eCAT: Optimize Warehouse Operation, Save Time, and Reduce Cost
Materials and supplies typically account for a large proportion of investment costs in manufacturing, oil and gas, and energy companies
eCAT CAPABILITIES
A standardized platform for inventory data and purchasing
Helping organizations with large assets establish a standardized platform for inventory data and best purchasing practices to improve maintenance, operational efficiency, and profitability.
There are many opportunities to reduce warehousing costs and improve operational efficiency; however, companies face considerable difficulties in doing so. The biggest challenge is how to standardize materials data, create catalogs, shorten search times, and reduce inventory.
Material data is structured, accurate, complete, and consistent across the company's system.
Data control and governance capabilities.
Analytical capabilities to improve supplier management, inventory management, risk management, product quality, and asset availability.
CHALLENGES
What non-standard material data costs you
Material code duplication
leading to high inventory costs.
Excess inventory
Stock that exceeds actual demand.
Hard-to-find materials
Time lost searching for the right part.
Vendor lock-in
Proprietary part numbers limit your freedom to choose.
Higher purchasing costs
Limited supplier visibility and less competitive tenders.
Ordering delays
Incorrect codes disrupt operations and maintenance schedules.
Information silos
Procurement, Warehouse and O&M work from disconnected data.
BENEFITS
Less cost. Cleaner data. Better purchasing.
Reduce warehousing costs.
Data standardization and material cataloging.
Optimize your purchasing experience.
Enhancing the Data Platform for EAM/ERP Systems
OPTIMIZATION
Optimize your warehouse with the eCAT solution
Standardize materials right from the creation stage.
Optimal process for filtering out duplicate materials
Overall Management and Centralized Material Parameters
Integrated operation with EAM/ERP
HOW IT WORKS
Implementation process
STEP 1
Initial evaluation
Perform an “initial evaluation” based on the material description fields.
Gain a preliminary overview of potential duplication, classification feasibility, and common data errors (grammatical issues, terminology, etc.).
STEP 2
Classification & attribute templates
Perform Material & Equipment classification and apply customized technical attribute templates via physical inventory audits, technical data sourcing, and search utility tools.
Based on the detailed information, Material and Equipment data is significantly cleansed.
STEP 3
EAM/ERP integration & back-sync
Integrate and back-sync standardized data into EAM/ERP systems (Enterprise Asset Management & Enterprise Resource Planning solutions).
Incorporate data de-duplication based on customized workflows suitable for each individual business.
OUR CLIENTS
Successfully adopted eCAT
