In the gas & power market, cylinders are one of the most valuable assets, therefore not having an accurate view of these mobile assets, not being able to provide precise information to the customers, are real problems with which the companies have to cope on a day-to-day basis.

The companies operating in this highly competitive market have to acquire as much knowledge as possible to be able to achieve the following goals:

• Cost reduction, which is achieved by reducing the number of cylinders lost and having all cylinders identified in a unitary way.
• Increased safety by having the cylinders located at each moment, a strict control over filling activities, preventive maintenance, re-qualification, batch recall, etc...
• Quality improvement, by having a planning and historical records for maintenance operations, having a computerised system for life certification, billing and inventorying.
• Easy gas management due to a cost allocation per department, automatic stock level control, identification of inefficiencies, real time cylinder inventories, etc...

These four issues present a great opportunity for improving your return on investment (ROI). Therefore an exact follow up of the cylinders lifecycle and supply chain management tool are indispensable.

The key benefits this solution offers are:

• Improve cylinder rotation rate and tracking.
• Have an accurate tare weight management.
• Reduce filling costs.
• Improve the security and production practices.
• Track all operations realised with the cylinders for a total quality management.
• Reduce maintenance costs.
• Create a centralised data base to track individually each cylinder.
• Improve customer relations.