gas cylinders tracking concept

Gas cylinders tracking concept proposition_

Telefónica m2m10.2015

DISCOVER, DISRUPT, DELIVER

Index

1. Case of use identification

2. Solution description

3. Benefits and Savings

DISCOVER, DISRUPT, DELIVER4

the customer owns and operates a huge number of small assets with a complex direct and reverse logistic process

the customer

factory

Logistic chain Customer premises

• Gas cylinders refilled at the customer production facility

• Tracking made with traditional RFID plus paper-based solutions

• Gas cylinders are loaded in tricks which delivers the items to multiple locations

• Al can’t track accurately the transport conditions of the items along the logistic chain

• the customer loses single-item-basis visibility in the logistic chain

• Prof of delivery made by traditional paper-based solution

• the customer can’t get info about the filling level of the cylinder. VMI cant be implemented

• Not possible to monitor gas cylinders storage conditions

Reverse logistic chain

• Cylinders may arrive damaged and even in a condition which makes impossible to reuse it

• the flow of incoming cylinders can be inconstant and so the production of gas is

• Reverse logistic chance is less optimized due to the fact that anticipation and planning is only possible based on historic data

• The level of occupation of each vehicle is lower than the one observed in the

• Customer MUST ask for a refill

• Al can’t react in advance so no VMI and logistic optimisation is possible

• the customer need to ensure the cylinder is where it is supposed to be


Telefonica offers to the customer a comprehensive end-to-end solution comprising HW, communication and a VAS

Cylinder tracking

Smart Business Control

M2M Connectivity

Hardware

• Telefonica SBC platform is the service layer offering a set of value information tailored to support the customer daily operations

• This is a cloud-based platform which gather, store and depict the information coming from the cylinders

• The information will be depicted in a optimized way to know at a glance the most relevant parameters associated to the cylinders

• The SBC can also manage business rules and set alarms to the associated events

• M2M low power wide area communications based on SIGFOX technology to enable low power consumption and cost-effective data transmissions.

• M2M-communication enabled module capable of measuring key parameters of the cylinder


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TemperatureThe device can measure the temperature of the cylinder in order to determine if the asset is withstanding levels of temperature above the limits

Telefonica proposes to install a low consume m2m device to monitor key parameters from each cylinder

Pressure /filling levelThe device can measure the pressure of the cylinder and so the filling level.TiltIt is possible to determine the angle of tilt of the cylinder so that an alarm is raised once the limit is reached or overcome.

GPS positioning and movementIt is also possible to know the GPS position once a relevant event happens (ex. begin moving, impact level…)

ImpactsThe device can also measure the number and level of impacts suffered by the cylinder and raise an alarm in case it exceeds the permitted lhreshold


To meet the use case limitations the cylinders will be outfitted with alternative m2m communications

Sigfox base stations

Sigfox backend Smart Business Control Platform

CylindersThe cylinders will be equipped with a m2m low power consumption device to measure the most relevant parameters related with the operations of these assets

Sigfox M2M networkThe devices will be Sigfox-enable so they will send the data through the Sigfox network.The device will be designed with a optimized power consumption algorithm to transmit data periodically and based on relevant events.Position will be updated periodically and once the device is on the move in order to save battery

Telefonica Smart business controlData coming from the devices will be collected and store by Sigfox backend.Telefonica will retrieve that data and display it in its SMC platform to offer the range of services proposed as part of this solution


The SBC shows a complete set of dashboards to display the information and business rules to support operations

SBC capabilities• Customized dashboards showing the KPI of the cylinders• Information about the status and conditions of every single

cylinder regarding pressure, temperature, tilt and impacts.• Boundary alerts if the cylinder gets out of the allowed

perimeter• Completely customizable business rules and alerts • Integration with the customer SAP, ERP and CRM systems


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Potential Benefits and Savings of the project for the customer

Predicting high-value gases demand will help the customer:• Reduce the delivery time when the customer places a new order.• Reduce time between orders.

• Increase the number of orders/client/year and therefore increases the demand and the incomes.

• Optimize the production of high-value gases as some of them have production times of months.• Demand aggregation• More predictability• Scale economy

• Increase in the customer satisfaction• Optimization of the time dedicated to customer inventory and ordering

vs. customer care, new business generation.• Lost cylinders recovery thanks to the GPS location• Faster identification of defective cylinders for replacement• Possibility to charge the customer charges for misuse.

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Rafael Cabrera RodríguezGlobal M2M Business Development ManagerTelefónica Sales Specialist

[email protected]@yahoo.com

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