1. Equipment Tracking and Inspection Project
Presented by:
Helena Elliott
Pablo Salinas, Jr.
Abena Sandy

2. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Background
Clear Lake Chemical Company:
Headquartered in Houston, Texas.
North America's third-largest independent, publicly traded chemical company.
Our products are the building blocks contained in goods that people use every day such as:
Food packaging, household furnishings, detergents, cosmetics, automotive parts, construction, and home-building materials.
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3. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Background (cont.)
We have an inventory of over 500,000 pieces of equipment that need to be tracked and/or inspected
We are currently using a series of Excel spreadsheets to track equipment and record inspection information.
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4. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Business Need
This project has been initiated to track equipment and equipment inspection data which will:
Enhance facility safety.
Protect our employees and the environment.
Assist Clear Lake Chemical Company in meeting required governmental regulations.
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5. Business Requirements
Enable users to track all facility and laboratory equipment
Enable users to know:
When part replacement and inspections are due
If parts have been replaced
If inspections have been completed
Who is responsible for the equipment
Who actually completed the inspection or work on the equipment.
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6. Business Requirements (cont.)
The functionality the system should have is listed below:
Add or remove equipment
Identify equipment location
Mark equipment to be taken out of service
Update equipment inspection or service date
Calculate next inspection or service date
Identify all equipment due for inspection
Identify any equipment that is past due for inspection or service
Identify any pertinent data missing from each equipment
Search for equipment by location, type, responsible personnel
Reporting functionality with detailed equipment information
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7. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Business Value
Allow greater precision in tracking facility equipment and any related safety issues
Help keep equipment in good working order
Help us to avoid any injuries related to malfunctioning equipment or equipment parts
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8. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Business Value (cont.)
Help us meet governmental standards
Avoid the cost of downtime and non-compliance fines
Provide OSHA and other regulatory agencies the required safety compliance documentation.
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9. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Business Value (cont.)
Conservative estimates of tangible value to the company include:
$50,000 reduction in annual loss time cost
$75,000 reduction in cost of non-compliance
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10. Special Issue or Constraints
System should be in place by January 1, 2008
In the future we would like for inspectors to be able to use hand held electronic devices to record inspections and then upload data into main system. This process will help improve speed and accuracy of tracking equipment data.
The time and resources will be needed to export data from our current spreadsheet system into a usable format for the new system.
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11. Clear Lake Chemical Company
Questions
Thank you for your time.
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