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Process Plant Engineering Digitalization

Convert to improve availability and accessibility of data

The heart of any process facility digitalization strategy is the data that represents the real world, in the form of the digital asset. This data is produced, collected and updated over a long period of time, through the efforts of multiple parties such as engineering and construction companies, equipment manufacturers, and maintenance service providers. Because of this, it’s very common that the digital asset is maintained in various systems and formats and is rarely in full compliance with current business standards and practice.

For example, a capital project may be delivered by an EPC company using their preferred design software, while the owner/operator who receives the data may have standardized on a different solution. This mismatch can occur for a variety of other reasons, including software obsolescence and replacement, merger and acquisition activity, or strategic business decision-making.

Historical project data which has been received as a collection of electronic files in both native and scanned formats (including drawings, documents, datasheets, manuals, etc.), and then stored in a relatively unstructured filing system represents another very common situation. While a structured information management solution may already have been implemented by the organization, extracting and validating the meta-data, relationships and key data from such a mixed collection of formats and inputs such that it can be managed by such a system presents a significant obstacle.

While historical “paper-based” processes may be able to tolerate these scenarios, digital work processes depend on standardized tools and data formats to derive much of their efficiency and unlock productivity gains. Unfortunately, converting complex engineering data from one format to another cannot usually be fully automated, and requires a combination of subject-matter expertise, automation skills and human effort to produce satisfactory results.

Typical inputs include the source data and target system requirements, standards, configuration and procedures. These inputs are then transformed into the required output format through a combination of automated conversion and quality checking steps, controlled and supported by manual configuration, correction and completion activities.

TecSurge leverages our broad knowledge of industry solutions to tackle the complex task of converting data from one format or system to another, using proprietary, in-house developed automation tools to enhance our expert services.

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