. To help in this, here are our top seven tips for efficient forecourt management.

Tip #1 – Ensure Your Systems Are User-Friendly

When implementing new systems to optimise efficiency, you want a smooth changeover. Choosing a system that is user-friendly and intuitive minimises any downtime.

The Passport Alpha c-store software interface requires very little cashier training. It supports touch screens and interfaces with payment terminals and gateways. 

Switching to a user-friendly system not only makes initial implementation simple, but it makes onboarding new staff a breeze. 

Tip #2 – Make Sure Your Back Office Systems Manage All Aspects of Your Forecourt

Any software you use needs to work towards an efficient system of processes that work together. Every procedure must be strictly managed, from receiving wet and dry stocks to accepting payment for sales.

The Passport Alpha Back Office System provides you with extensive forecourt management, including:

• Inventory management
• Customer management
• Supplier management
• Pricing management
• Master data management

The Passport Alpha Back Office System also allows you to virtually manage your site, employee and shift management with flexible performance and status reports. 

You can be rest assured that you monitor every point of your operations 

Tip #3 – Integration is Key

We know you need your current operations and information to run like clockwork. When you optimise your forecourt management using a new system, you need to look for easy integration.

The Passport Alpha Back Office System fits in with minimal effort. Its PCATS standard interface integrates with Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Retail Head Office, third-party business intelligence tools and ERP. It also allows for electronic data integration and exports to other applications like Excel or PDF. 

This offering means you can skip the hours of training and retraining and can significantly save on time and money.
Passport Alpha BOS also integrates with the Passport Alpha C-Store Point-of-Sale, the DOMS PSS 5000 and Retail Head Office Cloud solutions. 

Tip #4 – Stay Flexible

Forecourts have many products and activities that need to be supported by their c-store management solution. That’s why you need a smart and reliable system for simple product sales and payment, fast food services, and loyalty cards.

Passport Alpha C-Store Point of Sale solution is incredibly flexible, giving you operations for all facilities.

Tip #5 – Maintain Full Control

This is our most important tip. As a station operator, you need to control your site fully. Seeing what is going on with your forecourt management is vital, and you need a scalable and configurable solution.

We give you complete control to sell items, accept payment and redeem loyalty cards on multiple POS systems. Passport Alpha POS and BOS systems integrate with one another and give you real-time visibility on all sales and activities across your forecourt. 

Its advanced technical functionalities give you one easy tool to manage your inventory, suppliers, customer accounts, data and reports.

Tip #6 – Monitor Your Inventory

The importance of effective inventory management cannot be overemphasized. Ensuring no discrepancies between your records and your stock is vital. 

The Passport Alpha Back Office System provides an easy inventory tool. It allows you to track your wet and dry stock through LIFO, FIFO,  or weighted average. As an added benefit it also tracks perished, returned and transferred items so you have your finger on the pulse. 

Tip #7 – Keep Your Customers Happy

It may be cliché to say the customer is king, but without them, you have no business. Ensuring that you appropriately manage your customer accounts and relations sets you apart. 

Forecourt management is more than systems and stock, it is also about the people. Our Passport Alpha Back Office System has automatic vehicle recognition capabilities making fleet fill-ups a breeze. You can also easily monitor and control fuel cards and loyalty programmes using this software. 

Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Payment Solution is what your site needs.

We engineered Passport Alpha C-Store POS solution and Back Office System with our customers in mind.  This solution gives you efficient forecourt management with reduced downtime and stress. Optimise your operations to ensure your fuel business is running smoothly.

Are you looking for the most efficient payment solution for your forecourt and C-Store? Check out Passport Alpha POS and Passport Alpha BOS solution