After reviewing offerings from several software vendors, the Green Pasture Software controlled document application, running on a FileNET repository, was selected to manage all engineering and operations management documents. But with the upgraded plant it was time to get a system that could improve access in the field and lower management costs. Benefits Today, GVRD uses Green Pasture to keep track of all its CAD drawings for the electrical, mechanical, architectural, structural, process, plumbing and HVAC systems at the plant. Kennett says the new system streamlines the work involved in handling the thousands of inquiries to the document library that are made over the course of a year. Typically it would take 30 minutes to send someone out to bring back a printed version from the library.
Savings are tremendous.
The GVRD system is a distributed library where the drawings are available in multiple on-line locations within the plant, away from the main library a few miles away at headquarters. Employee time is saved by providing access to the library directly from the plant floor, allowing operations staff to work with the latest documents quickly and efficiently. Being able to track redlines quickly on-screen as they come in not only reduces paper expenses, the ability to check documents out helps GVRD keep close control of all documents that have been issued to contractors for work. The savings in paper expenses can be considerable. The potential for savings like these greatly improves the economics of installing an EDMS system.