Monitoring and controlling processes at a vehicle wash facility

A computer-readable medium comprising instruction to cause a programmable processor to:

• monitor at least one environmental parameter that influences operation of at least one of a plurality of vehicle wash facilities managed by a remote management facility;
• monitor process data concerning operation of the vehicle wash facility with a controller which includes monitoring a current quantity remaining of at least one chemical product at the vehicle wash facility;
• transmit the at least one environmental parameter and the process data to at least one computer at the remote management facility;
• analyze, with the at least one server computer at the remote management facility, the received environmental parameter and the received process data at the remote management facility;
• predict a time point indicating an expected time at which a supply of the at least one chemical is expected to run out based on the current quantity remaining of the at least one chemical and on the at least one environmental parameter;
• provide notification based on the time point;
• and
• transmit a command concerning operation of the at least one vehicle wash facility from the at least one server computer to the vehicle wash facility based on the analysis.

A method for remotely managing a vehicle wash process at a vehicle wash facility, wherein at least one chemical is applied to one or more vehicles during the vehicle wash process, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a client computer remotely located from the vehicle wash facility, vehicle wash process data from the vehicle wash facility, including receiving a current quantity remaining of at least one chemical product at the vehicle wash facility;
• receiving, at the client computer, an environmental parameter that influences application of the chemical to the vehicle during the vehicle wash process;
• analyzing, at the client computer, the vehicle wash process data and the environmental parameter;
• predicting, with the computer at the remote management facility, a time point indicating an expected time at which a supply of the at least one chemical is expected to run out based on the current quantity remaining of the at least one chemical and on the at least one environmental parameter;
• providing, from the computer at the remote management facility, a notification based on the time point;
• and
• transmitting a message from the client computer to the vehicle wash facility based on the analysis.