First 2016 article to understand metered gas management with GBS
What is metered gas in LPG sector?
LPG sector in last years has been transformed to fit with new cities organization, and it is now common to have a unique tank delivering LPG to several properties. A building in cities, for example, is delivered in LPG with a unique tank for different consumers.
Metered gas is also a solution to group individual houses customers around a unique LPG tank. The advantage for the LPG distributor will be an optimized delivery map, and for their end-customers better product tariffs.
For metered gas consumption, each property, house or flat, is fitted with a meter which controls individual consumption per property. It provides consumers information about their own gas consumption. It is also for LPG distributors to record each level, to produce accurate invoices and forecast next tank delivery based in theses consumptions.
How to deal with metered LPG supply in GBS?
The first problem for LPG distributors is accurate delivery forecast.
How to know consumption in real-time in order to be sure none client is running out of gas? And after the delivery, how to send invoices to each client with his own consumption?
GBS is the ERP software which helps distributors to gather all the information into unique software and manage their deliveries and clients’ relationship.
GBS allows managing metered customers and metered sites. Distributors gather all data in GBS and have a precise idea of meter consumption, and when to deliver LPG into tank.
With property data consumption in GBS, the distributor can invoice each property with the right consumption, and be closer to its clients. This is also delivering value in customer relationship.
With meter gas option through GBS, the consumption in real-time can be read at distributors’ office, they do not need to measure up the consumption at the tank place, and clients can also, when needed, update their consumption through CSC Web, clients online module.
How to deal with a new metered customer in GBS and how to manage deliveries and invoicing?
Our software has all functionalities in order to manage metered gas clients at the best.
In GBS you first create a new client. Among new client information – such as the address, type of contract, credit policy, tax and so on – you have dedicated meter information to input.
In the metered customer tab you select the linked tank to him, the delivery site information, the metered contract as well as metered invoicing data.
With gauge level you have consumer consumption data in real-time. This helps you to manage your LPG stocks and to forecast next delivery.
Delivery module in GBS aims to manage deliveries to metered customers the same way it does for standard bulk customers. You have the product level contained in the tank thanks to consumer consumption information, as well as the critical path before running-out of LPG.
Delivery for metered customer is better for distributors of LPG as they only have one tank to refill for several customers, and not one tank per client located at different delivery sites.
When time has come for invoicing, Head-office staff receives consumption thanks to the meter reading. Then staff simply sends the produced invoice from GBS.
Managing your metered customers in GBS is as easy as your other customers, and it lasts since 2001!