Achieving Interoperability for Equipment Supply Chains

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Achieving Interoperabilityfor Equipment Supply
Chains

• Mark Palmer
• FIATECH AEX Project Leader
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

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CII Vision for Fully Integrated and Automated
Project Processes (FIAPP)

• Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes
  FIATECH
• CII identified supply chain challenges.
• Three research teams investigated.
• Design, procurement, materials mgmt, eBusiness
• FIATECH responded with new project
• Automating Equipment Information Exchange (AEX)
• Move AEX results into Best Practices.
• PEpC and supplier integration

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Outline

• Equipment Supply Chain Interoperability
• AEX Project
• Leadership in Supply Chains
• Industry Momentum
• Workshop

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Interoperability
The ability to electronically communicate product
and project data between collaborating firms and
within individual companies design, procurement,
construction, maintenance, operations, and
business process systems.
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The cost of inadequate interoperability in the
U.S. capital facilities industry 15.8 billion
per year. - NIST
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Equipment Engineer/Procure Process

• Ten-plus applications (many software suppliers)
• Four to five companies involved per each
  equipment type
• Large, complex engineering data sets
• Lots of hands touch the data

Time-consuming, Labor-intensive, Expensive

• engineers using manual transcription and tools
• manually checked by other engineers
• done multiple times for single piece of equipment
• done for hundreds, thousands of equipment per
  facility
• done for thousands of facilities across industry
• Costs industry millions of dollars per year

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One Companys Data Sheet
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Another Companys Data Sheet
Same data - different terminology and format
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AEX ProjectAutomating Equipment Information
eXchange

• Goal
• Streamline equipment supply chain
• Eliminate redundant input of data
• Automate information exchange
• Approach
• Focus on high value problems
• Develop partnerships API, HI, LCI, PIP,
• Demonstrate incremental solutions
• Products
• XML specifications and industry guidelines
• Specs given to standards organizations

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Benefits of AEX

• DuPont/EPC/pump supplier team
• E-enabling engineer and procure 5.25 savings
• Estimate 12.5 million reduction yearly in
  equipment supply chain costs
• We are extremely pleased with the results of
  this work.
• Jim Porter, VP, DuPont Engineering Operations
• The AEX project delivers a pragmatic approach to
  widespread adoption of reusable data exchange
  across the industry.
• Robin Benjamins, Mgr, Bechtel Info. Systems
  Technology

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AEX Benefits to Owners

• Decreases supply chain costs.
• Streamlines interactions with suppliers and
  subcontractors.
• Enables continued use of preferred software.
• Reduces cycle time for equipment.
• Reduces errors and redundant data entry.
• Improves quality (intelligence) of data handover.

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AEX Benefits to EPCs

• Reduces cycle time for equipment.
• Reduces project time, costs, and risks.
• Streamlines interactions with suppliers and
  subcontractors.
• Enables continued use of preferred software.
• Reduces errors and redundant data entry.
• Improves delivered value to customers.

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Why Use XMLfor Data Exchange?
Proven technology, ready to use

• Internet standard for intelligent document
  content
• Foundation for intelligent Web services
• Foundation for B2B e-commerce

XML eXtensible Markup Language
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AEX Development Process

1. Identify priority transactions and equipment.
2. Establish partnerships.
3. Investigate data sheets.
4. Document data requirements.
5. Develop XML schemas.
6. Develop example files test schemas.
7. Demonstrate interoperability.
8. Promote industry adoption and use.
9. Add AEX schemas into industry standards.

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FIATECH Partnership with Process Industry
Practices (PIP)

• Memorandum of Understanding to use PIP data
  sheets in AEX.
• Baseline requirements
• Demonstrate AEX with PIP data sheets
• Collaborate with PIP Machinery Team.
• Include AEX results with PIP Practices.
• Advance industry capabilities.

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FIATECH Partnership with Pump Suppliers

• HI Electronic Data Exchange Group
• alliance with AEX
• Participating in AEX interoperability demos.
• Working on more types of pumps.
• Leadership in Pump Supply Chain and Market
  Transformation.
• AEX part of the strategy
• Using AEX to improve business processes with
  customers and save money.

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Recent AEX Successes

• Released v.1 schemas and examples.
• New partnerships and advocates.
• Defined core data for pump RFQ Quote.
• Pump suppliers on board.
• New companies joining the project.
• Demonstrated interoperability across the pump
  supply chain.

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AEX Interoperability Demo Round 1
EPC
Owner
Supplier
Internet
Internet
Process Requirements
Bid Request For Quote
DuPont ePlantData
Bentley
Bechtel
AEX
Goulds
Bid Quote
Sundyne
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Industry Momentum

• Solving equipment data interoperability.
• pumps, heat exchangers, compressors,
• Faster cycle times, improved productivity,
  reduced error rates.
• Owners, EPCs, IT, and equipment suppliers
  collaborating on supply chain automation.
• Leadership by FIATECH, CII, PIP, and HI.
• essential to achieve full benefits

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Next Steps

• Contact equipment and IT suppliers
• Use AEX in your equipment partnerships
• Contact FIATECH and AEX
• Participate in work on other equipment
• Add AEX to CII Best Practices
• Attend AEX Workshop

Trinity B 1000 am-1100 am 200 pm-300 pm
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Workshop

• Industry panel
• Jim Klein, AVEVA
• Manoj Dharwadkar, Bentley
• Tom Teague, ePlantData
• Productivity and schedule improvements
• Demonstrate AEX interoperability
• Guidance on using AEX

Use AEX for project success