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30 August 2004
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Intergraph Process, Power & Marine APEX Summit 2004 Business Track Experts Tackle Key Issues of Total Lifecycle Availability Model
New revenue and profitability opportunities are possible with the emerging process plant Total Lifecycle Availability business model. But harnessing the new model involves business challenges, asset management strategies and innovative technology, as managers will discover during business sessions at the APEX Summit conference, September 12-15, at The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA. APEX Summit is sponsored by Intergraph Corporation's (NASDAQ: INGR) Process, Power & Marine division, the global engineering enterprise platform provider.
Business Track speakers from leading worldwide companies tackle the topic from major lifecycle viewpoints -capital projects, information handover and operations- and tie the phases together with a session on engineering enterprise integration. Senior and middle managers as well as superusers interested in the reciprocal relationship between business and technology can glean useful roadmaps for preparing persuasive business cases and implementing business-driven technology strategies.
Click to http://www.apexsummit.com for details on Business Track sessions and to register for APEX Summit.
The Business Track kicks off with Integrated Project Execution & Controls. Successful implementation of integrated project execution presents multiple challenges for organizations, people, processes and engineering IT solutions. Mike Cast, manager, Information Systems & Technology for Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Bechtel Ltd. and Carin Malan, engineering knowledge manager, Murray & Roberts, address moving project execution from the traditional toward the integrated model.
Looking at another lifecycle angle, the Performance Strategies for Brownfield Installations session features Brad Broughton, vice president, Business Development, Meridium, Inc.; Shelley Hoem, engineering systems team leader, NOVA Chemicals Corp.; Dave Hoerster, manager, Engineering Computer Applications, Bayer AG; and Robert Yang, technical consultant, Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group Inc. Presenters explain how intelligent tools can centralize engineering design information and improve plant availability, streamline regulatory compliance and maintain accuracy of as-built configuration data.
Engineering information handover from construction to operations is a potential friction point in the facility lifecycle but offers high value for all parties. The Asset Management session looks at practical handover experiences of project teams as related by Mike Moroney, business systems manager, Buzzard Development Project, CB&I John Brown Ltd.; Adrian Park, plant information management manager, Statoil; and Linderick Whitworth, information management team leader, Buzzard Development Project, EnCana (U.K.) Ltd.
The final session, Integrating the Engineering Enterprise Throughout the Lifecycle, ties the Business Track topics and issues together. The growing recognition of engineering as an enterprise issue is a major factor in developing the emerging lifecycle business model. The expert lineup includes Michael Atkinson, business director, Integrated Engineering, Aspen Technology; Gary Hedrick, engineering project advisor, Eli Lilly and Company; Keith Lucas, manager, Applications IT, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.; Junichi Masukawa, manager, Project IT Development, Chiyoda Corporation; and Lars Line Vaaland, IS manager, Vetco Aibel.
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