Cylinder Tracking
Steel-ring identity plus scan-as-you-go capture. Every fill, dispatch, delivery and return logged against the cylinder, the gas type and the customer.
The CATalytics Platform
One platform to track, recover and bill every cylinder you own.
CATalytics is a complete cylinder tracking software and ERP for industrial gas businesses. A stainless-steel QR ring fitted on the neck makes every cylinder trackable; scan-as-you-go capture builds its movement trail; and the operations layer turns that trail into recoveries, demurrage bills, demand forecasts, delivery routes, test schedules and reports, all in step with your Tally.
Thousands of identical-looking cylinders over 10+ years.
"Sudden cylinder shortages simply don't happen anymore."
"We know which customer or site holds stock at any given time, and it helps us prevent cylinder loss."
What is CATalytics?
CATalytics is a cylinder tracking software for industrial gas distributors. It gives a gas business one system for the questions that decide its margins:
Where is every cylinder?
Who's holding ours, and since when?
What's overdue, whether for return, for billing or for testing?
What will customers need next week, and which route should the truck take?
It manages cylinder tracking, asset visibility, customer holdings, overdue cylinders, rental and demurrage, demand forecasting, route planning, day-to-day operations and reporting, with Tally integration keeping the commercial side in sync. Physical tracking and business workflow in one place: that's what makes it a cylinder tracking ERP rather than another scanning app.
Key Features
Digital Inventory
Cylinder inventory management software with a live count you can trust, by plant, gas type, status and location. Full and empty stock, cylinders in transit, and the IPT records that make it work as inter-plant cylinder transfer software for multi-station networks.
Rental & Demurrage
Holding days counted per customer from the delivery date. Overdue cylinders flagged, demurrage backed by dates, rental leakage closed.
AI Demand Forecasting
Customer-wise and product-wise forecasts for the week ahead, with recommended buffer stock.
Route Optimization
Delivery and empty-pickup routes generated from GPS-captured customer locations, compared by distance and time.
Operations & Compliance
Test and inspection due dates tracked per cylinder, with a gas cylinder maintenance alert system that flags them before they slip. Built for the periodic testing discipline of PESO's Gas Cylinders Rules, so your fleet stays PESO-compliant without register-keeping.
Analytics & Reporting
Cylinder Turnaround Ratio, holding patterns, ageing, filling-station efficiency, and sales, rental and transaction reports pulled in a few taps.
Tally Integration
Tally integrated cylinder tracking software: operational and billing data synced, no double entry, books and ground stock in step.
Inside the Platform: Four Capabilities in Depth
Cylinder Lifecycle Tracking
CATalytics builds a complete, cylinder-wise record of every movement, custody change and health-related activity. CATalytics closes the loop on every empty that comes back. It shows exactly which customers are sitting on stock and for how long.
- Complete history from filling, dispatch, customer holding and return through inspection and reuse.
- Cylinder location and custody tracking at all times: latest status, plant, vehicle or customer custody for full traceability.
- Cylinder delivery and return tracking with dates attached, so nothing leaves or comes home unrecorded.
Cylinder Turnaround Ratio Analytics
Cylinder Turnaround Ratio analytics measures how efficiently cylinders return and re-enter circulation, because a cylinder only earns when it turns.
- The cylinder turnaround dashboard supports MTD, YTD and Zero CTR views.
- Empty cylinder return ratio analysis identifies weak return patterns and follow-up priorities.
- The customer cylinder holding report shows customer-wise holding performance.
- Cylinder ageing report software highlights assets held beyond expected periods.
AI Demand Forecasting
CATalytics helps forecast customer-wise and product-wise demand. Plants can plan filling, stock allocation and delivery readiness before final customer orders arrive.
- Weekly, customer-wise and product-wise forecasts to support production and dispatch planning.
- Recommends buffer stock for emergency, unexpected or last-minute demand.
- Better industrial gas demand and supply planning overall: fewer shortages, less excess filling, fewer last-minute decisions.
Route Optimization
CATalytics plans cylinder deliveries and empty-cylinder pickups together: using GPS-captured customer locations, it generates three optimized options (Route A, Route B and Route C) with estimated distance and travel time for each.
- The in-charge compares route options by distance and time before assigning deliveries.
- Delivery and pickup sequences are optimized together, combining cylinder delivery route planning software and empty cylinder pickup route optimization in one plan.
- Mobile-based planning end to end: manual stop adjustments, route release and driver tracking.
- Less avoidable travel, better driver productivity and vehicle utilization, faster deliveries.
CATalytics provides a seamless experience across web and mobile
The same system, on web and mobile. One record of truth, viewed differently by each team:
- Managers open dashboards and reports: turn-around, holdings, overdue value, forecasts, plant efficiency.
- Operations teams run tracking, inventory and route planning: stock position, transfers, test-due lists, route release.
- Field teams work from the cylinder delivery Driver App and the QR cylinder scanning mobile app: scan at fill, dispatch, delivery, pickup and return, as it happens, with driver tracking on active routes.
Dashboards and reports your reviews can run on.
CATalytics dashboards convert live operational transactions into management information covering assets, customers, delivered and returned cylinders, current status, maintenance, orders, customer holding, ageing, usage and turnaround.
Current dashboard views
- Operational Dashboard
- Summary Dashboard
- Weekly Usage Statistics
- Asset Status and Maintenance Views
- Customer Return, Holding and Ageing Views
- Cylinder Turnaround Ratio and Performance Views
Current report categories
- Asset Reports
- Customer Reports
- Challan Reports
- Invoice Ageing
- Filling Station Reports
- Maintenance Reports
- Inter-Plant Transfer (IPT) Reports
- CTR Reports
- Customer Holding Reports
- Delivery Information Reports
- Supplier Reports
- Cylinder status & location
- Any cylinder, found in seconds, with its last scan.
- Customer holdings
- Who holds what, since when, gas-wise.
- Overdue assets
- Cylinders past the holding limit, flagged by customer and cylinder.
- Inventory
- Live full/empty stock across plants.
- Reports & analytics
- CTR, ageing, rentals, transactions, filling-station efficiency.
Customization and audit readiness: Dashboards and reports can be configured to your operational structure, management KPIs, review format and audit-evidence needs. Customer-specific views can be built from the available asset, customer, transaction, delivery, return, maintenance, holding, ageing and CTR data, so teams retrieve consistent, traceable records for management reviews and internal, customer, quality or operational audits. Customization supports evidence preparation; it does not replace your own compliance responsibilities.
What the scans add up to.
CATalytics converts cylinder scans and operational transactions into information that helps you control assets, improve turnaround and decide faster.
Improve asset utilization
Identify idle, long-held and under-rotating cylinders so existing assets return to productive circulation.
Strengthen return performance
Use CTR, holding and ageing information to prioritize customer follow-up and empty-cylinder recovery.
Increase operational traceability
Maintain one consistent record of cylinder identity, status, location, custody and movement history.
Plan stock and dispatch effectively
Use AI-supported demand and expected-return information to prepare filling and supply ahead of orders.
Improve delivery efficiency
Coordinate delivery and empty pickup through route planning and driver-ready customer stops.
Decide faster
Use dashboards and customized reports instead of manually consolidating registers and spreadsheets.
Stay audit-ready
Retrieve traceable operational, maintenance, delivery, return, holding and turnaround records whenever evidence is required, from a customer audit to a PESO compliance check.
Scale across the business
Role-based workflows, multi-gas views, multiple plants and approved Tally/ERP integrations grow as operations expand.
Built for industrial gas businesses.
CATalytics is designed to track thousands of identical-looking cylinders for oxygen, nitrogen, CO₂, argon and medical gases, across plants, depots, refilling operations and distribution networks.
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- CO₂
- Argon
- Medical Gases
- Plants
- Depots
- Distributors
Where CATalytics fits.
A register tells you what someone wrote down. Tally tells you what you billed. CATalytics tells you where every cylinder actually is, and helps you get it back.
| Outcome | CATalytics | Register / Excel | Tally alone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Know where each cylinder is right now | By steel-ring identity | ||
| See who's holding a cylinder, and for how long | Partly, by hand | ||
| Bill demurrage with dates you can defend | |||
| Track turn-around per cylinder | |||
| Catch cylinders due for testing | |||
| Forecast next week's demand | AI-supported | ||
| Plan delivery and pickup routes | GPS-based | ||
| One view across every plant and gas | Per company only | ||
| An identity that survives plant handling | Steel neck ring | ||
| Keep your books and GST | Feeds your Tally |
Excel records what happened. Tally records what was billed. Only cylinder-level tracking recovers what's still out there.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need special hardware or barcode scanners?
No. Your team scans the steel rings with an ordinary smartphone. Dedicated scanners are supported but optional.
How long does implementation take?
Steel-ring onboarding is included, and most plants go live in days rather than months. Your team needs to learn one habit: scan at every move.
Can CATalytics reports be customized for audits?
Yes. Available operational data can be organized into customer-specific dashboards and reports to support management reviews and audit-evidence preparation.
Can the platform manage multiple plants and gases?
Yes. Role-based views support multiple plants, filling stations, customers and gas types within the agreed implementation scope.
What systems support tracking of cylinder certifications and test dates?
A cylinder lifecycle tracking system handles this. CATalytics maintains cylinder-wise hydro-test validity, inspection history, maintenance records, certificate status and upcoming compliance actions, so cylinders are used safely and on time.
Can CATalytics connect with Tally or an ERP?
Yes. Tally sync eliminates double entry, and approved integrations can align cylinder movement information with your accounting or enterprise workflow.
What happens when a cylinder sits at a customer and doesn't come back?
CATalytics flags it by name once it crosses your holding limit: which customer, which cylinder, delivered when, last seen where. You get the dates to bill demurrage and the trail to recover the asset.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on your fleet size and number of locations. Book a demo and we'll give you a clear quote, including steel rings and onboarding.
Will my staff feel watched?
CATalytics tracks cylinders, not people. Scans record what happened to an asset, and most teams find the trail protects them.
Turn every cylinder into a trackable asset.
Twenty minutes is all it takes to see your operation differently: a live scan, an overdue alert, a route plan and a turn-around report, on the spot.