The
need is to be ready to assist
our customers with both our highly skilled technicians and specialty tools and
machines - whenever they need us, even in peak seasons when personnel resources
are strained. That means a commitment from us to offer technicians skilled for
various jobs.
The Solution is to
cross-train highly skilled line isolation technicians to a help on synergistic
tasks. A high-level line isolation technician cross-trains to assist a
high-level heat treatment technician; A high-level Line Isolation/Weld Test
technician cross-trains to assist a multi-cert NDE technician. In this way
highly- specialized technicians are not sitting idle waiting on other vendors
to complete a task or service but instead are being fully utilized enabling a
single Furmanite technician to provide services previously performed by 2 or 3
individuals.
The
Former Approach Previously, our customers
would need to hire three or four vendors for the job. Now, Furmanite can
provide the technicians needed to enhance safety with one team working
together, reducing time to completion, and providing cost savings.
Additionally, quality is enhanced by using the same supervisor and team on the
project.
The
proof was determined when an
independent P6 scheduler who would, utilizing actual turnaround data, calculate
the project differences. Both the actual historical former approach and
Furmanite Blended Crew
solution data were loaded into P6 and the findings calculated.
The Findings:
- An actual scope from a typical 15
sequential cut pipe job was analyzed, including demolition, cold cutting,
cut location and machining, line isolation, hydro testing using an HID,
mag particle testing, and X-Ray-i.e. "The Real Job Test."
- Durations and man hours were
reduced within Blended Crew as there was a sole source of accountability
and communication/direction to field craft vs. using multiple
vendors.
- Sole source contracting limits
the amount of overhead/ indirect hours needed thus reducing the
daily/shift head count of people performing non-continuous work in the
field.
- Duration of the real job test
revealed a reduction in overall duration of 7 days.
- Punch list review reveals that
the Blended Crew has indirects/overhead that are 75% less than using
multiple vendors.
Total reduction of Blended Crew man hours was
552 hours, which does not include the reduction of Direct Craft hours lost on
waiting for testing/machining or isolation services to perform their task.
Project Start Date April 7
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Blended CrewSM
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Multiple Vendors Contracted
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Completion Date
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May 23
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May 29
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QC/QA Reports
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One Source
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Four Sources
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Time on Tools
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Continuous
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Three crew change outs per joint
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