Case Study: a lead operator saves $1 million annually with Hexagon PPM SmartPlant Foundation

Lead Operator saves $1 million annually with Hexagon PPM

The lead operator, a major oil sands operator in Canada, faced the challenge of discontinuing its costly non-preferred data management solution, Livelink, which incurred $1 million in annual operating costs. Their internal options were not configured to support engineering documentation or concurrent engineering projects. Hexagon PPM recommended implementing the operator's data management data warehouse configuration into its SmartCloud environment using SmartPlant Foundation.

Hexagon PPM developed a central template for this configuration, which the lead operator then deployed locally. The solution successfully went live, providing a truly engineering-oriented system that supports concurrent engineering. This project saved the lead operator $1 million in annual operational costs and provided a template that can be deployed on other operational assets to streamline work processes.