Transponder Technologies is an Australian Company exporting excellence to the world and are proud to be associated with the Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA).
About TT
Transponder Technologies has been developing and supplying fuel inventory management solutions to the commercial and retail fuel industry for over 20 years.
TT is a private company, based in Adelaide, South Australia, which was formed following the acquisition of a company that had originally been established in the mid-1980s. Many of the key stakeholders in TT have been influential in the fuel industry for over 20 years.
TT has collective experience in many facets of the fuel industry, including both the retail and commercial market sectors. Through this involvement the company has gained extensive knowledge of the requirements of the industry in terms of product and service expectations.
TT's capability covers mechanical, electrical and electronic design and production as well as software engineering. The engineering group have spent the majority of their careers within the fuel industry and as such have attained specialised skills in developing products to meet the specific requirements of the industry.
Innovation
TT has always applied its market knowledge and engineering expertise to develop a comprehensive new generation of fuel inventory management products and services for commercial and retail refuelling applications. These include unattended customer access and payment solutions for commercial and retail fuel facilities, forecourt control systems, an electronic control system for fuel dispensing equipment and vehicle identification systems.
Sales and support of TT's products is achieved predominantly through national distributors and regional and niche-industry resellers. TT has developed a reputation within the industry for supplying innovative, reliable and cost-effective products and services.
TT Services
TT prides itself in offering total solutions to clients with challenges for new fuel inventory management requirements and or clients that want to step up to the next level of performance for their existing systems.
It provides a comprehensive set of products backed up by services that can monitor individual assets or under a bureau contract can manage a client's entire fleet.
TT's engineering solutions are fully scalable such that organisational size, industry or geographic location for that matter present no obstacle to TT's installation team.
Bureau Services
Transponder Technologies (TT) is able to provide site support bureau services for sites that use TT controllers and have site connectivity via PSTN, NextG or Broadband mediums.
Available Services
· Account (white) Card Management,
· ID Card, Discount Card and Product Restriction Card Management,
· i-Button™ Access Management,
· Provision of transaction data in pre-determined format at agreed intervals for integration with back office systems,
· Selected Industry Fuel Card Management,
· Site Software Support and Updates (for TT systems only),
· Site Diagnostics,
· Periodic Operational and Exception Site Reporting by Card Type – including EFTPOS),
· Inventory Management (from supply of information through to full management including fuel orders),
· Monitoring Services (emergency stop, low tank warning, low tank shutdown etc),
· Support services for TT Products.
Fuel Inventory Management Services
TT fuel inventory management solutions cater for both commercial and retail markets. The solutions provide hardware necessary for refuelling control as well as sophisticated back-office applications for reporting and management of fuel from a centralised location. The TT solution caters for automated integration of all refuelling transactions into one fuel management structure for maximum efficiency. The goal is for an effective and reliable hardware system which is simple to use and meets requirements for security, control and accountability. An over-riding goal is for the system to facilitate a reduction in fuel consumption via improved management.
Engineering Services
A high proportion of TT's staff is employed in engineering roles and its core competency is product development. Furthermore, the engineering group have spent the majority of their careers within the fuel industry and as such have attained specialised skills in developing products to meet the specific requirements of the industry.
TT has applied its market knowledge and engineering expertise to develop a comprehensive new generation of fuel inventory management products and services for commercial and retail refuelling applications. These include unattended customer access and payment solutions for commercial and retail fuel facilities, forecourt control systems, an electronic control system for fuel dispensing equipment and vehicle identification systems.
TT has in house:
· Software development and testing environment expertise including system architecture design,
· Mathematical modelling, algorithm design and large scale data collection, warehousing and analysis expertise
· Intrinsically safe electronic design and manufacture for hazardous environments and 3D CAD capability
· Electronics, embedded software and communications systems design expertise
TT is now able to offer this engineering expertise to design, build and support custom, total fuel inventory management solutions for a broad range of industries
Installation Services
TT, as a manufacturer, provides installation services via its network of fully qualified and trained Distributors and Integrators.
Distributors are licensed to sell, install and provide warranty and maintenance services for TT equipment governed by their Distribution agreement(s) with TT.
All Distributor installation staff are fully trained by either TT or internally using TT prepared specifications. All installations are required to be performed in line with TT Installation Manuals and Instructions to ensure performance and warranty of equipment.
Remote Site Monitoring Service
As a further "value add" product, the Transponder Technologies Monitoring Console (TTMC) is an alarm monitoring system designed to receive a variety of alarm events from TT controllers at remote sites in real time and the forward the alert to designated people via SMS or email.
TTMC has been designed initially to facilitate requirements in regard to AS1940 for Emergency Stop facilities via a combination of audio, visual, automated contact options. TTMC also provides alarming and monitoring capabilities for a host of further events relating to refuelling sites and OPTs.
TT Solutions
TT can provide fuel management solutions in a variety of markets covering the full gamut of retail, commercial, industrial and the resources sector.
This ability to provide solutions to customer needs has required it to build expertise and credibility in these diverse markets. Experience in these markets and appropriate technologies is supported by the inherent reliability of TT hardware, software and systems which continues to bring repeat business and new clients to TT.
TT can focus on custom solutions for clients because its solutions have been designed to interface to industry standards and to expand functionality and capacity as clients grow. TT's flexibility in providing existing products and services and time to market in developing new products will keep it growing at above average industry rates well into the future.
Markets
TT's solutions are applicable in many different markets. From a reliable suite of automated fuel inventory management products for the retail market through to harsh environment systems for the resource sector, TT can address the needs of many different market segments.
TT has solutions operating in a wide variety of market segments including:
· Resources
· Public Transport
· Road Freight Transport
· Rail Transport
· Marinas and Marine Refuelling
· Aircraft Refuelling
· Attended and Unattended Service Stations
· Federal, State and Local Governments
· Defence
With the advent of AdBlue for emission reduction TT has developed tanking and refuelling systems for commercial and retail applications.
In addition to this, TT addresses traffic management applications through its well-proven TransiTag technology. This technology is used to provide priority switching at traffic lights through to switching direction and tram points.
Technology
TT is continually proactive in introducing new technology and providing the infrastructure in place to support it. TT's range of AdBlue products is a prime example, complying with different metrology and dispensing requirements due to the urea composition and operating temperature range to optimise the emission reduction properties of the product.
TT is continually innovating in the areas of harsh environment to deal with automated dispensing and reliable operation required in climatic conditions varying from humid wet Papua New Guinea to very hot, dry central Australia.
TT's aim is to be able to control and account for any liquid that a client needs to dispense. This goal has required TT to develop intrinsically safe control electronics to cope with hazardous zone requirements in the petroleum industry through to the potentially corrosive qualities of urea used in AdBlue.
The need to increase measurement accuracy in the dispensing of what is a finite, increasingly expensive resource such as fossil fuels will take TT into technologies that will merge engine management and inventory management, emission control and fuel efficiency and the security and access management needed to automatically dispense and remotely control issuance.
TT's Environmental Philosophy
Transponder Technologies approach to the environment from which it draws the energy it needs to grow and prosper has always been driven by the philosophic approach, "Less is More."
TT strives to use fewer resources to continually produce better products and services for its clients while reducing the impact on the environment.
Our Philosophy translates into internal strategies to:
· Minimise energy use in our offices and factory: "Switch On To Switching Off" power consuming devices that are not in use. This is the approach TT encourages its employees to adopt.
· Minimise landfill from our offices and factory: TT aims to minimise residual waste material from processes used to manufacture its products and deliver its services.
· Reduce power consumption and increase the recyclability of our products
TT will achieve this goal through "designing in" reduced power consumption and increased recyclability of components that make up its products.
Our Philosophy translates into external strategies for:
· Total Fuel Usage Reconciliation
You can't control what you can't measure. TT's fuel inventory management systems account for the total bulk fuel delivered to a client's tank farms through to the fuel dispensed to individual vehicles. Reconciliation of these totals will help identify any leakages in the system both minimising environmental impact and any costly remedial work.
· Fuel Efficiency Improvement
Total fuel reconciliation allows for the base level of process improvement to be applied to fuel usage. For example, TT's systems allow fuel used by individual drivers and assets to be tracked and compared. This identifies any training and or driver behaviour issues to be corrected and improvements to be made in a timely manner for what research has shown to be, one of the most significant factors affecting an organisations fuel usage. TT is experimenting at present with services that will assist organisations manage their fuel consumption in differing operational scenarios. This will involve significant research and development projects to address methodologies and technologies that can compare the payload delivered by particular assets and the contributing factors that affect the efficiency of delivering that payload.
· Emissions Reduction
TT clients will experience the first level of emissions reduction by implementing TT's fuel inventory management systems. This is due to the fixed relationship between fuel consumption reduction and emissions reduction. Beyond this point, TT will be able to further assist clients through its future R&D ultimately leading them to reduced carbon footprints and more profitable businesses.
TT Products
TT develops and markets a comprehensive range of products and services for both commercial and retail fuel applications. It uses its depth of experience and extensive connections in the petroleum industry to anticipate and stay ahead of market demand through a proactive and comprehensive research and development program.
TT's attended and unattended fuel inventory management systems are designed for harsh environments and have been proven over time to be reliable and cost effective for refuelling facilities in the Retail, Transport, Mining and Defence industries.
Key features of TT's range of products are security, accuracy, reliability and usability. TT's dispensing systems use a range of approved and industrial-rated components as well as a broad range of access media from manual PIN through to the debit and credit cards of the majority of financial institutions. TT also provides automated refuelling using RFID systems compliant with International and National standards for trade metrology and environmental compliance.
TT provides bulk storage and dispensing systems for AdBlue Urea based products designed to reduce emissions and fuel consumption of diesel internal combustion engines while complying with Euro V emissions standards.
TT Contact Details
Mailing Address
PO Box 216, Export Park, Adelaide Airport SA 5095
All Enquiries (08) 8355 9599
Fax (08) 8355 9566
Email sales@ttonline.com.au
