Inspectivity: One of the key differences between
a digital inspection process and a paper-based
inspection process is the ability to access a
consistent set of metrics recorded in the field
which empower clients to make decisions as
well as generate predictions. in terms of efficiency, quality,
safety and control for your
business process.
It will
accelerate
responsiveness,
improve service levels and
reduce costs.
By creating a seamless data environment
through digital inspection, our customers can: OGI: Could you elaborate on
how this all works in practice, for
example, to like integration and
reporting etc?
• Access real-time inspection data and
quickly prioritize maintenance efforts
based on the probability of failure
• Uncover opportunities for automation by
integrating business-critical systems and
engineering assessment, with rich asset
condition information.
•
Protect the investment in equipment and
plant by digitizing inspection management,
allowing for transparent oversight and
knowledge of status at a fingertip.
• Collect critical data to keep track of KPIs
and enable timely reactions to divergences.
• Collaborate on inspection activities in real-
time, regardless of location.
These are the features of Inspectivity’s digital
process that bring Inspection Intelligence.
OGI: Inspection is key to maintaining the life
of one’s assets, but what is the difference when
using an intelligent inspection platform?
Inspectivity: The purpose of an inspection is
to gather information about the condition of
your asset. This rich data is required to support
fitness for purpose and safety assessment by
your engineering teams and help to maintain or
extend the life of your infrastructure.
By digitizing your inspection philosophy,
you create a “live link” between the field and
engineering with automatic reporting of de-
personalised, granular and strongly typed
data. Automatic reporting improves inspection
throughput significantly and field teams can
focus on quality and detail rather than double
handling information.
Your live link between the site and remote
teams facilitates greater collaboration, allowing
real-time reviews, answering clarification,
requesting rework and re-inspection. This also
is an opportunity to reduce your site headcount
whilst improving communication and decision
making.
Making the move from a traditional to digital
inspection process provides a significant upside
Inspectivity: The Inspectivity
Platform combines a cloud
server application and a mobile
app for tablets.
The cloud server provides an intuitive user
interface with powerful functionality for
viewing your asset hierarchy, equipment
details
and
associated
engineering
documentation. Create inspection activities
based on your own configured form templates.
Plan and schedule inspection campaigns as
well as collaborating on the activities with
enterprise workflows.
The mobile application allows inspectors to
download inspection activities and work both
on/off-line completing check sheets according
to a client’s own predefined templates.
Inspectors can leverage tablet cameras
for recording photos, view engineering
documentation, manufacturer certificates and
comprehensive asset data. The mobile app
provides a range of other features including
photo and PDF markup (annotation), video,
geolocation plus 2D Barcode and RFID
support.
The combination of mobile app, cloud server
and an integrated API supports the “live link”
between the field and your asset management
infrastructure.
OGI: How would the transition work, from
traditional to digital inspection?
Inspectivity: The transition from paper-
based inspection to a digital variant has
many important considerations impacting
technical, cultural and process areas of an
organization. To start with, assemble a team
to champion your migration. Ensure the team
is adequately resourced and familiar with your
inspection and engineering process.
Avoid a waterfall approach, whilst a goal
of digitizing all inspection use cases and
integrating all systems makes absolute
sense, it is difficult
to achieve on a first
pass. A more sensible
approach is to select
a single inspection
use case, implement
end to end and take
learnings to future use
case implementations.
Start with digitizing
inspection
forms
and modeling field
activities. Make the use
case operational before
following up with
systems
integration.
This ensures you have
a sound understanding of digital inspections
before introducing a tightly coupled
infrastructure.
Analysis is the first step:
• Data sources/source of truth
• Asset hierarchy data
• How are defects recorded (type, location,
damage mechanism, priority)
• Inspection form - recipe or record by
exception
• Workflows
integration
and
touchpoints
for
Detailed analysis allows you to make an
informed decision and final selection of cloud
vendor and mobile devices which are fit for
“your” purpose. The selected vendor and
devices should include field trials which are an
ideal way to find out about the software and
the impact of mobility on your culture.
After testing your digital inspection use
case, you can then move forward with a well-
planned implementation.
Inspectivity not only provide the cloud and
mobile infrastructure for digital inspections
but we are also experts in the transition and
can guide you through this process.
OGI: Finally, could you enlighten our readers
of a case study where you helped a client with
your solutions?
Inspectivity: Inspectivity support operators,
EPCs and service providers across the globe
with projects in North America, Europe,
Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australia. These
projects cover a wide scope of inspection
disciplines:
• Operations and maintenance
• Electrical equipment / hazardous area
• Pressure piping and pressure vessel
• Corrosion, coating and structural
• Construction and commissioning
• Flange management
• Land rigs inspection
• Lifting and handling equipment
• Small-bore tubing
• Dropped object risk
Our website provides some excellent case study
examples including our work with Worleys
on one of the most advanced, integrated gas
production systems in the world. Read more
about it here: (https://inspectivity.com/case-
studies/worleyparsons/).
OGI: Thank you for your time •
Web: http://www.inspectivity.com