Case Study: Leading Global Chemical Company achieves real-time tank inventory visibility and faster dispatches with Roambee

This Chemical Giant Went Digital with Tank Inventory Tracking

Leading Global Chemical Company, operating in 36 countries with about 23,000 ISO and tonner tanks spread across 210 customer sites, faced poor visibility into tank locations and fill status, manual dispatch and loading processes, frequent inventory mix‑ups, and underutilized vehicles. After RFID proved too infrastructure‑heavy and costly, they engaged Roambee to digitalize and simplify their tank inventory tracking.

Roambee deployed infrastructure‑light solutions (BeeTrac and BeeBeacon BLE), real‑time sensors, automatic data capture, fill‑status alerts and dashboards to generate dispatch lists and optimize backhauls. The implementation eliminated manual scanning, prevented inventory mix‑ups (zero instances in the first three months), reduced person‑hours and detention, avoided the estimated $3,000 per‑site RFID cost, unlocked thousands of dollars in working capital, and delivered measurable transport savings from improved truck utilization (even a ~10% uplift).