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Sensile Optimising Totalgaz’s Lpg Gas Delivery

On June 22-24, Sensile Technologies will exhibit at the 2011 AEGPL Congress on booth number 47 in the IC Bratianu Hall.

Totalgaz (Switzerland) has recently begun installing Sensile’s SENTS telemetry system to remotely monitor its lpg vessels.

Xavier Sinnhuber, technical and industry sales manager at Totalgaz (Switzerland), said: “Our aim is to offer the best, most innovative products to our clients. We had been following the development of telemetry solutions for the lp gas industry for a couple of years, and once it became apparent that the technology was highly efficient and cost effective, we decided to install it on our tanks.

“Our research into the development of telemetry solutions had already helped give us a good idea of what was available on the market. Sensile Technologies not only offered sophisticated, reliable and easy to install hardware, but also a user friendly and resourceful web portal. Moreover, the company has more than ten years’ experience in the field and its offices and production are Swiss-based, which is also important for our clients.”

Totalgaz will initially install the SENTS telemetry system on customers’ vessels located in remote areas and with irregular lpg gas consumption, such as those located in mountainous regions.

Xavier said: “Even with sophisticated statistical tools, like historical consumption data, we couldn’t know exactly when to deliver to such clients, as their consumption is not linear. Our other priority customers are those with high lpg consumption where there’s a high risk of tanks running dry, and commercial clients, including chicken breeders and farmers.”

Totalgaz’s objective is to optimise deliveries and reduce logistics costs. The company intends to reduce the number of its deliveries by 20 per cent in the first year.

Xavier said: “Our business model is based on push delivery, meaning we deliver lp gas automatically without any order from the customer. Prior to installation of the SENTS solution, the only source of information we had for when to deliver was statistical data, which has its limits.

“With telemetry, we can now follow up and monitor our tanks without being dependent on human capital and statistical data – with a few clicks on the internet we can quickly access, download and analyse information. Furthermore, all our clients have access to the data for their lpg tanks, allowing them to visualise their consumption and so increase their awareness of energy consumption and potential savings.”

Totalgaz intends to import level data from all its monitored vessels directly into its ERP system to automatically generate delivery schedules.

“This will allow us to further improve our logistics and reduce transport related carbon emissions,” said Xavier.

Contact Sensile Technologies on + 41 21 805 0310 www.sensile.com

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