The new platform for asset lifecycle management

In my previous article focusing on the distribution chain, we concluded with a question: how can we achieve comprehensive control over the entire maintenance process? Here, I provide the answer!

Drawing from two decades of experience with companies in the energy sector—specialising in the distribution of LPG, oil and gas, water, and technical gases—we have integrated the following pillars into the latest functional architecture of our applications for asset lifecycle management:

• Accurate master data management
• Advanced maintenance contract management
• Organisation of field maintenance work

Let’s explore these together!

Asset Lifecycle Management: Master Data

• Comprehensive asset repository: The company maintains a data archive encompassing meters, valves, tanks, firefighting equipment, and maintenance records, all integrated with the company’s ERP system.
• Stock registration and visualisation: All materials are recorded and accessible from a single point. Access can be tailored based on the user’s responsibilities within our application platform.
•  Stock level alerts: Users can set notifications for when stock levels fall below the minimum threshold, enabling maintenance actions aligned with current contractual conditions.

Advanced Maintenance Contract Management

• Contract archive access: Ability to browse the repository of contracts related to installed tanks.
• Intervention history consultation: Review the history of performed maintenance activities.
• Key information display: View all essential details, from serial numbers and activation dates to complete customer profiles.

Asset Lifecycle Management: Organising Field Maintenance Work

• Task assignment: Assign installation or maintenance tasks for tanks and components.
• Integrated ticket management: Handle all scenarios with a ticket management workflow within the Aton platform, facilitating communication between field users, headquarters, and end customers.
• Billing and quotations management: Oversee invoicing and estimate processes efficiently.

Providing users with a digital archive simplifies operations, eliminates redundant tasks in activity mapping, and offers significant operational savings—a potential game-changer for many in the sector.

Information that often gets lost in numerous Excel files on individual computers, or worse, in dusty paper folders, will now be accessible to users responsible for asset maintenance through a new, intuitive, and user-friendly interface!