Nexans Turkey provides millions of pounds of savings with its “Connected Drums” service

Nexans that offers high performance cable and cable solutions to its customers with the slogan “brings energy to life” continues to make a difference in the sector with its “Connected Drums” Solution.

From cables to the internet of things, the innovative connected drums solution enables users to receive real-time monitoring and notification over thousands of cable drums as well as it avoids theft or loss of cables in large areas. A special web platform is connected through the state-of-theart sensors integrated in drums, which allows for location notification and for access to delivery, location, remaining length etc.

How cable drums are becoming smart?

The connected drum technology that was firstly introduced and realized by Nexans in the cable sector was developed based on the major unsolved problems of its customers including distribution system operators, telecom operators, infrastructure companies and contractors. Given the substitution cost of several million pounds due to loss or theft of drums every year as well as many difficulties in drum tracking in remote storage areas, the complexity of the process chain and the need of extra time for locating drums, a 24/7 traceable connected drum solution have become inevitable.

Real-time location, alert system and stock visibility

Nexans designed a digital solution consisting of a drum fleet with integrated sensors that can be used with both desktop and mobile applications, connecting each cable drum to a cloud-based management platform in order to solve the productivity problem experienced by its customers. This innovative solution provides the customers with information on real-time location of each drum and an alert system to monitor related processes such as delivery or return of empty drums. Consequently, in financial terms, the connected drum service makes a significant difference in the market with saving millions of pounds each year, by improving the costs resulting from theft and loss of drums by 90% and extending their service life by 25%.

“As Nexans, we have taken innovative steps in line with internet and mobile technologies in order to solve our customers’ problems. The capability to continuously develop our product range to create specific solutions in parallel with the needs and to make such a difference in process optimization increase our enthusiasm and motivates us to go one step further” Emre Erol, Nexans Turkey Sales Director said, regarding this innovation in Turkey market.