How to Build a Fuel Budget That Actually Works for Your Business

Your finance team finalises the annual budget in October. By February, fuel costs had already blown past the estimate by 18%. Sound familiar? For businesses running generators, construction equipment, DG sets, or industrial machinery, fuel is a live variable that can quietly eat into margins every single quarter. The problem isn’t that businesses don’t budget for fuel. They do. The problem is that most fuel budgets are built on last y...
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How we helped a construction giant cut fuel procurement costs by 8%

India’s infrastructure sector runs on diesel. Every idle machine, every delayed generator, every stalled project timeline traces back to one question: is fuel arriving on time, in the right quantity, and at the right cost? The real cost of getting the last mile wrong For large-scale operations, construction sites, mining projects, and power plants, fuel is a daily operational requirement. And yet, most companies managing multi-site fuel pro...
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How we helped a construction giant cut fuel procurement costs by 8%

India’s infrastructure sector runs on diesel. Every idle machine, every delayed generator, every stalled project timeline traces back to one question: is fuel arriving on time, in the right quantity, and at the right cost? The real cost of getting the last mile wrong For large-scale operations, construction sites, mining projects, and power plants, fuel is a daily operational requirement. And yet, most companies managing multi-site fuel pro...
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FuelBuddy's DOT unit in action, smart, portable diesel storage tank for on-site fuel management at construction sites.

How FuelBuddy’s Diesel on Tap (DOT) Is Changing On-Site Fuel Management 

Every industry that runs on diesel knows the frustration, stolen fuel, manual logs, and zero visibility into what’s actually sitting in their on-site storage tank. Open barrels get pilfered. Manual logs get fudged. Reconciliation takes days. And there’s never a reliable answer to the simplest question: how much fuel do we actually have right now? FuelBuddy has built a solution specifically for this problem, and it’s called DOT,...
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SustainabilityNext Features Adnan Kidwai

According to Adnan Kidwai, CEO of FuelBuddy, doorstep fuel delivery is no longer about convenience. It is about control, compliance, and operational discipline. Fuel procurement has traditionally been reactive and manual, with limited visibility and post-delivery reconciliation. As compliance requirements tighten and operations scale, that model is no longer sustainable. For industries where uptime is critical, fuel is not just a purchase; it is...
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Adnan Kidwai on Sustainability Karma

As fuel delivery moves from being a convenience to becoming a mission-critical service for industries, the rules of the game are changing. Adnan Kidwai, the founder and CEO of FuelBuddy, offers a realistic viewpoint on what really characterizes the next stage of technology-first fuel delivery in a recent discussion on Sustainability Karma. A straightforward fact is at the core of this evolution: growth cannot scale in the absence of discipline. S...
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Manufacturing Today India Features Adnan Kidwai

According to Adnan Kidwai, CEO of FuelBuddy, fuel procurement in India now involves control, compliance, and operational discipline in addition to supply. Fuel procurement is now moving from the “emergency purchase” category to a more organised method across industries.  Diesel sourced from unverified suppliers during emergencies is not reliable anymore because the businesses now need safety, audit readiness, and cost predictabil...
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Mr. Sunil Maddala in conversation with EPC World on Tech-Led Diesel Delivery.

Sunil Maddala on Scaling Tech-Led Fuel Delivery

Sunil Maddala recently discussed how FuelBuddy is rethinking fuel access for large-scale operations in an interview with EPC World. The discussion presents fuel as an operational dependency that directly affects productivity, compliance, and financial discipline across infrastructure-heavy sectors rather than as a commodity transaction. Sunil draws attention to the hidden inefficiencies that decentralized refueling produces, such as time loss, in...
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Sunil Maddala in an Interview with Businessworld

It wasn’t always simple or secure to deliver fuel to businesses. Many businesses were forced to rely on unorganized suppliers or send employees to gas stations. This frequently resulted in delays, quantity confusion, paperwork issues, and safety hazards. This method of fuel management began to cause more problems than benefits as companies expanded and their locations became more dispersed. Sunil Maddala, in conversation with Business world...
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The Real Cost of Downtime: Quantifying What an Hour Without Fuel Really Means for Your Business

What One Hour Without Fuel Costs Your Business

In heavy-asset industries, every minute your equipment or vehicles stay idle can equate to real, hard cost. When fuel supply stops, the ripple effects go far beyond the fuel tank. In India alone, a recent survey by ABB found that industrial businesses risk losses of around ₹7 million per hour when unplanned downtime strikes.  For enterprises relying on a reliable supply of diesel, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience; it’s a bottom-line ev...
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