AI for Welding Supply | TMI Technology
Welding Supply

Cylinders tracked. Customers stocked. Routes optimized.

Welding supply distributors manage cylinder fleets, gas inventory, and delivery routes that change daily. TMI builds the operating system that tracks every cylinder from the fill station to the customer and back - without the daily guesswork of what's where.

The Problem

Welding supply operations lose cylinders and revenue between deliveries.

Cylinder rental charges are hard to track when you don't know how many are on each customer's dock. Gas orders placed through phone calls create delivery sequences that waste fuel and driver time. The margin lives in fixing both.

01

Cylinder inventory constantly unreconciled

Customers hold cylinders longer than contracted without rental charges accumulating. Full-count reconciliation requires a delivery driver physically counting assets on the customer's floor - something that happens quarterly at best.

02

Delivery routes built each morning by hand

The dispatcher builds tomorrow's routes from a list of standing orders and call-in requests every morning. Inefficient sequences, missed stops, and unoptimized fuel costs add up across every truck every day.

03

Customer reorder timing is always reactive

Customers call when they're almost out. That creates rush deliveries, partially loaded trucks sent for single-stop drops, and customers who consider switching suppliers because they've run out twice this quarter.

What TMI Builds

Six systems. One operating layer.

Built for welding supply distributors managing cylinder fleets, multi-stop delivery routes, and customer accounts where reorder timing and inventory accuracy are the core of the business.

01

Cylinder Tracking Ledger

Every cylinder assigned to a customer account with delivery date and return tracking. Rental charges accumulate automatically and rental disputes get resolved with a complete movement record.

02

Route Optimization Engine

Daily delivery sequences built automatically from pending orders and customer locations. Drivers leave the yard with an optimized route - not a list of addresses they sequence themselves.

03

Customer Usage Tracking

Delivery history and average consumption tracked per customer. Reorder recommendations surface before the customer calls - you're delivering ahead of the shortage, not responding to an emergency.

04

Delivery Confirmation System

Driver-confirmed delivery with product count and customer signature captured digitally. Every delivery has a record before the truck leaves the customer dock - not a paper invoice processed days later.

05

Gas and Consumable Inventory

Fill station inventory and product levels tracked against outbound deliveries. Reorder points trigger automatically - you never send a driver to pick up an order you can't fill from stock.

06

Customer Account Profitability

Revenue, delivery cost, and cylinder rental income tracked per account. See which customers are worth servicing with priority routes and which are barely covering their delivery cost.

18%
More cylinder rental revenue captured with real-time tracking
25%
Fuel savings from optimized daily routing
90%
Reduction in customer stockout calls with usage-based reorder alerts
Same day
Invoicing with digital delivery confirmation
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Build the operating system your welding supply business needs.

Start with The Audit. One session to map your workflows, find the highest-leverage problems, and build your plan.