WorleyParsons- Track and Trace

Submitted by WorleyParsons

Impact

Cost Efficiency for Customers
Track and Trace offers a direct cost benefit to the industry.  This is evident from a Flotel campaign in 2014 which resulted in savings of circa £750K for the customer through reduction of non prodcutive time offshore, no material losses and therefore no reorder costs.  The technology provided cost and schedule predictability thus mitigating project delivery risks.

Considering the number of projects operating in the UKCS and facing similar material management challenges, the potential for cost savings for the industry with the use of this technology will be substantial.

Potential for more
While WorleyParsons has successfully utilised this on a project basis, it is commonplace in other sectors to use it to manage inventory and logistics at a cross enterprise level.  For example a major retailer will typically manage global inventory, order requirements, enterprise stock levels, all material movements, and point of sale order fulfilment for hundreds of stores, from several geographically diverse distribution centres in a globally integrated Supply Chain.

WorleyParson’s Track & Trace programme controls and tracks the movement of materials across the globe.  Delivered in partnership with DAI, it is a proven technology and has the capability of being extended from its current ‘per project’ focus to a ‘cross enterprise’ focus, and potentially a ‘cross sector’ focus.

Track & Trace Programme – Summary of Current Position

Track & Trace has been deployed on ConocoPhillips Alder, Talisman Montrose Arbroath Area Redevelopment, BP Clair Ridge Hook Up and Talisman HUC projects.

DAI’s mature, cross industry proven product is used by ASDA, Tesco, DHL, Adidas, Coca Cola, among  others, to manage business critical material logistics functions across their internal and external supply chains.

Track & Trace has been developed specifically to meet the unique Oil and Gas sector challenges.  It tracks the movement and status of materials and tools across the global supply chain from supplier to point of installation offshore.

The solution ensures that the right materials get to the right place at the right time with the right certification and are correctly issued for use against the right job cards / work orders.  In doing so it provides real time visibility of progress to stakeholders.  It also integrates with existing procurement and project management systems for improved planning and management decisions based on real time inventory status.

Track & Trace mitigates project delivery risks by limiting schedule impact due to key material losses.  It reduces material re-orders, manual data errors, warehousing inefficiency, material contingency purchases, mis-identification, mis-use, material reconcialiation costs and non certification.