Two companies work together to provide web-based remote inventory management solutions for the US chemical industry
February 24, 2004, Greenwood, Indiana - Univar USA is the largest chemical distributor in the United States, providing more chemicals and related chemical distribution services than any other company in the marketplace. Univar offers a telemetry service, Remote SentryTM* Tank Telemetry, and has entered in an agreement with Endress+Hauser, who will become the supplier for telemetry, instrumentation and support services for Remote Sentry. Endress+Hauser is a worldwide supplier of measurement, control and automation solutions for production and logisitics in the process industries.Remote Sentry offers customers an economical telemetry service to measure the bulk volume in a tank and transmit that information to facilitate automated replenishment.
According to Dan Ripp, Telemetry Manager for Univar, "The partnership between Univar and Endress+Hauser allows us to expand and enhance Remote Sentry. Endress+Hauser has fifty years of practical knowledge in level sensors and has been at the leading edge of instrumentation and inventory management solutions for the process industries. Univar strives to be the preferred quality partner for the distribution of chemicals and services in North America. The expertise of both these companies will provide clear benefit to our present and future customers."
Remote Sentry installation provides many benefits to customers, among them, it: eliminates manual measurement cost, automates order entry process and reduces paperwork, improves inventory accuracy and eliminates emergency deliveries, reduces inventory levels and increased inventory turns, optimizes the number and timing of deliveries, and guarantees accurate material and information flow all along the logistical supply chain.Endress+Hauser's telemetry system utilizes multiple solutions dependent on the Univar application. This includes specific level products, equipment and service from partners, and the Fieldgate, an innovative web server for remote monitoring and remote configuration.
All of this adds additional value to the Remote Sentry program while ensuring the user secures their long term return on investment. According to Todd Lucey, Directory of Sales for Endress+Hauser, "The state-of-the-art technology of the telemetry equipment and services used, combined with the application know-how and support of Endress+Hauser, will provide each Remote Sentry customer wtih a complete system they can rely on now and in the future." *Remote SentryTM is a registered trademark of Univar USA.
