Ceredigion County Council (CCC) has upgraded its depot fuelling facilities to implement the Merridale FuelWorks web-based management service across its two sites in Aberystwyth and Penrhos, near Llandysul.
Hardware elements include wireless communications and improved electronic contents monitoring of fuel tanks. The upgrade enables fuel status and daily transactions to be tracked online.
“We needed to upgrade because our previous monitoring system was becoming unreliable,” says Fleet Operations Manager Ben Hopkins.
“After reviewing the upgrade options, we took the opportunity to switch to the Merridale web-based service. While the previous Merridale system provided the functionality that we required, we had just a single user licence.
“That setup was becoming increasingly inconvenient and at busy times drivers would have to wait for colleagues at other depots to complete their session.” The upgrade went very smoothly, he adds.
Merridale FuelWorks is a subscription service, so the transaction monitoring process is undertaken by logging in via any internet browser. The status is immediately available and reports can be generated as soon as the master database has been updated with reference details for all relevant vehicles.
