Innovation Round-Up: Smarter Storage

With the rise of AI and digitalisation, the fast-pace growth of robotics, and the growing demand for drones on site, Kate Rainford looks at the latest innovative designs entering the industry Storage terminals stand at the forefront of the energy transition and the approaching change sees them adapting to new technologies, and driving advancements in digital technology. For decades, traditional asset management has relied heavily on manual processes, reactive maintenance, and fragmented systems and data, leading to inefficiencies and elevated risks. For tank storage facilities, this often means costly downtime, safety risks that are hard to manage, and resource constraints. Digitalising Workflows & Documentation As a global provider of software and services, Implico Group believes that digitalisation is in fact the future of operations. The company introduced the use of digitalisation to eliminate inefficiencies and resolve fragmentation of terminal operations in the energy and chemical industries. ‘We have greatly enhanced our consulting packages and, above all, our business process automation (BPA) services over the last few years. Our BPA services, powered by...