Effective document management can do more than just save time and money on a new project. Sword CTSpace’s Tim Fleet and Amec’s Jeff Harrison explain how constantly evolving software is helping to unleash creativity in the oil and gas industry.
A typical new construction project can involve the creation of up to 100,000 documents and each one will be used many times, meaning thousands of hours are spent – and potentially wasted – managing them electronically. Keeping on top of all the information contained in those plans, drawings and specifications is vital to a job’s success, and sophisticated software solutions are required to deal with the high volumes of traffic. With 20 years’ experience working in the oil and gas sector, Sword CTSpace (a Sword Group Business Unit) is well placed to understand the needs of its clients. Such is the pace of change that when global product director Tim Fleet talks about ‘the old days’, he means five years ago...
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