Optimise your inventory levels, increase storage utilisation, and ensure raw material availability.

The Chemical industry is characterised by highly complex processes. Plant managers must ensure consistent availability of raw materials, often stored in various types of tanks, and delivery of the right quantities at the right time. Stock level transparency is vital, which relies on timely consolidation of accurate measurements from multiple sources, a key challenge for many companies. Endress+Hauser monitoring systems deliver 24/7 inventory data and visualisation from any location.

Solutions from field sensors to boardroom visualisation

Our state-of-the-art, turnkey inventory monitoring solutions include all required measurement sensors, gateways, visualisation software, and ERP integration services, to provide the up-to-date, reliable, accurate, and online data essential to optimal inventory management. Anytime, anywhere, visualise and monitor your data for individual tanks or for combined worldwide operations. Save costs, maximise tank utilisation, and benefit from just in time resource availability with Endress+Hauser.

How can we help

Our global network of chemical industry experts will partner with you to deploy the optimal inventory management solutions to facilitate accurate, safe, and up-to-date information exchange between all your stakeholders, and allow inventory monitoring, planning and optimisation across your company.

• From equipment upgrades to new installation projects, ensure optimal delivery and risk management with our services covering project management, detailed engineering, fabrication, testing, documentation, certification, commissioning and start up.
• Leverage our turnkey inventory management solutions, and range of integrated analogue, digital and IIoT connection interfaces for a rapid project implementation.
• Increase your productivity, optimise logistics and enhance collaboration between stakeholders with 24/7 inventory visibility.
• Unlock substantial savings in capital and operational expenditure with optimised inventory management.
• Sustain effective, efficient operations with our training and maintenance services.

What we offer

Endress+Hauser is your one-stop-shop for state-of-the-art monitoring solutions to enhance your inventory management from end to end. Access, combine and visualise your data anywhere, 24/7. Unlock cost and performance gains with optimised inventory levels, increased storage utilisation, and consistent raw material availability.

Hardware & Software

• Field instrumentation (including IIoT sensors) for level and other parameters
• Field gateways and connection cabinets
• Cloud hosting and data integration via API, OPC or electronic reporting
• SupplyCare Software (hosted or on premises)
• Consolidation and visualisation (from local to global view)
• ERP integration via middleware
• Historic data/forecasting/stock analysis
• Alarm and event handling (e.g., unauthorised movements, maintain ability to deliver)
• Delivery planning and scheduling, dashboarding and reporting, and
• Specific license based on assets only, allowing access to all stakeholders.

Services

• Application consultancy and deliverables definition
• Detailed design
• Instrumentation and software engineering
• Procurement, certification, and testing
• Inspection and Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
• Installation, commissioning, and Site Acceptance Test (SAT)
• Start-up and put into operation
• Training and documentation, maintenance services
• Local or remote diagnostics and troubleshooting, and
• Others, based on project requirements.

Success Story: Optimised logistics concept for tank systems

This success story briefly explains the implementation of an efficient logistics concept at Brenntag Schweizerhall AG's Basel site.

Chemicals distributor Brenntag Schweizerhall AG provided clear proof of their competence in the area of customer proximity through partnership: The company set up in Infrapark Baselland so that they could supply chemical raw materials directly to the businesses there.

Control cabinet with integrated operating panel

Benefits

• Chemical raw materials in the required quantity and concentration "just in time".
• Faster and more reliable data exchange thanks to the integration of 9 production buildings in the automation network.
• Complete delivery and commissioning of the entire automation technology from a single source.

"Efficient automation technology is a must in order to deliver chemical raw materials just in time," says Wolfram Heymann, CEO, Brenntag Schweizerhall AG.

The customer's requirements

Construction of such plants is no ordinary challenge as working with sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and caustic soda requires more stringent safety precautions. Therefore a risk analysis was first commissioned which would serve as the basis for the project. The project also included full automation of all processes. Brenntag Schweizerhall AG chose Endress+Hauser (Schweiz) AG as the supplier for the measurement instrumentation and automation technology.

The Endress+Hauser solution

All aspects of the automation concept had to be implemented. The task was to manage the processes reliably based on the risk analysis carried out and to design the plant in such a way that operation is easy. The plant is operated via 8 local stations as well as from Brenntag Schweizerhall AG's headquarters in Basel.

Scope of delivery

• Basic and detailed engineering
• Measuring technology
• Process visualisation
• Commissioning
• Documentation, and
• Training of operating staff.

Article source: Endress+Hauser

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