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The Challenge
As an enterprise dealing with bulk liquid inventory that operates in today’s dynamic and volatile market environment, you may face a
few of the following obstacles to the productivity and profitability of your business:
• Lack of accurate and timely information related to inventory level and available storage capacity in your tank farm, which hinders
critical day-to-day business and production decisions.
• Difficulty in performing accurate and timely material reconciliations for material receipt or dispatch operations. In many sites,
the loading and unloading operations such as recording of tank levels, product transfer flow-rates, temperatures and pressures
are made manually. This makes it very difficult to reconcile accurately the variances between the tank farm readings against the
weighbridge readings (for trucks) and surveyor readings (for ships).
• Uncertainty in accounting for the scale of real product losses during transportation and in storage. This happens because it is
difficult to distinguish between the actual loss of product and losses due to changes in volume at varying temperatures, and
difficulties in reconciling the quantities accurately during material transfer operations.
• Inefficient manual tank loading and unloading operations leading to long queues and vehicle congestions at the site. This
inefficiency reduces the material handling capacity of the business and incurs demurrage charges. The resulting vehicle congestions
may also become a potential safety hazard at the site.
• Manual tank loading and unloading operations, whereby pumps and valves have to be turned on and off mostly by hand. This
results in a lack of control and a higher risk of error. This in turn may expose the business to risks like tank overflow, product
contamination or giveaway, etc.
• Difficulty in detecting and deterring potential product pilferages and misappropriations due to the lack of control and
accountability in conducting material movement operations and poor accounting of the book stock inventory.
The Solution
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Easily fits to both new and old tank farms
Tank Farm
Inventory Management System
- Plus
Total Solution for Tank Farm Inventory Business Enabling Solution for Tank Farms and
Management Bulking Terminals
POIMS is a comprehensive and leading-edge Tank Farm Inventory POIMS Plus utilises the functionalities of POIMS Tank
Management IT Solution for the Edible Oil, Specialty Chemical, Farm Inventory Management System to provide advanced
Pharmaceutical and Food & Beverage Industries. capabilities in Orders Fulfillment Tracking, Material Movements
Management, Stock Accounting and Enhanced Tank Farm
POIMS can continuously measure and compute the inventory of Management. With POIMS Plus, you can extend the overall
the entire tank farm with high accuracy by interfacing with tank business benefits to gain a higher return on investment.
farm instruments in real time and by utilising industry standard
computation formula. POIMS also supports the most popular POIMS Plus comprises a set of sophisticated business-enabling
system integration mechanisms of today, allowing you to build IT applications that are specially designed for tank farm and
on your existing IT & Automation Solutions now and into the bulking terminals owners. Its modular design and service-
future and therefore lowering your total investment costs. oriented architecture (SOA) enables agile and flexible adaptations
of its software components to meet your unique business needs,
Decision-makers can access tank farm inventory information while enforcing best-practices workflows and ensuring intricate
conveniently and securely through the POIMS Web-Portal to data integration at the same time.
gain timely and accurate information on inventory that allows
them to make informed decisions.
POIMS Plus Application Packages
POIMS Human Machine Interface (HMI) Client provides tank farm • Bulking Terminal Commerce Package
operators with a user-friendly and powerful platform to operate • Stock Management Package
the tank farm efficiently, effectively and safely, by providing • Material Movements Management Package
essential tank farm information, alarms management capability • Enhanced Tank Farm Management Package
and basic SCADA features for controlling the tank farm.
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System
Rollout
DNR offers a wide range of professional services to help roll out the POIMS and POIMS Plus solution to meet your unique business
requirements and project constraints. Our services include:
Application Development
• Control System Applications (experienced with automation platforms from major vendors)
• Customisations of POIMS Plus Software Components
• Bespoke Middleware for System Integrations and Business Automation
Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning, Training & Operational Support and System Maintenance
• Instrumentation & Field Network
• Tank Farm / Terminal Control Automation System
• IT Infrastructure
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The POIMS
Advantage
Timely and Accurate Tank Farm Inventory
Information at Your Finger Tips
Information needs to be accurate and accessible to the right
people at the right time in order to be useful.
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For a multiple site deployment scenario, POIMS is able to You can even have functional SCADA features for the basic
consolidate inventory information coming from each site into automation of the tank farm thanks to the POIMS Control
a unified view and present this securely and conveniently Extension Module. With this, you can perform tank farm
through the POIMS Web-Portal. automation on agitators, tank heating, nitrogen purging and
pump control. With the POIMS Control Extension Module,
you can also manage common equipment like the flow meters,
Integration with Plant and Enterprise high- and low-level switches, on/off valves and control valves.
Applications
With POIMS, you can get a state-of-the-art Tank Farm
The real-time inventory information that is managed by POIMS Management System and basic SCADA for your Tank Farm
can be shared with your existing or future Plant or Enterprise within a single application, bringing you savings in capital
IT Systems through one of the system integration mechanisms investment. You can also reduce recurring investments through
supported by POIMS. Your existing systems may either retrieve simpler system maintenance efforts and shorter training cycles
data directly from POIMS database via ODBC/OLE DB/ADO.NET for your users.
connections or Excel Dynamic Data-Exchange (DDE), or even
through codes via the POIMS Integration API. Alternatively,
POIMS can also export data to the OPC Server or as flat files
to local folders or to a remote FTP Server.
Information Security and Regulatory
Compliance
Your information security policy can be easily enforced thanks
One Stop Solution for Tank Farm Automation to the POIMS flexible User Access Control mechanism, which
enables the administrator to limit the set of tanks that is exposed
POIMS Human Machine Interface (HMI) Client provides tank
to each user.
farm operators with a user-friendly and powerful platform
to operate the tank farm efficiently, effectively and safely, by
Each configuration and operation performed within POIMS
providing essential tank gauging information in real time, tank
will be logged down as an audit trail for traceability and
farm alarms management capability, and advanced historical
accountability.
trending analytics.
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POIMS Solution Architecture
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POIMS HMI (Human Machine Interface) Client
Access real-time inventory information, and manage/control the
tank farm via the user-friendly and intuitive graphical displays of the
POIMS HMI Client.
POIMS Web-Portal
POIMS Web-Portal consists of the POIMS Web Reports Server and
POIMS Web HMI Server.
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The POIMS PLUS Advantage
Empower Your Business
By Integrating Your Managed Tank Farm Inventories and Important Business Processes
POIMS ensures the safe and efficient operation of your tank farms and allows your business to gain unprecedented visibility and accuracy
of your tank farm inventory in real time. POIMS Plus will bring your business processes to higher levels by utilising these capabilities to
provide advanced Orders Fulfillment Tracking, Material Movements Management, Stock Management, Enhanced Tank Farm
Management and even Bulking Terminal Business Administration capabilities.
POIMS Plus comprises a set of sophisticated business-enabling IT applications that are specially designed for tank farms and bulking
terminals owners. Its modular design and service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables agile and flexible adaptations of its software
components to meet your unique business needs, while enforcing best-practices workflows and intricate data integration at the same
time.
POIMS Plus Business Enabling Solutions & System Integration Touch Points
Planning & Execution of Work Orders & Deliveries Automated or Semi-automated Material Batch Loading
Managing Bulking Terminal Storage Agreements* Managing Sales-Orders & Invoices for Terminal Services*
Optimising Tank Farm Storage Utilisation Book Stock Accounting for Tank Farm
Detecting Abnormal/Unexpected Material Movements Implementing Proactive Stock Replenishment Strategies
Managing Vehicles Entries to Site Managing Bulking Terminal Port Services*
Guided Manifold Line-Up System Integration with POIMS Tank Farm Inventories System
Integration with ERP/Business Systems Integration with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Integration with Control System/SCADA Integration with Weighbridge Systems/Devices
Automation of Pump House and MOVs for Batch Loading Integration with Flow-metering Systems for Batch Loading
* for bulking terminals
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Effectively and Efficiently Plan, Execute and Improved Productivity, Accountability and
Keep Track of Orders and Deliveries Information Accuracy and Dissemination
to Completion POIMS Plus Material Movements Management
The order fulfilment and material sourcing processes can Package contains a user-friendly and customisable material
become very complex for organisations dealing with bulk batching system, which can help you automate your
material sales and purchases that usually require multiple Material Batch Movement Operations (MOPs) at your tank
delivery consignments spanning a prolonged period. farm by interfacing with the POIMS Tank Gauging System,
These challenges multiply for organisations whose order external flow-metering system and external control system.
fulfilment, production and procurement strategies extend This aims to increase the throughput of material movements
to multiple sites. Nevertheless, it is essential that no delivery of your site and improve the accuracy of material reconciliations
consignment is overlooked or forgotten in the delivery for delivery consignments. With POIMS Plus, the user will be
planning and shipment process, resulting in delayed, able to set up and monitor the entire MOP from start to finish
erroneous or missing shipments of products or supplies, with a few button clicks. The user can also be aided by helpful
which could easily lead to customer dissatisfaction or costly features like pre-transfer tank calculation forecasts, transfer
production downtime. alerts, assisted manifold line-ups and one-click material
reconciliations for added efficiency and safety in conducting
POIMS Plus Material Movements Management Package batch loading operations.
can help you plan, execute and keep track of your orders
and deliveries effectively and efficiently, ensuring that the For truck delivery consignments, the weigh bridge workflow
right product is delivered via the right mode of transportation is seamlessly integrated with the Material Batch Movement
at the right time. All the Orders are managed centrally and Operations (MOP) at the tank farm. The nett weights at the
will be accessible for planning the required shipments for delivery source can also be matched against the nett weights at
all the sites that are involved, thereby eliminating the the delivery destination to detect any anomaly in the expected
duplication of data entry. After the delivery plan is confirmed, transport losses. Users can also be immediately alerted about
one or more delivery consignments can be pre-scheduled any anomaly in the elapsed journey time from delivery source
in advance and tracked from start to completion. Material to destination.
reconciliation can be performed for each delivery consignment
to account for material variances in transportation and For each delivery consignment, the bill of lading and other
transfers to and from your tank farms. Every completed delivery shipment documents can be accurately generated with a few
consignment will be reflected in the Delivery Plan as well as button clicks, eliminating error-prone manual documentations.
the referenced Order to enable the overall order fulfilment
progress to be easily tracked and managed. If the POIMS Plus Book Stock Management System
is deployed, the Book Stock will automatically be updated
POIMS Plus Stock Replenishment Planning System with the correct figure after the finalisation of material
can help satisfy your material sourcing needs effectively. reconciliations of each MOP for accurate accounting of
This system enables you to define flexible stock replenishment book stock. In POIMS Plus, Stock Accounting is both
rules, for each site and material type and will proactively comprehensive and easy: sophisticated stock management
monitors your tank farm inventory via POIMS to ensure that situations involving commingled storage tanks and in-tank
your stakeholders will be promptly instructed to take the blending operations can be consistently managed with the
appropriate actions whenever stock replenishment needs arise. built-in best-practices workflows, whereas the regular stock-
It also help you track the progress and efficiency of the entire taking process of matching physical inventory (measured by
replenishment process. POIMS) and the recorded book stock is mostly automated and
only requires a few simple steps to complete.
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POIMS PLUS Solution
POIMS+ TERMINAL COMMERCE PACKAGE
EXTERNAL ENTERPRISE
Tank Farm Storage Leasing Management System Terminal Services Invoicing System
SYSTEMS
POIMS+ STOCK POIMS+ ENHANCED TANK FARM
MANAGEMENT PACKAGE MANAGEMENT PACKAGE
OPC Tunneler
POIMS+ MATERIAL MOVEMENT PACKAGE
Work Order Management System Vehicle Registration System
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POIMS Plus Material Movements Management Package
• User-friendly GUIs enable users to set up and monitor the entire MOP from start to finish with a few button clicks and includes
powerful features like pre-transfer tank calculation forecasts, transfer alerts, assisted manifold line-ups and one-click material
reconciliations at the end of each MOP.
• Links up with Material Movement Planning System and Book Stock Management System to update the concerned delivery/
transfer plan and book stock figures with the completion of each MOP, respectively.
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POIMS Plus Stock Management Package
• Integrates with POIMS to proactively monitor Product Inventory Level to detect replenishment needs.
• Sends out Replenishment Alerts which contain replenishment guideline (e.g. site, product, required quantity, replenishment
deadline).
• Enables convenient tracking of replenishment progress and KPI (e.g. replenishment status, delivered quantity and
outstanding balance, time-remaining).
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Projects
Name of Project: Pan-Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd (IOI Group)
Location: Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Scope of Work: Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of the Tank Farm Inventory Management System
on turnkey basis for 76 tanks with Radar & Temperature Transmitters, Profibus PA Network, 7 Field
Network Interface Panels, Redundant PLC, Redundant POIMS Server, Database Server, 5 POIMS Clients
& Web Server (10 concurrent clients). The system also interfaces with 63 existing tanks and provides
inventory data for the entire tank farm of 139 tanks to customers’ ERP system.
Name of Project: Golden Jomalina Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Sime Darby Group)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Scope of Work: Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of the Tank Farm Inventory Management System
on a turnkey basis including Radar, Temperature Transmitters & Tank Side Display Units,
Profibus PA Network, Field Network Interface Panels, PLC, POIMS & Database Server, POIMS Clients &
Web Server (10 concurrent clients). The inventory data is seamlessly integrated with the customer’s
SAP system.
Name of Project: IOI Loders Croklaan Oils Sdn Bhd (IOI Group)
Location: Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Scope of Work: Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of the Tank Farm Inventory Management and
Control System of 176 tanks. Besides our “POIMS”, software solutions for inventory management with
tank side display and Profibus DP network, the system also manages the tank farm-related controls for
temperature control valves, nitrogen pulsing system and agitators. The inventory data for the entire tank
farm is integrated with the client’s SAP system.
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