Materials Traceability – Enabling the Future Tanya Doyle, Principal, Gas Technology Strategy – PG&E
Agenda PG&E – Company Overview & Mission Case for change PG&E’s Materials Traceability Approach – Solution Design Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond The Roadmap Considerations and Deployment Questions
Who is PG&E? History: Incorporated in 1905 Customer Base: ≈ 15 million customers Service Area: ≈ 70,000-square-mile Transmission Miles: ≈ 6,800 DOT classified 1 Distribution Miles: ≈ 42,000 Customers: 4.3 million natural gas accounts
Where Are We Headed? Our Mission Our Vision To safely and reliably deliver affordable and clean energy to our customers and communities every single day, while building the energy network of tomorrow. Our Vision With a sustainable energy future as our North Star, we will meet the challenge of climate change while providing affordable energy for all customers.
Our Why? Sept. 9, 2010 – San Bruno, CA. The Disruption Economy Data is power September 9, 2010 – San Bruno, CA. Our industry is changing. We have to do more with less, not less with less. We need better data, faster to support our process needs and empower our people.
Building on Success The Foundation
Design Thinking –Continuous Improvement Innovate Empathize Understand Ideate Prototype Test Think Continuous Improvement Start with a manageable scope Engage Users to define “success” Test in the field See challenges as an opportunity to improve
Where we started Everything was manual All documents were in paper files Locating missing documents was difficult and cumbersome
Phase I – Critical Materials
Phase I - Keys to our initial success Partner with Supply Chain Start with a manageable scope – 16” and larger steel & certain critical components Engage as many users as possible Minimize customizations except to streamline Automate as much of batch creation as possible Labels support stock management & Construction Materials Log Know that it will not be perfect Sample Pipe Label
Building on Success Enabling the Future
Expansion Approach: Think Lean & Agile Construction & Mapping Resources Transaction Volume RMLs Call to Action & Vision End to End Process with all Stakeholders Identify and eliminate bottlenecks and waste What is available to us now Identify Sprints for agile build, test, and deploy Partner with other internal efforts Partner with SAP Solutions Challenges Opportunities Ariba QM eWM Markings on Plastic Pipe Machine Learning SAP Block Chain IoT
Incremental Improvement in Design QM Enable module for all plants Resolve bottlenecks and manual tasks Drive automation and efficiency Cloud Expand existing Supplier Portal Enable upload of BOM Enable check of materials in field Enable data access for the field, mapping, and engineering Enable digital capture of materials data Enable materials reconciliation OCR / Machine Learning Eliminate manual, repetitive document review for SQA Eliminate manual completion of Materials log Reconcile materials received to BOM Reduce manual capture of data in the field BlockChain Create traceable verifiable complete document trail for all materials 2” & above Use technology that can be expanded for broader use
Phase 2 - Today into Tomorrow
Phase 2 - Roadmap
Phase 2 – Roadmap
Phase 2 - Roadmap
Phase 2 - Roadmap
Phase 2 – End of 2018
Projected Benefit – Monthly Hours Saved
Distribution of Benefits
Phase 3 - Tomorrow
Phase 3 - A Vision for the Future Manufacturer Quality Documents Receiving In Stock Maintenance Materials Log GPS Location Warehouse SQA Construction Inspector Secured Blockchain of data through removal from service PO Bill of Lading Quality Inspections Work Order Assignment Weld Map GIS & SAP Vendor SQA Logistics Construction Mapping
Driving Value through Efficiency Faster, Better, Complete Data Real time transparent traceability Secure and trustworthy data Elimination of duplication of effort Reduction of handoffs Elimination of human error in data entry Transparency for regulatory and audit responses Improved data for trending, planning, and risk identification Time saved through real time access to accurate data Key Points to Take Home Distil and convey your experience to conference delegates. Try answering the following questions as you wrap up Reflecting back on my experience, what have been my greatest insights? What did I get right? If I did it all again what would I do differently? If I was in your shoes and embarking on a similar project, what would I do or not do?
Lessons Learned – Initiate through Deploy Keys to Success Engage your sponsors & identify a process owner/champion Take a step back and look end to end first The best solution may not be expanding the current process Keep the field engaged – more contact, more often Use POCs and Phases to generate quick, small wins Don’t go Big Bang! Celebrate the small successes to keep folks excited Key Points to Take Home Distil and convey your experience to conference delegates. Try answering the following questions as you wrap up Reflecting back on my experience, what have been my greatest insights? What did I get right? If I did it all again what would I do differently? If I was in your shoes and embarking on a similar project, what would I do or not do?
Gas Operations - Technology Strategies and Deployment Tanya A. Doyle Gas Operations - Technology Strategies and Deployment Email: TADH@PGE.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-doyle-022873
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