At the NISTM event, Kesley Price, Product Marketing Manager for Technical Toolboxes, shared details on how their software is helping to transform the way engineers and industrial asset owners manage technical information and regulatory inspections. Their approach is positioned as a key tool for companies in the midstreamwith a focus on efficiency, ease of use and regulatory compliance.
Technical Toolboxes is a company specialized in software for pipeline engineering and asset management in industries such as oil and gas. Among its products, it stands out the API Toolboxa tool designed to facilitate data collection in the field and the generation of reports under standards such as API 510, 570 and 653. The software allows storing and consulting critical information on inspected equipment in a matter of seconds.
From data collection to final storage, we cover the entire workflow.
Kesley Price
Far from being a simple digitalization, the solution seeks to replace processes that are still very common in the industry, such as the use of spreadsheets, paper forms or disorganized files, since the tool is compatible with offline tablets, which allows working in the field without depending on the Internet, and then integrating all the information in the centralized system.
One of the major benefits of the system is the reduction in the time it takes to generate a complete inspection report. According to Price, the combined use of the offline data collector and the report generator reduces this time by 50% to 75%.
You go from spending hours in front of a computer assembling reports, to having everything ready in a fraction of the time.
By reducing the administrative burden, time is freed up to perform more inspections, serve more customers or focus on higher-value technical tasks. In addition, the tool avoids duplicate data entry, as information is entered only once and reused throughout the process.
From the perspective of the owner of industrial asset owner's perspectiveFrom the perspective of the industrial asset owner, the value of the software centers on its ability to facilitate compliance and audit readiness. Price shared a representative case: one user company, Sun Chemical, was facing serious difficulties in locating old reports when regulators requested information.
It used to take them days to find a specific document. Now they have it on screen in less than 30 seconds.
The platform not only organizes documents, but also centralizes all the information associated with each asset: historical reports, photographs, PDF files, diagrams and key data. This immediate traceability protects companies against possible sanctions or audit failures by improving industrial asset management.
Unlike many corporate systems that require extensive training, API Toolbox was designed to be as intuitive as a smartphone. According to the interviewee, any inspector familiar with API processes can start using the tool in less than an hour, and the same applies to asset managers or owners, who do not need in-depth technical knowledge to operate the system.
In addition, the ability to import spreadsheets facilitates the transition from traditional methods, allowing the system to adapt to the rhythm of each organization. The interface was designed to facilitate daily work, not to add complexity.
In a regulated and highly technical environment, having orderly, traceable and easily accessible information can make the difference between compliance and failure. And in an industry where time is also money, turning hours of work into minutes represents change with real impact.
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Source: Inspenet.
