Communications/Telemetry
Making money with mobile workforce management
If your projects typically yield one million or more in hard-dollar benefits and have a 3–6 month payback, then life is good. But if you would like to experience such gains regularly, then you might consider implementing in-the-field decision- support systems, which can result in tremendous ongoing cost savings and operational improvements. Charles D Mohrmann explains.
Si sus proyectos producen normalmente un millón o más en beneficios de dinero en efectivo y tienen un periodo de recuperación del capital invertido de 3 a 6 meses, entonces la vida es buena. Pero si quiere conseguir dichas ganancias regularmente, entonces debería considerar la inversión en el campo de los sistemas de ayuda para la toma de decisiones que pueden dar como resultado formidables ahorros de coste actual y mejoras en el funcionamiento. Charles D Mohrmann explica.
Wenn Ihr Projekt typischerweise über eine Million Dollar Gewinn einbringt und sich in 3 bis 6 Monaten amortisiert, ist das Leben gut. Wenn Sie aber regelmäßig solche Ergebnisse erzielen möchten, sollten Sie die Nutzung von Entscheidungsunterstützungs- systemen am Einsatzort in Betracht ziehen, die zu beträchtlichen fortlaufenden Kosteneinsparungen und betrieblichen Verbesserungen führen können. Charles D Mohrmann erläutert..
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obility solutions accelerate and sustain new work process improvements and provide a framework
for field workforces to execute best practices, and most major US refineries are either planning to implement or have already implemented them. Shell Oil, for example, is deploying a mobile workforce solution that will bring operating data from all of its global downstream assets into its enterprise decision-support tool. Chevron and Valero Energy have deployed a similar system across their wholly owned refineries, and ExxonMobil has implemented a mobile framework across its three business streams: upstream, downstream and chemical. Mobile solutions typically implemented by petroleum companies involve a handheld computer or PDA running software tools and applications that process and transmit device-specific information to data historians, operators or enterprise decision-support systems. Te IntelaTrac Mobile Workforce and Decision Support system from Invensys,
for example, is a suite of products, including configurable software and ruggedized mobile hardware solutions, that enable workflow, procedural and general task-management capabilities typically involving plant operations, maintenance management, production tracking and compliance applications. Tese tools help operators, field engineers and supervisors create inspection and regulatory procedures; assign, schedule and execute rounds; and report findings with assigned levels of criticality and severity. When some Chevron maintenance
workers start their rounds, for example, they grab a PDA instead of a clipboard. As they check equipment, they enter data which is transmitted into process historian systems when the PDA is docked in a cradle, from which IntelaTrac software synchs the data with real-time process data from the control systems for viewing by operators and engineering. If a piece of equipment is not operating correctly or efficiently, field workers can collaborate with other personnel to take the optimal corrective action then and there. For example, control room operators can
Fig. 1. By helping to close operating performance gaps through improved mechanical availablility, IntelTrac is helping users make dramatic savings.
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