Relocation of large scale projects requires comprehensive documentation and quality control. Assetbuddy 2009 and Assetmaster 2009 are integral to the tracking of components throughout the relocation process. Both Assetbuddy 2009 and Assetmaster 2009 have been developed as a result of many years experience in plant relocation and asset transfer. They are fully equipped with all the integrated areas required to track each part from dismantling, shipping, refurbishment and reconstruction.
In order to guarantee the effective transfer of assets Exon tech uses the following systems:
1) Quality control system that Teaches Polices and Audits activities on site
2) Site procedures
3) Bespoke software
4) Durable and Flexible Labelling
Document Search: Asset Buddy has a peerless document searching and filtering system allowing operators to quickly find drawings and open them by using a search that will find the required text, find the drawing and open it zooming to the required text. The system will work on any CAD based drawings and on scanned drawings once they have been indexed.
Quality Control System The Quality Control System is a documentary system that consists of training, Site Manuals, Inspection, audits and reviews to ensure that every item is labelled and tracked into the container. The container is then tracked and the system picks up the asset when it is unloaded at the destination site and tracks it through lay down storage refurbishment and all the way to the build. All the procedures are designed to ensure that each item stays traceable – and we will be there to make it happen.
Site Procedures The site procedures are formalised documents describing all the actions required on site. These documents form the training manuals for new staff and are the basis for Audits and inspections. Bespoke Software The Asset Buddy and Asset Master Software suites include diverse tools ranging from high powered Document indexing and search tools to shipping tracking, document mark up and label producing software, all bundled into the Asset Buddy software. On the rebuild side, Asset Master produces tracking and rebuild instructions that are generated from the data collected on the donor site to give a clear rebuild plan and specific instructions including the locations of all the assets required. Durable and flexible Labelling Exon tech has spent a long time developing a labelling system that is cost effective and durable. The method is resin bonded paper the clear resin is absorbed into the paper and bonds and hardens giving waterproof tough and readable labelling. Because the labels are printed directly from the database and include bar-coded data they are compliant to the database and can be read error free using a barcode reader.
The additional costs associated with a badly managed transfer can be great. An independent contractor on the dismantling stage will have little or no motivation to spend money in order to assist the contractor employed to rebuild the plant at its new location. Very often even if the same contractor is employed for both tasks their specialist knowledge relating to Quality Control and traceability will, despite their best efforts lead to inefficiencies that are unmeasured and not understood. If an asset is not traceable costs start to rise in many areas. Not only does the man hours taken to search for it devalue its own value sometimes making it worthless but its knock on effect on the re-assembly project can be much more costly. Contractors, cranes, access equipment all waiting for untraceable items. Quite often these costs go unnoticed and are even accepted. This lack of traceability does not allow for accurate planning or costing on the rebuild but certainly allows for a cheap dismantling phase.