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September 2016
Reliability Consulting
 
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Reliability Tip
New Product Update
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  White Paper - New Method for Asset Data Capture in the Oil & Gas Industry

The oil and gas pipeline industry, though tempered by the cost of oil recently, has seen a significant amount of growth over the last ten years. One of the challenges facing growing companies is ensuring that asset records, which are installed into a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), are accurate and consistent. A major oil pipeline company faced this challenge in 2014 when their Master Equipment List (MEL) had ballooned to over 200,000 assets since the installation of their CMMS in 2012. Each year, 10,000 to 20,000 asset records are put into service. For small projects there can be 300 to 1,000 assets added, and for large projects, there can be anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 assets added. Much of the data in the company’s system was inconsistent, lacked content, or was for an item that should not have been considered an asset. The issue for the company was a lack of data consistence caused by different approaches to enter new data.

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Reliability Tip:

Is Your Data Up-To-Date?

The normal ebb and flow of a maintenance organization’s workload can be overwhelming. In a hostile, reactive environment, sometimes the priority to complete unscheduled maintenance supersedes the paperwork involved in tracking the changes within the CMMS. Our data can become outdated and inaccurate very quickly unless the changes are tracked with the proper paperwork and the correct step within the maintenance workflow. If changes are happening on the production floor, your CMMS should accurately reflect those changes. On the other hand, if the data is not maintained, it can cause planning delays, scheduling issues, incorrect parts procurement, and even process related incidences. It is never too late to start saving money and maintaining an up-to-date database can save you both time and money.

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New Product Update

ARES™ Asset Management Platform
– sharing asset health information from everywhere in the plant to anywhere you are.

Emerson’s ARES™ Platform collects asset data from field-based wired and wireless sensors and delivers information on only the most critical situations, enabling you to make well-informed decisions to maintain availability. The ARES™ Platform utilizes modern communication tools to deliver alerts to traditional desktop PCs and laptops as well as the tablets and smart phones available outside the office or plant. Remote accessibility to smart alerts in a secure environment means operators and maintenance personnel alike are on top of the performance of critical production assets at all times.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
SMRP
Oct 17-20
Jacksonville, FL

Visit our booth and attend our presentations and workshops!

Emerson Exchange – Registration is Open!
Oct 24-28
Austin, TX

Plan to attend. There will be very informative presentations, workshops, educational courses, industry forums, and meet-the-experts panel discussions.

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