Innovative and affordable solutions to automate your service station

Reliability, innovation, affordability: these are the keywords when dealing with the needs of service stations all around the globe. Being able to provide a solution that combines technology and reliability reducing price is the challenge that Fortech, company leader in the Italian retail petrol market, has undertaken by presenting to the international public the Virtual Box System. What’s it? An infrastructure that allows you to manage and monitor the site, without needing a traditional P.O.S.

A ROBUST AND PERFORMING HEART

The system’s heart is the VirtualBOX forecourt controller, interfacing with various dispensers installed on the forecourt. VirtualBOX can be fitted with interface modules using the main protocols present in the fuel retail market (Pumalan, Pignone, IFSF LON, RS 485, Dart, etc.), as well as with I/O modules for connection and control of other devices (ATG system, Price signs, etc.).

VirtualBOX is aesthetically a metallic box, working through interaction with embedded management software, to represent data and its integration. Therefore, it provides support for decision making to help improve the efficiency of the whole production chain, which consists, in this case, in fuel sales for automotive transport.

The VirtualBOX System is very easy to install and use and even easier to maintain. Thanks to its slim and innovative infrastructure, maintenance costs are minimized but without losing in performance.

THE SERVICE STATION IN YOUR POCKET

If the VirtualBOX is the infrastructure heart, Fortech BOS SiteManager is the brain. This cloud-based platform has been created by Fortech to allow monitoring and management of the service station from any kind of device. The main advantage given by the platform is the possibility to actively operate on the site everytime you need and everywhere you are. For instance, you may remotely monitor the fuel tank levels, check and change the fuel price, receive notifications from the alarm system and display the security cameras on your device.

Last but not least advantage? Having all of your service station's network data in a single home page.

"Very interesting, but how can I manage the customers' payments?"

Nothing could be easier with SmartPOS Lite and the SmartPAY app, thanks to which customers can pay as they wish.

SMARTPOS Lite

The MOVE 3500 Wi-fi EFT/POS from Ingenico with Fortech software installed, meets the most security requirements (PCI-PTS 4.0), has an ergonomic design and accepts all type of payment instruments: magnetic stripe cards, chip & PIN, contactless and smartphones with NFC technology, etc.

With this simple instrument the forecourt operator could:

Received payment by cash or credit, debit and fuel cards
Unlock a dispenser for a specific amount
Print out a receipt after payment (including cash payments)
Print the totalizer list
Close the accounting daily cash up
Change prices of fuel products
Create and send electronic invoices.

MOBILE PAYMENT SMARTPAY

If you want to keep up with technology. You can also enable smartPAY, the app that allows your customers to search the nearest site on the map, select the dispenser and the desired amount of fuel and get receipts directly from their smartphones.

VIRTUALBOX SYSTEM: JUST WHAT YOU NEED, CHEAPER THAN YOU THINK.

To find out more about Fortech, explore our website and feel free to get in touch.