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Management of safety controls for a company handling the distribution of LNG
Objective
- To guarantee that the distribution is in compliance with safety and the regulations.
- To improve the safety and the quality of distribution.
Requirements
Based on a plan and a file covering all equipment (Holding tanks, Tank trucks, Railway tank wagons...) to generate orders for periodic inspections and, in relation to the inspection reports, to generate and track repair orders. Subsequently to update the equipment inspection planning (update the timing for the next inspection).
A/ Profile of the company and volume of operations
One of the largest distributors of LNG in Europe.
- 6000 equipment items, 3000 inspections/year, 150 service providers, – n Inspectors,
- Inspections covering: Drivers, Holding tanks, Tanker trucks, Railway tank wagons...
B/ Necessary constraints
- Data handling loop Real time
- Historical recording of inspections
- Detailed questionnaires, simplicity of use (untrained inspectors)
- All communications must be automated
- Heterogeneous IT systems among service suppliers and inspectors
- Total traceability of all events
Functions
- Integration of planning management
- Automatic transmission and receipt of questionnaires
- Regulatory reporting
- Updating of the planning databases
- Analysis and evaluation of responses received (risk scale)
- Tracking of repairs
- Alerts, Escalation, Automatic orders for scrapping
- Update of planning
Advantages of the operation
- Following two weeks of configuration of the GRC Suite
- Full automation of the safety inspection chain
- Complete automation of the management of all transport and distribution equipment
