Illustrative scenario
Tank level and inventory reconciliation
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications
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Measured tank level reconciled against what the paperwork said was in there.
A bulk chemical storage operation
How it went.
Every study on this site runs the same four beats, in the same order.
01
Alert
Inventory on paper and inventory in the tank drift apart. The gap is only discovered at count, and by then nobody can explain it.
02
Cost
Continuous reconciliation. Measured volume compared against booked inventory, every day.
03
Fix
Level sensors on the storage tanks · Volume conversion by tank geometry · Daily measured-vs-booked comparison in the dashboard
04
Restored
A variance visible the day it appears
In full.
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications.
The problem
Inventory on paper and inventory in the tank drift apart. The gap is only discovered at count, and by then nobody can explain it.
What would be installed
- Level sensors on the storage tanks
- Volume conversion by tank geometry
- Daily measured-vs-booked comparison in the dashboard
What changes
Before: A variance discovered at count After: A variance visible the day it appears
The number
Continuous reconciliation. Measured volume compared against booked inventory, every day. Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
In one line
Paperwork records what should be in the tank. A level reading records what is. The interesting number is the difference, on the day it appears.
What the data looked like.
Hover or arrow-key across the trace to read any interval. The flagged point is the one that started the conversation.
| Interval | Booked (m³) | Measured (m³) |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | 240 | 240 |
| D2 | 234 | 234 |
| D3 | 228 | 227 |
| D4 | 224 | 221 |
| D5 | 219 | 214 |
| D6 | 212 | 208 |
| D7 | 207 | 202 |
| D8 | 201 | 196 |
| D9 | 195 | 189 |
| D10 | 191 | 184 |
| D11 | 185 | 177 |
| D12 | 179 | 171 |
| D13 | 175 | 164 |
| D14 | 169 | 159 |
| D15 | 163 | 152 |
| D16 | 158 | 145 |
| D17 | 153 | 139 |
| D18 | 146 | 132 |
| D19 | 142 | 126 |
| D20 | 136 | 121 |
| D21 | 131 | 115 |
| D22 | 124 | 108 |
| D23 | 119 | 101 |
| D24 | 113 | 95 |
| D25 | 109 | 89 |
| D26 | 102 | 83 |
| D27 | 98 | 76 |
| D28 | 91 | 69 |
| D29 | 85 | 64 |
| D30 | 81 | 57 |
| Before | A variance discovered at count |
|---|---|
| After | A variance visible the day it appears |
What changed.
Before
A variance discovered at count
After
A variance visible the day it appears
Continuous
reconciliation
Measured volume compared against booked inventory, every day.
Source: Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
Where to go next.
The sector, the sibling studies, and the calculator that runs this same arithmetic on your own numbers.
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An ingredient handling operation
Non-contact radar provides continuous level readings and a configurable low-level alert before inventory reaches the reorder deadline.
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