Asset Guardian, an effective software tool that is used to manage projects, operations and maintenance requirements.
Although the “business drivers” for managing projects, operations and maintenance may differ, the objectives are the same: to achieve them at optimum levels of functional safety, compliance, productivity and cost-effectiveness.
Asset Guardian has the ability to assist companies meet their objectives and delivers considerable benefits to both project and operations. For example:
- Provides continuity of all software files and data at the handover of a project to operations, greatly assisting the transition and providing a sound knowledge base for the operations and maintenance engineers
- The ability to link all “stakeholders” together by allowing secure access to Asset Guardian to all parties, under the full control of the plant owner or operator
Projects
For a typical project, the diagram below shows how Asset Guardian helps companies meet a number of their “business drivers.”
| Business Drivers | Asset Guardian Provides: |
| Functional Safety | Effective Software Version Control |
| Regulatory Compliance | Management of Process Software in Accordance with Industry Regulation, Standards and Guidelines |
| On Time Completion | Improves Workflow Management, Speeds Up Approval Process and Avoids Duplication of Resources |
| On Budget | Improves Efficiency, Reduces Conflict between Client and Third Parties |
| Design Integrity | Management of Design Review Process and Documentation in Accordance With Quality Standards |
| Communication | Centralised Management, Control and Access to Data and Documents for the Client, Contractors, Subcontractors and Suppliers. Provides Automated, Scheduled Reporting |
Operations and Maintenance
The diagram below shows how Asset Guardian helps companies meet a number of their Operations and Maintenance “business drivers”
| Business Drivers | Asset Guardian Provides: |
| Functional Safety | Effective Software Version Control |
| Regulatory Compliance | Management of Process Software in Accordance with Industry Regulation, Standards and Guidelines |
| Risk Reduction | Limits Access to Only Authorised Personnel, Avoids Parallel Simultaneous Changes to Software |
| Plant integrity | Safe, Secure Repository for Data and Documents. Logs Faults and Overrides, Manages Obsolescence |
| Disaster Recovery | Easy Access to the Correct Software |
| Quality | Effective and Efficient Workflow Management, Ensuring access to the Correct, Data and Documents |
