FUEL PROCESSING AS AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY SUPPLY TO CONSUMERS IN THE RETAIL SECTOR
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Author(s): | Bobryshev A. D., Skubriy E. V., Vishlenkov A. G., |
| Number of journal: | 4(69) | Date: | November 2024 |
| Annotation: | The high length of the country’s transport arteries, the significant cargo turnover of transported raw materials and industrial goods requires significant costs for the energy supply of this process, annually measured in trillions of rubles. The current system of supplying consumers with fuel and lubricants includes oil refineries, wholesale bases and storage facilities, as well as a retail link represented by gas stations. Given the complexity of such a system distributed throughout the country, and the lack of adequate organizational and technical solutions, the energy supply sector has traditionally been subject to criminalization, which negatively affected the work of the entire economic mechanism of the state. However, the search for a solution to this problem over time led to the desired results. First, the introduction of fuel coupons, and then — payment of fuel and lubricants using plastic cards (fuel processing) gradually brought this area of activity out of the shadow sector of the economy. Modern technical means allow controlling gas stations and traffic along the route and have helped to resolve such issues as paying for fuel by bank transfer with the offset of value added tax, fraud at gas stations, , use of official cars for personal purposes, draining “excess” fuel from the fuel tank at inflated consumption rates and many others. By skillfully combining the usability of fuel cards with the benefits provided to consumers by processing companies, their owners increase loyalty to their own brands, which entails an increase in the sustainability of the energy supply of the transport sector as a whole. The article provides a justification for the motives that guided energy supply companies in introducing new approaches to consumer service provided by digitalization and the development of elements of the concept of the new industrial revolution, as well as reveals the content and advantages of fuel processing, an innovative technology for energy supply to consumers in the retail sector. | ||
| Keywords: | power supply, fuel processing, digitalization, sanctions, vertically integrated companies, fuels and lubricants, plastic cards, loyalty programs, cashless payments, gas stations, transport |
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| For citation: | Bobryshev A. D., Skubriy E. V., Vishlenkov A. G. Fuel processing as an innovative technology for energy supply to consumers in the retail sector. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2024;4(69):42—49. DOI: 10.25683/ VOLBI.2024.69.1115. |
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