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Case Studies

Where the system is actually running

Live deployments, the problems they were brought in to solve, and what changed. Where a client has asked not to publish figures, we say so rather than inventing a number.

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A note on evidence

Fuel retail is a small market and margin data is sensitive. We name clients who have agreed to be named, and we describe outcomes in the terms they have approved. Where a scenario below is illustrative rather than a specific client’s reported result, it is labelled as illustrative. If you want verified references, ask us and we will arrange for you to speak to an existing client directly — which is worth more than any number on a website.

Deployments

Networks running on the platform

Three of our fuel clients alone account for 40 stations. These are multi-site networks, not pilot installs — each one runs day-to-day trading, shift control and reporting on the Cedars platform.

27 stations

Aytam

The largest network on the platform: 27 fuel stations operating under one consolidated system. A network at this scale is where per-site benchmarking stops being a reporting nicety and becomes the main control — with 27 forecourts, an outlier that looks acceptable in isolation is obvious the moment it sits in a ranked list beside its peers.

  • 27 sites consolidated centrally
  • Forecourt automation per site
  • Group and per-site reporting
  • Central price management
7 stations

Kilani

Seven fuel stations running on the platform. A network of this size is the point at which manual consolidation genuinely breaks: seven sets of books, seven shift routines and one person trying to assemble a group figure at month end. Central reporting replaces that.

  • 7 sites on one platform
  • Forecourt automation
  • Consolidated group reporting
  • Shift control across sites
6 branches · full automation

Rasamny Group

Six branch stations deployed with the full stack — complete forecourt automation, POS across every branch, and chain management tying them together. This is the platform running end to end rather than module by module: dispensers, tills and central control on one ledger.

  • Full forecourt automation
  • POS at all 6 branches
  • Chain management software
  • Consolidated multi-branch view
Full ERP · non-fuel

Banin Charity

A complete ERP, accounting and management system — our largest non-fuel deployment. Charitable and non-profit organisations carry a requirement most commercial clients do not: every disbursement has to be auditable to a donor’s satisfaction, not just an accountant’s. The system was built around that constraint.

  • Full ERP implementation
  • Accounting & financial reporting
  • Operational management modules
  • Auditable approval trails
Also live

Branded and independent forecourts

Total Nejjarieh

Branded forecourt operating on the Cedars fuel station automation platform.

Coral Abou Chakra

Branded forecourt operating on the Cedars fuel station automation platform.

Plus further independent and branded stations across Lebanon, including sites in the Beirut, Nabatieh, South and Bekaa regions. Client names are published only with permission.

Beyond fuel

Institutional and corporate clients

GIZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit — software delivery for a development-sector programme.

Lebanese University

Education-sector software delivery for Lebanon’s national public university.

Africell Holding

Telecom-sector engagement covering operational software delivery.

Banin Charity

Full ERP, accounting and operational management system for a charitable organisation.

Also including multiple private medical clinics and practices running the iClinics platform.

Illustrative scenarios

What a deployment typically changes

The three situations below are composites drawn from real projects, used to show how the platform is applied. Figures are indicative of the kind of change clients report, not a specific client’s audited results.

Illustrative scenario · Single independent station

“We are losing diesel and we cannot prove it”

The situation

Four pumps, three tanks, all records handwritten. The owner suspected losses on diesel but had no way to separate theft from measurement error, short deliveries or a failing meter. Reconciliation happened monthly, from attendants’ sheets, and never quite balanced.

What was deployed

  • Dispenser automation on all four pumps
  • ATG probes on all three tanks
  • Shift control with attendant assignment
  • Daily wetstock reconciliation
  • Mobile alerts for the owner

What changed

  • Reconciliation moved from monthly guesswork to a daily figure available at shift close
  • The variance was traced to a specific cause rather than remaining a suspicion
  • Delivery volumes verified by pre- and post-drop gauge readings against the docket
  • Shift closure reduced from a long manual reconciliation to a single screen
  • The owner stopped needing to be physically present to know the day was normal
Illustrative scenario · Multi-site operator

“Four sites, four sets of books”

The situation

An operator with four forecourts, mixed dispenser makes and a different informal routine at each. Group figures were assembled in a spreadsheet each month, roughly a fortnight late. Comparing sites was effectively impossible, so an underperforming station could hide indefinitely.

What was deployed

  • Staged rollout, pilot site first
  • Common configuration template across sites
  • Central price management
  • Network-wide fuel card acceptance
  • Consolidated group reporting

What changed

  • One chain dashboard replaced four sets of books and a monthly spreadsheet
  • Site benchmarking exposed an outlier that had looked acceptable in isolation
  • Price changes applied centrally instead of phoned through site by site
  • Fleet customers moved to one consolidated invoice across all four sites
  • Group reporting available daily rather than a fortnight after month end
Illustrative scenario · Fuel cards & credit

“Our credit customers owe more than we thought”

The situation

A station serving local fleets on informal credit — paper vouchers, a ledger book, and monthly invoices assembled by hand. Nobody could state total outstanding exposure on demand, credit limits existed only as an understanding, and disputes over vouchers were routine.

What was deployed

  • Postpaid fleet accounts with enforced credit limits
  • Cards issued per vehicle
  • Product and volume caps per card
  • Prepaid cards for smaller customers
  • Automated invoicing with ageing

What changed

  • Total credit exposure became a figure available at any moment, not an estimate
  • Limits enforced at the pump, so accounts stopped quietly exceeding them
  • Voucher disputes ended — every litre carried pump, vehicle, time and attendant
  • Monthly invoicing became automatic instead of a multi-day manual task
  • Prepaid adoption improved working capital by taking payment in advance
Due diligence

Talk to a client instead of reading about one

If you are seriously evaluating us, ask for a reference. We will arrange for you to speak with a station owner running the platform — including, if you want, about the parts of the deployment that were difficult.

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