THE RESULTS
Using RedEye, WestSide now has a single source of truth for all of its asset engineering drawings and manuals, documentation such as procedures, design and datasheets.
WestSide’s teams have fast access to the system anywhere on site, from a mobile device or the office. They also benefit from a trusted revision control, version history and review and approval tools.
Representing assets in 3D
WestSide also stores three dimensional models of their facilities in RedEye, which gives them as close to the experience of being on the ground as possible, without actually being there.
“It allows us to delve in, and from anywhere in the world, take a deep dive through our assets. We can…orient ourselves to what is actually on site. We have photos and videos too, which are very useful, especially for people who are remote and can’t travel to the site as much as they’d like to,” said Rob Trout.
“I’m used to being able to go from the control room straight into the operating facility, to see what is happening and, and what needs to change. We can’t do that as well now. So we rely on RedEye to help, as well as a lot of team calls to the site.”
Streamlined operations, reduced operational costs
Since implementing RedEye, WestSide also reports substantial operational cost savings in many areas. WestSide estimates that its digital transformation project with RedEye and the associated business process changes are resulting in an estimated 16% saving from their engineering budget every year.
“Reduced search time for information is the biggest contributor. Based on 40 people in engineering doing at least one and a bit searches a day, and that taking hours each time they’re looking for something, the associated costs really add up. By bringing that down from hours to seconds, we’re saving 12.5% in engineering time and costs, which is really significant” said Rob Trout.
WestSide is also a saving of 1% of their annual engineering costs, by not having to recreate lost documents, and saving 3% in engineering time by reducing travel time to sites.
With an eye on the future, WestSide is exploring integrating its core engineering asset data and drawings in RedEye, with other corporate systems. Rob Trout noted that having a centralised store of information will make many future digital initiatives possible.
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