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Tank Monitoring Takes the Headache out of Fuel Management

Posted by Kelly Burke on Oct 30, 2023 7:45:00 AM

tank monitoring 3Tank monitors are one of the best ways to simplify all the parts of your operation that rely on fuel, DEF, or bulk lubricants. With monitors, you eliminate runouts and streamline the ordering process. You can also maximize deliveries, which allows fewer interruptions to your business.

In addition to using monitors at our customers’ sites, we use them ourselves at our facilities to monitor our levels in bulk tanks, which allows us to maximize orders from our suppliers and minimize shop interruptions – just like it does for our customers.

We monitor a typical customer tank twice a day, so morning and night dispatchers review levels as they update, which ensures we have accurate information on volume and the trajectory of use so we can determine when to bring what products. Some tanks have very variable use (like say at a marina where demand fluctuates wildly) and this lets us make sure we get there ahead of any critical low volumes, and it also lets the manager on site focus on his customers instead of monitoring his fuel levels all day. Monitors also let us take a quick look at volumes in the field ahead of storms, anticipated outages, or other factors so we are able to top off where necessary and preempt a lot of headaches for everyone involved down the line.

The monitors are visible online on a secure, password protected site to both ourselves and the customer, from virtually anywhere. So just like we can get ahead of anticipated problems, customers on site can get ahead of upcoming vacations, outages, or just get some visibility into usage patterns that can better help them manage their operations over time.

tank monitoring screen

It’s not just for fuel either – DEF and lubricants are also able to be fitted with monitors. Monitors can eliminate the need to stick tanks, track daily volumes, call for orders, or be physically on site to determine an upcoming fuel or lubricant need. One less worry.

We wrote an article for Oil & Energy magazine this past month that goes a little more into the details of tank monitoring – how the reporting works, what tanks make sense for monitoring, etc. You can read that article in its entirety here: Real-Time Tank Data Drives Better Fuel Management

 

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Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, remote tank monitoring, fuel management

Better Data Drives Better Results on Fuel Inventory Management

Posted by Ed Burke on Sep 23, 2015 12:03:45 PM

 

Technician installing a tank meter 

There have been so many technology advances in the past 10-15 years that have helped streamline industry operations immeasurably. From cloud based CRMs, to updated financial systems, to e-logs, to TABs interfaces, so much of the background work that used to take hours of manpower and resources now runs automatically, or at least semi-automatically. 

Perhaps the best win-win tech advancement however, in terms of streamlining and simplifying an issue for both the company and the customer, is the ability to use cell technology for remote tank monitoring. For dispatch, theres no more guesswork but automated alerts, continuous level monitoring, and the ability to easily report on and plan for customer usage patterns. For the customer, there's no more sticking the tank, no more calling in orders, and no more running out of fuel.

What's better than that?

There are a lot of different systems for tank monitoring, and lots of questions about it. So, this month I wrote an article for the September issue of Oil & Energy Magazine on how we use specific remote tank monitoring setups to streamline our customers fuel inventory management as well as our dispatch operations.  

You can read the full article here: "Better Tank Data Drives Better Fuel Management" 

 Any questions, feel free to give us a shout. 

 

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Topics: remote tank monitoring, fuel management

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