Standardisation
IOGP-JIP33 : Standardising equipment procurement specifications
The IOGP JIP33 program has been a great success in the short time it has been active , and is now actively engaging with operators and
EPCs to further adoption across the industry .
By Adri Postema , Engineering and Standards Director & JIP33 Programme Director IOGP ; and David Harris , Specifications Manager JIP33 , IOGP
The basic premise for JIP33 procurement specifications is to have standardised technical , quality and information requirements that overlay a recognised industry standard ( Figure 1 ). JIP33 specifications also have a standardised Data Sheet for each specification that should increase efficiency and help simplify communication between purchaser and supplier regarding requirements and product configuration . Case studies performed by equipment suppliers on behalf of JIP33 have shown that standardisation of quality and information requirements is as impactful on cost and schedule for the manufacturer as are the technical requirements . Of the 54 JIP33 specifications published , 24 have API as a parent standard , 8 have IEC as a parent , 9 have no parent standard , and the remaining are to various other Standards Development Organizations . The content of IOGP specifications will be offered for consideration to be included in the underlying parent standards once these get updated . This reduces the overall maintenance activity of JIP33 specification and ensures wider use of the JIP33-specific requirements . Since 2019 JIP33 has included the digital aspects of specification development and publication . Developing specifications as digital data files , using digital requirement management tools , provides an opportunity for quick feedback loops for users of the JIP33 specifications .
Changing the future of specifications Both the move to authoring specifications to a defined set of digital rules , as well as publishing the specifications so they can be incorporated into a company ’ s business system , is a journey that Standards Development Organisations ( SDO ) are all embarking on . The IOGP has had a Task Force looking at standardising Requirements for Digitization since 2018 and JIP33 is an early adopter sharing experiences in digital specification writing and using digital exports of the JIP33 specifications for importing into a company ’ s established systems . JIP33 are actively sharing the best practices with the SDOs with the aim that there will be a common set of rules for digital requirements in the future . This digitisation , as well as the cultural and behavioural mindset that standardised procurement specifications needs , requires strategic management of change within organisations . Subject Matter Experts and engineers have the opportunity to think and work in a significantly more efficient way than how the industry has traditionally operated for decades . Given the fact that the twelve sponsoring operating companies who are actively participating in JIP33 development have their own business , organisational systems and cultural differences , getting them all to move in the same direction and compromise their traditional practices has been a transformational change for the industry . www . heat-exchanger-world . com Heat Exchanger World September 2023
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