COVER STORY
Bridging the Gap
OGI sits down and speak with Australian company, Inspectivity Pty Ltd, to learn more how they are
paving a new way in relation to the inspection process for oil and gas company’s major assets. What
Inspectivity does is streamline work and connect teams with real-time data with a cloud based system
that helps support a digital inspection environment. We discuss how this all works with the Inspectivity
platform, and they can simultaneously save you money, improve service and save you time.
OGI: Could you start by explaining Inspectivity
Pty Ltd’s credentials and experience in terms of
your products and services for the oil and gas
sector? Could you tell our readers the breadth
of your experience, how long the company has
been active, and its reach?
Inspectivity: Inspectivity is an Australian
technology company which commenced
operations in 2012.
The company was born out of the idea that
a major efficiency gap existed between field
inspection teams and enterprise systems. The
critical nature of oil and gas assets and the high
capital cost of projects demanded a better way.
Inspectivity provides this with a smart cloud and
mobile platform to support digital inspection
environments.
The Inspectivity Platform is used to connect
global engineering teams and systems with
real-time inspection condition data. We
remove “paper” from the inspection process,
improve the quality and integrity of data whilst
introducing faster and smarter ways of working.
Our team has a deep understanding of
engineering,
inspection
and
software
development. With this knowledge Inspectivity
are able to support clients throughout the digital
inspection transition, investing significant
time in analysis, implementation and software
engineering to integrate traditional processes
with new mobile operating principles.
OGI: Could you explain what
cloud-based software is, as it
applies to industries like oil and
gas?
Inspectivity: The simplest way to
think of cloud computing is on-
demand delivery of computing
power, storage, applications,
and other IT resources via the
Internet.
Cloud software delivery is
important technology for the oil
and gas sector because:
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Cost Savings: There are
many benefits of “the cloud”
to consider but perhaps the
most significant is in terms
of cost savings. By using a
cloud service you save substantial capital
costs with zero in-house infrastructure
costs.
Security: Security is the highest priority.
Typically, major vendors provide data
centres and architecture built for the
most security-sensitive organizations.
Inspectivity is a strategic technology partner
of AWS. AWS was recently named as a leader
in Gartner’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Magic Quadrant for the 9th Consecutive Year.
The Inspectivity mobile app for tablets.
Inspectivity: Why is digitizing important?
Inspectivity’s
paperless,
cloud-based
inspection platform helps clients to accelerate
responsiveness, improve service levels and
reduce costs. We facilitate this in a range of
ways:
• Automated reporting reduces inspector
desk time and improves inspection
throughput. Errors in data handling
and translation are avoided, results are
de-personalised and non- subjective
(“report just the facts”).
• Collaboration opportunity via the cloud
allows your teams to work together
on inspection activities regardless
of location. Allowing reduced site
headcount and faster decision making.
• High quality (“strongly typed”)
inspection data provides automation
opportunity. Integrated with your ERP
system, a digital inspection solution
connects fieldwork with your global
workforce.
• Improve transparency of status with
real-time defect and condition data plus
visibility of site works from disparate
locations.
• Use a guided and intuitive process which
can reduce the dependency on expensive
and (often limited) senior resources.
OGI: What are the benefits of the Inspectivity
solution?
OGI: Could you help readers understand what
is meant by inspection intelligence?