Global Valve Cross-Reference eCatalog (GVCC)

Project Manager: Sharon Bickford, (512)452-0835 or bickford@fiatech.org

If you are a FIATECH member and would like to participate in this project, email us!

Project Participants

Alar Software, Rurik Turton
Aramco, Rajan Hingoraney
Arkema, Norman McLeod
AVEVA, Jim Klein, Dan Stephenson
BE &K, Keith Reece
Bonney Forge, Jim Pease
Burns & McDonnell, Keith Chastain
CH2M HILL – Paul Duralia
Chevron Corporation, Maurice May, Nitin Parekh
ConocoPhillips, Bart Neighbors
Degussa Corporation, John Little
Eastman Chemical Company, Charles Crowder
Evonik Degussa, John Little
FMC Corporation, Gene Redko
Holly Corporation, Robby Gaines
Honeywell, Ed Urban
Huntsman, David Auld & Herb Jordan
Intergraph, Chuck Gill
The Newdell Company, Terry Hill
REC Silicon, Brian Sullivan
Rohm & Haas, Thomas Folk, David Williams
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd., John Fish
Sunbelt Supply, Larry Feld, Frank Plunkett
Sunoco, Vinod Srivastava & George Yednock, Robert Chmielewski, Kyle Donnelly
Tesoro, Chris Chambers

"I just wanted to express my thanks to each of you who helped to make this initiative a success. This is an impressive display of value from the perspective of the owner, the engineering & construction company, the valve distributor, and the manufacturer. The original idea was to save money and time for the requisitioners. I had no idea of just how much value there was for all the others in the supply chain. I fervently believe that this is a win for everyone. This may just be the starter set that will lead to even greater opportunities for savings." - John Fish, Director of Procurement and Quality Assurance, Ford, Bacon, and Davis, LLC

Overview

Owners, EPCs and international valve suppliers and manufacturers collaborate in a jointly funded project to create a global valve cross-reference electronic catalog (GVCC). The GVCC will leverage and build upon the Process Industries Practices (PIP) reference valve catalog and FIATECH’s automating equipment information exchange (AEX) XML protocols and will be delivered to sponsors via a dedicated web site. The GVCC web site will enable participating companies to automatically cross-match their internal valve catalogs and technical specifications with their business collaboration partners via a common cross-match to an electronic version of the PIP valve catalog.

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Business Case

Benefits: 95% reduction in labor cost and schedule for valve technical verification task associated with valve quotes and purchases.

GVCC provides sponsors with an estimated 95% labor cost and schedule reduction of the technical verification activity associated with valve quotes and purchases. Additional benefits accrue through reduction of errors and rework and by the potential to automatically exchange valve weight and geometry data to 3D CAD and asset management systems. Suppliers additionally benefit through increased exposure to potential customers. Owners and EPCs realize the additional benefit of increased awareness of potential suppliers.

Project Status

This project is currently underway and nearing completion of its 2nd Phase, but is seeking additional commitments from PIP and FIATECH member companies as well as valve distributor and manufacturer companies. Please email FIATECH at info@fiatech.org to confirm your company's commitment to become a project sponsor. Many project and industry workshops, panels, status reviews, and live demonstrations of working software have been conducted and hosted by FIATECH, PIP, and S&B Constructors and Engineers (one of the leading sponsors). Please visit this page for additional details, or, send a query to info@fiatech.org for PDF versions of the presentations, documents, or prototypes. We always invite industry review and comments for improvement.

September 2005 - Project started with 12 sponsor companies
* 2005 - Completed XML schema development and partial PIP Valve Catalog conversion
* 1Q06 - Delivered Valve Editor template
* 2Q06 - Delivered Valve Matcher prototype - completed Phase 1
* 4Q06 - Delivered working prototype Valve Editor, partial PIP Valve Catalog in cfiXML with full QA, and functional Valve Matcher prototype and live demonstrations of each to FIATECH sponsors at the 2006 Fall Member Meeting in Denver and PIP sponsors at an event hosted by S&B Constructors and Engineers in Houston
* 2Q07 - Delivered a beta release of the Valve Editor and a portion (ball and plug valves) of the PIP Valve Catalog in cfiXML
* 4Q07 - Delivered a final beta release of the Valve Editor, the complete, validated PIP Valve Catalog, and Report Writer – complete package with minimum acceptable functionality.
* 1Q08 – Delivered fully tested version of the GVCC software (completed Phase 2) and demonstrated the program at the Annual PIP Conference in Houston
* 2Q08 – Deliver the GVCC web site and all related web services (Phase 3) for project completion

Project Participant Activities

Project Plan

FIATECH will provide Project Management and Alar Engineering Software will provide technical resources to complete the project.

* Phase 1 was completed in August 2006

* Phase 2 was completed in April 2008

* Phase 3 to be completed in August 2008

Key project deliverables include the Valve data Editor, PIP Valve Catalog in cfiXML, the Valve Matcher, a Reporting Facility and Update Service, the complete GVCC web site with support services that delivers to sponsors the capability to rapidly and automatically cross-match their internal Valve Catalogs and technical specifications with their business collaboration partners via a common cross-match to an electronic version of the PIP Valve Catalog. Phase 3 may also include a subscription service for non-sponsor companies (TBD).

Upcoming Workshops

The next hand-on workshop has not been scheduled.

Project Risks/Mitigation

The GVCC is being built using proven technology and therefore has no appreciable technical risk. Commercial success of the project depends on achieving a critical mass of participating companies of all types.

Ongoing Costs

Ongoing costs will be covered through sponsor fees. Access to the GVCC web site will be provided only to project sponsors, and for companies who are not members of FIATECH or PIP, through an appropriate annual subscription fee to be determined by FIATECH and the project sponsors.

Project Participation Fee

Your company must be a member of FIATECH, a member of PIP, or a valve distributor or manufacturer to become a GVCC project participant. FIATECH members that elect to participate in this project will have a portion of their annual membership dues allocated to sponsor this project in lieu of paying any additional monies. Because FIATECH's dues are structured on a graduated scale based on company revenues, the amount that is allocated will vary. Companies that are not members of FIATECH, but are PIP members, valve distributors or manufacturers, can join the project by paying a one-time project sponsorship fee. Please contact FIATECH via info@fiatech.org to explore membership.