Development of a web based management information system for automated system loss calculation and monitoring

Abstract

The gas distribution companies under Bangladesh oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (PETROBANGLA) in Bangladesh now facing the most alarming issue of system loss. System loss of the company is increasing every year which in turn creates huge revenue loss for the Government. System loss is basically the amount of gas that is unaccounted for. That is, it is the difference between total amounts of gas supplied – the total amount of gas accounted for. It depends on a number of factors which is possible to mitigate if timely action is taken. Currently system loss is calculated from the manual records and documents which in turn makes it error prone, lack of transparency etc. This project is an initiative for adaptation of information and communication technology (ICT) for system loss calculation and monitoring which will help the authority to verify it and find out the source of system loss and take necessary action to enhance the performance of the company. In this project, a web based software system has been developed which is accessible via the Internet, cell phone, smart phone, Tablet etc. A number of tools such as C#, CSS, HTML and AngularJS as the Front End and .NET framework as the Back End and also use MSSQL as a database have been used to develop the software system. The software system is role based where each concerned user can access the system from their workplaces and different centers and key in the necessary data into the system. Then based on the information and data into the system a number of useful reports can be prepared earlier which was based on manual documents. The responsible officers and Directors of the company can view the report and take necessary action to root out the cause of system loss and enhance the performance of the company.