1. Developing an Existing Piping Assets Traceability & Tracking Strategy
Alan Cunningham
Lou Peeples

2. Agenda Current State of Asset Management Implications Program Setup
Project Implementation
Conclusions

3. Current State
Most asset intensive companies have poor data quality & visibility of their asset database
Lack of adequate traceability for plastic pipe & components
Poor tracking of field pipe locations
Large asset infrastructure with poor data quality

4. Implications Excessive pipe excavations during recalls
Difficult to determine cause/origin of an incident
No ability to determine whether plastic pipe or component failures caused issue
Difficult to identify systemic issues related to incidents involving plastic pipe
Increased costs and loss of revenue
Preventable accidents can occur

5. Traceability & Tracking
Problem Space
% Reduction in Excavation Costs
% Quicker Response to Recalls
% Improvement in Predictive Maintenance
Business Outcomes
Asset Classes
Asset Population
Asset Locations
Marking
Policy
Traceability & Tracking
Marking Specifications
Data Requirements
MDM
Existing Piping
Assets
Data Gathering
Barcode Installation

6. Implementing Barcodes on Existing Piping Assets
Steps in the Planning Process
Establish Implementation Team
Define Scope of Work and Project Requirements
Establish Project Phases and Tasks
Define Marking Approach
Pilot Project, Phased or Big Bang approach
Determine Resources & Cost
Examine Outcomes of Project

7. Project Team Program Setup Project Implementation Program Manager
Data Specialist
Engineering Authority
Project Implementation
Project Manager
Data Gathering Teams
Barcode Installation

8. Scope of Work Develop Marking Policy & Plan Goal
Establish Asset Classes to be marked
Assess the Asset Population to be Marked
Assess Asset Locations within the pipeline
Goal
Defined list of assets to mark by asset class by location

9. Project Requirements Engineering Plan Data Strategy Data Gathering
Barcode Production
Barcode Installation

10. Engineering Plan Engineering Conundrum Asset Marking Complications
“Marking of all pipe and components to ensure identification for a period of 50 years or the life of the pipeline”
Asset Marking Complications
UV Exposure
Weather Exposure
Sea Salt Corrosion
Variety of Mating Surfaces
Variety of Attachment Methods

11. Substrate Selection
Existing Utility & U.S. Military specifications for durable outdoor life of the part marking
GGP–455b
Mil–P–1502D
Mil–P–19834B
Mil–P514D

12. Results of Incorrect Marking Decisions

13. Engineering Assessment
Marking method
Surface preparation
Standard Operating Procedures
Training manuals
Develop Engineering Drawings by Asset Class
Photos
Label Locations
Attachment Methods
Required Data Fields

14. Data Strategy Examine the Master Data Management requirements
Review traceability asset data fields to collect
Location of Manufacture
Lot Information
Size
Material
Pressure Rating
Temperature Rating
Type, Grade & Model
Review tracking data fields to collect
Location of pipe & piping components within the pipeline

15. Data Gathering Establish Data Gathering Teams Use Data Gathering Tools
Create a template mapped to the data fields
Most expensive part is labor so ensure all fields are known before starting
Take pictures of assets as no extra time or cost
Condition, label location, data plate
Marking Spec

16. Benefits Engineering Assessments Data Gathering Ease of training
Create efficiencies in install
Ensures mark last life of the part
Consistency across your enterprise
Recommend to suppliers for new parts
Library of documentation for asset population
Ensures tags are not made using incorrect data
Staged outside asset registry so easier to centrally manage data remediation

17. Mark Production and Installation
Barcode Manufacturing
Sequential numbers vs. specific tag
Different designs for different asset types
Human Readable Information on that tag?
Kitting for installation vs. sending bags of tags
Barcode Installation
What is the optimal plan for the most cost
efficient installation?
Project Timeline can be weather dependent
(Adhesive 50F)
Pipeline layout (Grids)
Data Fields to validate
Resource considerations vs. time/cost
Outsource labor or use internal

18. Project Implementation - Pilot Project
Start with a pilot project (2, ,000 assets)
Engineering Assessments ( asset families)
Data collection
Tagging at pilot location
Outcomes of the Pilot
Assess data quality?
Confirm engineering assessments?
Establish speed of data gathering & installation?

19. Project Implementation
Determine Resource Allocation and Timeframe
Budget and personnel
Internal Resources vs. External Resources
Assign a project manager to oversee project
Set Data Gathering/Installation expectations
Speed is roughly 100 – 250 assets per man per day
Installation Variables include:
Distance between assets
Data fields to collect
Number of available escorts
Attachment method

20. Project Completion Project/Stage Completion
Project Review & Lessons Learned
Review of data discrepancies
Plan for new asset acquisition and existing spares
Assess Project Against Success Parameters
On Time & On Budget
Data Quality Improvements
Assess Business Outcomes
% Reduction in Excavation Costs?
% Quicker Response to Recalls?
% Improvement in Predictive Maintenance?

21. Camcode Company was incorporated in 1946
ISN rated & ISO 9001:2008 certified
Camcode specializes in enterprise-level data/barcoding solutions
We assist with:
Asset Tracking
Item Identification
Work in Process
Data Remediation
Barcode Best Practises
Barcode Service Solutions

22. Camcode Camcode offers Barcode services covering: Barcode Policy
Project Management
Data Management
Barcode Engineering Services
Data Gathering
Barcode Production
Barcode Installation
Custom Reporting

23. Conclusions Importance of Traceability & Tracking Policy & Plan
Permanence – get it right the first time
Tagging/Data collection done improperly
Increases your costs (People time is the greatest cost, not tags)
Leads to incomplete or incorrect data capture
Commonality
Corporate-wide policy allows facilities to work from a set of common rules
Lowers costs so each plant is not reinventing the wheel
Lowers maintenance costs as every engineer and maintenance staff understands what tag, how to attach it, where it is etc. 

24. Questions? Alan Cunningham acunningham@camcode.com Lou Peeples