TPT July 2008

T ube & P ipe M ills and R ollforming L ines

Effective document management in a tube production environment

VMOG UK that captured all information into a single, auditable and secure storage system. VMOG UK now has a single, unified means of reviewing the entire history of an order with one click. The system integrates scanners, back-end ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, user’s email accounts and other sources of data. This ensures that the company can use a single, unified means of reviewing the entire history of an order with one click. This solution makes the company’s account managers, production staff and schedulers more efficient and cuts down hugely on the amount of paper being used to manage the process. It also saves costs when it comes to using the postal service to send paperwork. The document management system for VMOG is based around Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal 007 server. In combination with Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, the entire system seamlessly captures all paperwork, emails and other information relating to projects.

Vallourec & Mannesman Oil & Gas, UK, has recently implemented an effective solution to its document and email management problems to ensure first-rate referencing of all its pipe products. Managing the flow of information in a noisy, hot and demanding production environment can be extremely difficult. Added problems can arise in the process of ensuring the system is up-to- date and accurate.

VMOG UK is involved in the high volume production of pipes for the oil and gas industry, using a complex range of tube and pipe machinery. The company needs to record and control all of the documentation concerning the pipes and their joints for many years in case of the failure of a critical supply line. With two offices in the UK, electronic

information was being printed out, handed around, scanned and then stored again in an electronic system. All staff concerned relied upon paper filing systems to ensure that records were up-to- date and reliable. To find an effective solution, the company took on the services of Sysnet, a leading provider of innovative solutions for information management and a Microsoft Gold certified partner. Sysnet designed a flexible and fully integrated solution for

 Managing information flow can often be difficult in the noisy and demanding production environment of a tube manufacturing facility

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