Why Investigating Abnormal Fuel Consumption Takes Too Long?
A fuel bill lands over budget and nobody can explain why. The equipment manager pulls hour meter logs, cross checks fuel card statements, and calls three site supervisors, and two days later still has no answer. By the time the numbers line up, the machine that was leaking or being siphoned has already moved to the next site. What Counts as Abnormal Fuel Consumption? Abnormal fuel consumption is any drop or spike in fuel level that does not match a machine's actual working hours. A generator burning more diesel per kilowatt hour than its rated output, an excavator consuming fuel...
