shows system 10 for storing dispensing and processing liquids in accordance with the present invention system 10 includes filling system 12 and processing system 14 filling system 12 includes a plurality of liquids 16 and containers 18 in operation of filling system 12 liquids 16 are dispensed into containers 18 liquids 16 are typically liquid chemicals including acids solvents bases photoresists dopants inorganic organic and biological solutions pharmaceuticals and radioactive chemicals filling system 12 tracks which of liquids 16 is placed into which containers 18 so that liquids 16 in containers 18 can be identified later as will be discussed more fully below after filling of containers 18 has been completed containers 18 are transported to processing system 14 processing system 14 includes a plurality of containers 18 and processes 20 in operation of processing system 14 liquids 16 contained in containers 18 are used in processes 20 for example containers 18 may contain a liquid chemical such as photoresist for use in the manufacturing of integrated circuits processing system 14 reads containers 18 to determine which liquids 16 are contained within them so that the proper liquid 16 is used in the proper process 20 as will be discussed more fully below fig2 shows filling system 12 for filling a container with liquid filling system 12 includes microprocessor based control unit 32 electrically erasable programmable read only memory eeprom writer 34 liquid reservoir 36 cap 38 and container 18 a control unit 32 is electrically connected to eeprom writer 34 and liquid reservoir 36 liquid reservoir 36 is connected to container 18 a cap 38 includes radio frequency identification.