What a SIRA Report Actually Tells You
Every month a SIRA report lands in your inbox, and if you’re like most operators you read one line of it: Pass. Good. Delete. Here’s what the rest of it is telling you, in plain English. The daily variance. For each tank, each day, the report reconciles what should be in the tank (yesterday’s dip, […]
Big-brand tools, independent budgets
Walk into any major’s head office and you’ll find a wetstock team with dashboards, analysts and alerts watching every tank in the network. Walk into an independent servo and you’ll usually find the owner doing the same job at 9pm with a dip stick, a spreadsheet and a headache. The fuel in the ground is […]
Fuel loss is not always obvious: the five ways litres disappear
Ask most operators how fuel goes missing and they’ll say leaks or theft. Both are real. But after reconciling thousands of tanks every month, we can tell you they’re only two of five causes, and each one leaves a different fingerprint in your data. 1. Leaks. The one everyone fears, and the one the regulations […]
Why SIRA Compliance Matters More Than Ever
If you operate a service station in Australia, you’ve probably heard of SIRA the Statistical Inventory Reconciliation Analysis required by the EPA (or government department equivalent) to monitor fuel losses and leaks. But beyond ticking a regulatory box, SIRA is about protecting your business, your reputation, and the environment.