System Functions

a) Forecourt control system

• Controls all devices in the forecourt: fuel dispensers, price panels, tank gauging systems etc.
• Available for a wide range of communication protocols for fuel dispensers as well as the IFSF-LON standard
• Reliable, rugged, industrial design.
• ETAG Petrol supports the spectrum of forecourt devices including major Dispensers and pay at pump Terminals, Debit, RFID, Car Wash, Tank-Gauge systems, Price Signs, Mix & Match Pump Types, Food Ordering and/or Merchandise Purchasing, and more.
• The ETAG Sistemi HW/SW solution, called EFS - ETAG Forecourt Server, simplifies the design, improves performance, enriches the forecourt functionality, and enables competitive nimbleness.

b) Point-of-Sales system (ETAG POS)

• Sales of petrol/gas
• Sales of secondary products in convenience store
• Cash float
• Payment
  • Cash
  • Credit/debit card, local customer cards, oil company cards
  • Cheque
  • Coupons
  • On account
• Bi-directional communication with petrol pumps
• Operates petrol sales (all the payment methods accepted worldwide and specific)
• Performs special transactions (metrological tests, internal consumption etc.)
• Operates sales of non-petrol products (store, fast - food)
• Authentication of cashiers
• Self-diagnosis and service regime
• Communication with the other equipment in the station: tank gauging systems, price display equipment, ATMs, card readers etc "
• Administrates access rights

c) Back-office system (ETAG BOS)

• For single station
• Offers full functions of Backoffice
• Different security levels
• Various kinds of reports
• Management of all items by sectors, families, sub-families, name, PLU codes
• Stock and inventory management
• Management of products turnover
• Management of customer account
• Flexible VAT handling
• Management of VAT, receipt and invoices etc.
• Flexible, custom-designed report generator and logs
• Sales analysis
• For chain stations, linked with Headquarter
• All data is centralized at Headquarter

d) Head-office (ETAG HOS)

ETAG HOS is designed to control every aspect of retail operations for petrol retail companies with multiple locations. The Headquarter system is a central-office system, designed to run at the corporate head office, or regional branch office. The Headquarter system links to the Backoffice system at each store location to upload sales and delivery transactions and to download master file updates and price changes.

e) Interface to other Headquarters Systems

ETAG Sistemi offer two-way connection to other SW systems in Headquarters, upon requirements from customer