Retail
Fuel and gasoline stations
Pump sales, tanks and the shop. Core selling, stock and cash fit; gaps: fuel forecourt and tank control.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 457 (4571)
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- forecourt with pumps and a cashier kiosk
- wet stock (tanks) and dry stock (shop)
- prepay at night
- fleet and credit customers
- car-wash or tyre services
Typical roles
- pump attendant
- cashier
- station manager
- fuel delivery driver
- owner or dealer
- auditor
Day-to-day flows
- authorise a pump
- sell by volume or amount
- reconcile tank gauge readings against pump meters and sales
- receive a fuel delivery with a delivery note
- shift close with meter readings
- invoice account customers
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards
- fleet cards or account credit
- vouchers
- prepay deposits
Inventory and assets
- bulk liquid by tank
- dry stock
- lubricants
- gas cylinders
- loss and gain reconciliation
Reports they ask for
- fuel volume and margin per grade
- variance between gauge, meter and sales
- shift meter report
- account statement
Integrations they need
- forecourt controller or pump interface
- tank-gauge system
- fleet-card networks
- tax authority e-invoicing
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR, LOGI.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | P Partial | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | P Partial | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Fuel forecourt and tank control | G Gap | no dedicated module |
| Fleet, assets and maintenance | P Partial | LOGI |
Gaps
- no forecourt controller or pump interface in the catalog
- no tank-gauge or wet-stock reconciliation
- no fleet-card handling
- no bulk-liquid unit model beyond units of measure
- the shop side is covered by the convenience-store modules
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Vehicle documents tracker (SOAT, revisión técnica, licencia) LITE-0006
- Vehicle log (per vehicle) BK-0045
- Asset maintenance log BK-0087
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Fractional quantities SALE-0012
- Menu import from CSV/PDF MENU-0017
- Customer import/export CSV CRM-0016
- Bulk message by share sheet CRM-0025
- Close register CASH-0006
- Over/short recording CASH-0007
- Cash variance trends CASH-0031
- Bulk product edit INV-0015
- Price per unit of measure INV-0023
- Count variance review INV-0070
- Variance report INV-0106
- Fractional sales (fraccionado) INV-0118
Sub-verticals
Roadside petrol station
single site, mixed fuel and shop
Open →Sub-verticalTruck stop
fleet customers, showers and a diner
Open →Sub-verticalLPG and gas-cylinder dealer
cylinders exchanged and deposited
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- weights-and-measures calibration
- environmental rules for tanks
- fuel tax and quality rules
- hazardous-area equipment rules
- fuel-specific invoicing rules (all themes to verify locally)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- pump meter replaced
- tank water ingress
- delivery short
- drive-off
- prepay refund
- rounding of fuel prices
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 457 (4571) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Petroleum Refining; Energy
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- LS Central for forecourt (fuel retail) (excerpt)
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