| dc.description.abstract | Ceylon petroleum Storage Terminals Limited
(CPSTL) is the entity responsible for handling 90% of the
storage and distribution of the country's fuel requirement.
This encompasses providing ERP, Laboratory and tanker
operations services for the entire industry. The bulk
products are received as either imported finished products
from oil tankers or refined products from the CPC
Sapugaskanda refinery. The product ordering process
has been carried manually at the 'Stock review meeting',
which is a forum constituting of petroleum industry
stakeholders, representatives from Ceylon Electricity
Board and Department of Meteorology. Various factors
are considered for the bulk product ordering process.
The bulk product ordering related decisions are reached
based upon the manual forecast and analysis. In order
to streamline the decision making process and provide
with real-time information, the process automation
is implemented. SAP ERP system is being utilized to
automate the various factors that are being considered
for the above mentioned decision making process. The
system will provide real-time information regarding the
stock levels, sales, storage tank ullage etc. Several manual
processes utilized earlier are being automated to facilitate
the speed and availability via the ERP system, such as the
tanker programme, Refinery production plan. The system
gathers all factors related to bulk product replenishment
and forecasts the future consumption and bulk product
availability levels on both historical and real-time
information. The decision taken at the forum can be
implemented via the system by generating the tanker
programme for the future months and initiating purchase
orders. The operations performed after tanker arrival
such as offshore operations, laboratory reports, tanker
outturns are being automated via the SAP ERP system. | en_US |
