Overview

High Level Description

OpenTAS optimizes and automizes the logistic and administrative processes within the oil & gas downstream industry (tank farms, refineries), especially in terms of terminal management, transportation, distribution and service station replenishment.

OpenTAS ensures rapid, transparent, secure and above all cost-beneficial processes. The IT landscape is simplified, IT and maintenance costs are reduced and the TAS system is seamlessly integrated into SAP. OpenTAS is also a stand-alone solution and can be purchased independently of other SAP solutions.

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1. Pain Points

Terminal Management: Operating costs are too high; too much manpower & time needed
Terminal Management and/ or Service Station Replenishment: Distribution excellence not achieved
IT landscape is too heterogeneous and should be simplified; communication & interface problems causing maintenance & performance problems
Supply chain is not optimal & revenues are too low
Insufficient security at the entrance & no regulatory compliance

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2. Key Benefits of OpenTAS

Optimization & automation of logistic and administrative business processes in terms of terminal management in order to reduce time, costs & manpower
Providing clear visibility of the distribution processes
Outstanding: integration of all means of transportation; transportation planning
Development of an extremely narrow solution landscape, abolishing island solutions & minimizing interfaces
Integrated supply chain management processes (distribution, terminal and transportation), a multilocation supply chain network, and multinational capabilities
Ensured compliance to legislation and safety regulations; SOX compliance certifi cation possible; risk minimization

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3. Target Audience

Target Audience depends on the size of the company:

Lower and upper midmarket:

Managing Directors

Large companies:

CIO/ Director of Development IT

Logistics Manager

Depot/ Terminal Manager

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4. Target Industries/ Solutions

Oil & Gas Downstream Industry
Tank Farms (all sizes, worldwide)
own
joint-ventures
Tank Storage Provider (all sizes, worldwide)
Refineries (all sizes, worldwide)
Companies that provide Service Station Replenishment (yearly turnover of more than US$ 500 m.)

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5. Transport Logistics, Dispatch Automation & Service Station Replenishment

Automation of business processes
Integration of service stations through POS
Automated transportation planning
Accelerated & optimized planning
Integration of transportation companies through on-board computers in the trucks
Tracking and tracing
Dispatch automation

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6. Automation and Management of Terminals and Refineries

Integration to tank gauging/ SCADA systems

Depot stock management dividable for each tank (own and third party stock)

Loading/ unloading of trucks, rail wagons, pipes and barges

Automatic generation of product receipts and goods issued; Tax handling

Security management (trucks and drivers)

Central and/ or local implementation

Communication platform to connect SAP and existing third party TAS systems

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