AVEVA Change Manager

Full change management control for effective asset management

In every aspect of asset ownership whether daily operations or a major revamp quality, reliable information is a prerequisite for effective decision making, correct task execution, and safe and compliant operations. But information, like the asset it describes, continually changes. If changes are not rigorously managed and controlled, they will rapidly erode the quality and reliability of asset information, leading at best to increased operating costs, and at worst, to hidden safety hazards. Part of AVEVAs Information Engineering product suite, AVEVA Change Manager provides the essential means for robust and visible management of the continual changes to information in the digital asset which accompany the many changes large and small made to the physical asset during its lifecycle.

Business Benefits
z Best practice, fully auditable process for engineering information change management z Increased assurance of information integrity and regulatory compliance z Significant cost savings from reduced checking of information for Work Orders z Better-informed decision making, leading to greater efficiency in both routine asset operations and brownfield projects z Accessibility and maintenance of the true as-built status of an asset z Reduced operating risk

Overview
Throughout an assets working life, both in normal operations and during projects such as modifications or legacy data clean-up exercises, many different users need to access and change technical information that originates from a variety of sources. Not only must this information remain both accurate and available, it must be maintained so by the rigorous control of any changes made to it. Achieving this requires standardised tools, business processes and procedures for controlling changes to information and synchronising them across multiple business systems. Failure to maintain full control of information changes will layer errors upon errors, exponentially degrading the information assets and compromising the efficiency, safety and security of asset operations. Routine tasks then require excessive effort to verify the required information; projects are hindered by rework and delays, and effective incident response can be severely compromised. AVEVA Change Manager enables Owner Operators to optimise, control and monitor their change management process for all technical information. Combined with AVEVA NET, the solution highlights information changes to its users, enabling better-informed decision making. Implemented as a combined solution with AVEVA NET Gatekeeper, users are able to validate new and legacy data against configurable, predefined information standards before making controlled updates using AVEVA Change Manager. By assuring information integrity, AVEVA Change Manager delivers increased operational efficiency and regulatory compliance on all types of plants.

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Key Features
z Full management of changes to technical information created by modification projects and work packages. z Reservation of new tags and documents resulting from changes entered directly by a user interface or by an upload process. z Validation of all data against information handover specifications, external application registers and code tables. z Support for ISO 15926. z Class library driven, multi-lingual user interface. z Efficient information search functions. z Check-in and check-out control of tags and documents, for managing concurrent updates. z Fast-track capability for expediting urgent changes without the need for a formal approval process. z Configurable best-practice workflows to support complex business processes. z Integration with AVEVA NET for browsing, navigating, contextualising and visualising the entire information asset. z Integration with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Document Management (DM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, whether AVEVAs or third-party. z Tools to provide configurable reports and key performance indicators on data quality. z Role-based user access control, enabling internal and external organisations to manage large quantities of information in an orderly manner. z Full audit trail of all changes.
AVEVA Change Manager simplifies the change management of all data, including tags, documents, equipment and attributes AVEVA Change Managers intuitive dashboard helps ensure that technical information is visible and synchronised, across all business critical applications

AVEVA Change Manager provides best practice, fully audited, end-to-end engineering change management

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