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Edge AI for Petrol Stations: What It Is and Why It Matters in 2026
TraxFlow

Edge AI for Petrol Stations: What It Is and Why It Matters in 2026

A forecourt is one of the most data-rich places in retail and one of the least measured. Hundreds of vehicles arrive every day, each a small decision about fuel, the shop, the car wash and the queue, and almost none of it is captured in a way you can use. Most sites run on experience: a rough sense of peak hours, a few recognised regulars, and a level of fuel theft quietly accepted as a cost of doing business.

Jun 29, 2026
Cylinder Tracking Explained: How to Account for Every Industrial Gas Cylinder
CATalytics

Cylinder Tracking Explained: How to Account for Every Industrial Gas Cylinder

This is why CATalytics is built around QR rather than RFID. A printed or etched code does not lose signal as it ages, and if a sticker ever wears, replacing it costs almost nothing. For cylinders that live for decades in rough conditions, a durable QR code gives you the same asset-level visibility, demurrage billing and test-date tracking the software provides, without the read-degradation and hardware overhead RFID brings to a cylinder fleet.

Jun 19, 2026