Transforming Industrial Success: The Power of Digital Projects
Today’s industrial facilities are complex. The engineering that breathes them into existence and keeps them operating smoothly throughout their lifetime is also demanding, requiring safety and reliability while meeting regulatory requirements. To rise to these demands, along with optimized resource utilization, companies are identifying solutions that can help accelerate the digital maturity of project planning, design and execution processes.
By leveraging integrated digital solutions, organizations benefit from improved data velocity, visualization and collaboration. These are key to transforming engineering, construction and operational needs into digital projects that also optimize resources.
Hexagon’s Smart Digital Reality™ approach to digital projects facilitates state-of-the-art planning, design and execution via a data ecosystem that is integrated, contextualized and actionable across the project lifecycle. This enables transparency, timely decision-making, collaboration, risk mitigation and drives better project outcomes that increase safety, quality, productivity and efficiency.
Read on to explore the advantages of unified and integrated digital projects.
Streamlined Processes and Increased Efficiency
A true digital project leverages both integration and interoperability to streamline or fundamentally change workflows that eliminate redundancies and provide more efficient work processes. By consolidating and providing contextual representation of engineering data and operational views, teams can focus on their main goals, rather than on investigations or information gathering, which can be time-wasting activities. This increased efficiency not only accelerates project timelines but also results in cost savings as resources are planned for use more effectively.
To ensure optimal resource utilization for their projects, Nippon Steel Engineering specializing in steelmaking industry, turned to Hexagon’s enterprise project performance solution EcoSys™. By leveraging accurate information to support decision-making, the company saw improvements in productivity by streamlining costs, schedules and progress tracking across multiple projects.
Enhanced Collaboration and Communication
One of the most significant benefits of digital projects is the enhancement of collaboration and communication across teams and departments. When projects are unified, team members can easily access shared real-time information, breaking down data silos and fostering a culture of open communication. This leads to more efficient problem-solving and decision-making, as team members can collaborate well by using the same information, regardless of their geographical location.
To improve communication between project stakeholders, an internationally recognized design and engineering consultancy organization L&T-Chiyoda Limited turned to integrated solutions that foster seamless collaboration. For this, they chose to leverage Intergraph Smart® 3D for 3D design and CAESAR II® for pipe stress analysis, in part because these solutions break down barriers between designers and engineers. This enables both groups to share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment, improving data accuracy and efficiency.
Optimized Scalability and Agility
As industrial projects continue to evolve, interoperability and the integration of digital solutions provide a scalable foundation for future expansion. Such systems can be easily adapted to accommodate new projects, technologies and business models. Agility ensures that projects can easily be optimized to meet requirements and emerging trends and opportunities.
This positions companies for long-term success. With data available on demand, project teams can adjust to address project changes and issues more easily, mitigating negative impacts on schedule, budget and productivity.
When KEYNES, a German engineering and construction services company, felt it was time to switch to a more modern design solution that would help enhance their project execution while meeting the high standards and digital data handover requirements of their clients, they switched from PDS to CADWorx® Plant Professional for their projects varying in scope, size and complexity.
Improved Data Management and Insights
In the digital age, real-time data is a critical asset for any organization. Making data points and views available to all stakeholders facilitates better data management. This enables teams to access accurate and up-to-date information. As such, valuable insights can be obtained from data, providing the basis for strategic operational decisions.
Hexagon’s cloud-native SaaS solution, HxGN SDx2, serves as that data platform, creating an evergreen source of engineering and asset data. It saves a significant amount of time otherwise spent searching for documents, while also accelerating and simplifying design reviews.
In another example, by accessing real-time Material Readiness® information in Jovix® for precise construction schedule management, global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hyundai Engineering, was able to digitalize material management with real-time tracking. This helped them reduce project delays by enhancing visibility into the supply chain, while also increasing efficiency by updating and issuing material requirements.
Reaping the Benefits
With Hexagon, EPCs and Owner Operators can transform their business while remaining focused on efficiency, safety, reliability and productivity. This consolidation and interconnectivity ensure that all data sources are captured and efficiently applied within the context of their digital projects.
By leveraging Hexagon’s integrated digital project solutions, companies can efficiently use connected data throughout the asset lifecycle of projects and portfolios. They can transform industrial facilities into lean, efficient, safe operations that improve the bottom line while assuring a sustainable future.
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