C.A.S.C.A.D.E.
Enterprise
Asset
Complete Package – Fully Integrated • Condition Assessment
• Asset / Preventative Maintenance • Work Order Management
• Inventory Control • Procurement
• Reporting Dashboards
Cost Reduction / Improved Asset Performance • Standardized lifecycle workflows reduce labor and increase accuracy and efficiencies. PMs for better asset performance and EULs.
• Intuitive and easy screen formats create a shortened learning curve for users
Customizable and scalable to meet changing business needs
• Customer requirements determine how the pre‐existing work flows are utilized
• Interactive drill down capabilities for analysis and performance improvement
• Hosted in a secure Cloud environment to assure system availability and quickly respond to changing capacity needs
OVERVIEW
The Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system has become a strategic weapon in the war to reduce costs, increase
organizational effectiveness, and
improve competitive positioning of programs managing the assessment,
procurement, budgeting, and
maintenance of facility assets.
URS’ CASCADE System combines a
comprehensive Facility Assessment
capability with the added advantages of complete Maintenance and Performance Management features.
THE RESULT IS AN END-TO-END SOLUTION FOR EFFICIENTLY MANAGING BOTH THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND THE WORK MANAGEMENT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A FACILITY IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
The system is comprised of modular suites of pre-integrated applications designed for rapid deployment and ease of administration. It is ideally suited for
contracts ranging from facility
management through facility or plant operations.
SYSTEM
BENEFITS
CASCADE is a truly unique and diverse system. It was originally developed as a
complete Computerized
Maintenance Management
System (CMMS) which was then enhanced with a Facility
Assessment module to
provide a fully integrated Asset Management tool. The
use of customized
dashboards provides a
package that separates
CASCADE from the rest.
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C.A.S.C.A.D.E.
Enterprise
Asset
CONDITION
ASSESSMENT
URS has long recognized the complexity of assessing facility conditions, correlating assessment conditions to capital expenditures, and managing the capital needs, preventive maintenance, and work schedules in an integrated manner. While evaluating the competing products offered throughout the industry, URS determined that it was advantageous to combine the Facility Assessment capabilities with an integrated CMMS. With the use of CASCADE, URS customers can achieve improved asset visibility, uptime, reliability, and productivity while reducing costs. The new version of CASCADE assures URS’ clients a high quality work product to meet their facilities management requirements on‐time and within budget.
The Condition Assessment Module provides the capability to quickly and effectively detail and record condition assessments. The baseline can then be used to determine capital costs and plan, schedule, and execute preventive maintenance. This eliminates one of the most challenging aspects of managing large and distributed facility portfolios by applying a fully integrated approach that provides detailed visibility into the portfolio health.
The CASCADE Facility Condition Index is the primary metric used to determined the health of a facility or portfolio. Increased facility health can lead to:
Increased rents
Better quality tenants
Increased equity and better re‐sale value
Savings achieved thru decreased maintenance costs
COSTPOINT DELTEK REPORTING DASHBOARDS MS PROJECT EXECUTION SCHEDULING APPROVAL ESTIMATING WORK ORDER PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
A pro‐active program using CASCADE can help Managers deal with Deferred Maintenance in a strategic way over time
ESTABLISH BASELINE OF CURRENT CONDITIONS, IDENTIFY WORK NEEDED TO
WORK
ORDER
MANAGEMENT
Effective project management requires the ability to identify tasks and manage those tasks through their complete lifecycle. The CASCADE Work Order Management capability seamlessly captures and reports the status of work and integrates work order processes with the other primary CASCADE processes, and interfaces with the corporate systems responsible for time collection, financial reporting and client billing. The standard process flow that transitions work orders from inception through completion is aligned with best practices established by the Project Management Institute (PMI). As scheduled events occur, CASCADE automatically initiates work order processes that enable the project to manage all aspects of service delivery and provide customers with consistent, reliable results.
WORK
ORDER
PROCESS
FLOW
COSTPOINT DELTEK LABOR ACTUALS REPORTING DASHBOARDS MS PROJECT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXECUTION SCHEDULING APPROVAL ESTIMATING WORK ORDER PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
CASCADE can be integrated with corporate or client systems to share information and processes between systems
ESTIMATING, PLANNING, ANDSCHEDULING
The Work Order record collects data on the materials and labor expended while performing the work. Integration between CASCADE and corporate or client legacy systems can ensure that timely status or financial reporting can be conducted through entire life‐cycle of the work flow process. This provides accurate information for program management and a basis for accurately estimating, planning, and scheduling future work.
WORK
ORDER
MANAGEMENT
DOCUMENTCONTROL
The management, control, and presentation of information generated outside of the system (e.g. vendor manuals, specification sheets, preventive maintenance procedures, manufacturer specification data sheets (MSDS), drawings, technical references) is a critical function within CASCADE. The Document Control technology provides the ability to organize, maintain, and present imaged information as part of the primary processes within the system. Documents can easily be attached to equipment, work orders, inventory or accounts payable allowing users to view any document relevant to their activities when performing the various functions within CASCADE.
PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
ASSET
/
PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
The goal of preventive maintenance is to keep equipment assets running with minimal disruption. Preventive maintenance is performed based upon comprehensive, pre‐defined procedures that are individually scheduled for each equipment asset. As scheduled events occur, work orders are generated to perform the specified work, and the materials required to complete the work order are requested. As maintenance work orders are completed, the results are captured by the work order closeout process and reported through the Reporting Dashboard. The dashboard provides the capability to perform detailed analysis of equipment history and predict maintenance that might proactively address equipment issues, reduce system failures, and prevent process disruption.
CASCADE Equipment maintenance processes support a proactive approach to maintaining equipment availability. Integration of Equipment Maintenance with Work Order and Performance Management capabilities provides visibility into maintenance history and costs for each equipment asset.
ASSET
/
PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE
CORRECTIVEMAINTENANCE
When corrective maintenance is required to repair equipment items, work orders can be generated at any installed location. The results of the work are captured in the equipment history for the asset.
EFFICIENTMATERIALREQUESTPROCESS
The Material Request serves as the issue ticket when the required stock is on‐hand in the warehouse. If the required materials are not available in the warehouse, the system generates a requisition for them, which is handled by the CASCADE Procurement processes. There is a constant exchange of information between Procurement, Warehouse, and Work Order as the receipt of equipment and shipment to the point of installation is tracked.
PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
PROCUREMENT
REQUISITIONS, BIDS, ANDPURCHASEORDERS
The Procurement processes built into CASCADE ensure a smooth transition from requisition, to Bid, to purchase order. Requisitions may be generated by either of two methods. In the first method, requisitions are generated based on materials required for fulfilling work orders. In the second method, requisitions are generated based on contracts that feed into the supply chain. The procurement lifecycle is managed by means of an automated approval process that is based on industry best practices. A workflow transitions the requisition from initial approval through generation of an approved purchase order. The CASCADE user interface provides complete visibility into the workflow progress of all procurements and eliminates the need for paper forms, file storage, and retrieval of paper records.
If required materials are not in stock, a requisition enters the Procurement process where the purchase is approved and conducted in accordance with procurement policies. Receipt and issue of purchased materials is handled by the Inventory Control processes.
PROCUREMENT
SUPPLIERMANAGEMENT
The system builds a file of information on approved product vendors, manufacturers, shipping codes, points of contact, addresses, and other related information.
When items are received from a supplier, CASCADE compares the receipts with the terms and conditions of each purchase order to verify conformance. When a non‐conformance is identified, an Over, Short, and Damaged (OS&D) process provides email notifications to designated personnel for resolution. This receiving information feeds the ‘Vendor Scorecard’ used for monitoring the performance of each supplier. Invoice payments can be processed through the CASCADE Accounts Payable Module or interfaces to legacy financial systems may be implemented to for this purpose
MATERIAL
REQUEST
INVENTORY
CONTROL
Managing equipment assets is often a critical and required function on our projects. Asset tracking begins at the receiving station where most of the customer’s contractual guidelines are enforced by the system. CASCADE uses bar code symbologies such as codes128 and 39, PDF417 and others for scanning and printing. CASCADE is RFID and QR Code ready, a capability that is in use today.
SCALABLE
CASCADE can be deployed to a stand‐alone warehouse, or customers have the option to realize economies
of scale through Common Warehouse Management ‐‐ shared warehouse space, production equipment,
labor, and materials. This reduces the cost to each customer.
RESPONSIVE
Real‐time visibility of workflow status and events allows the warehouse to rapidly adapt to changing demands. CASCADE puts in place a clear definition of roles, processes and systems to monitor events and track performance.
QR Code Technology provides accurate, on‐the‐spot data on tagged assets
REPORTING
DASHBOARDS
UNIFIEDVIEW OFLIFECYCLEPERFORMANCE
Performance indicators as simple as cost and schedule variances or as complex as Service Level Agreement metrics may be required by the program. The dashboard provides the analytics capabilities and visibility into project performance data needed to effectively manage all aspects of project performance:
•Project Manager and customer have a common view of performance metrics throughout the Facility Condition Assessment and Work Order lifecycles with drill downs into source data
•Early identification of variances allows the PM to take corrective action before schedule and cost are impacted
•Trend analysis identifies opportunities for improvement to operating procedures and employee training •Real time data is extracted from multiple sources (including legacy systems), analyzed, and presented in a single interface
•Dashboards, scorecards, KPIs and reports present project information using intuitive charts, graphs, and grids
PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
CASCADE is Cloud‐hosted and mobile device enabled
PAST
PERFORMANCE
BEGINNING IN1986,THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE SYSTEM WAS SUPPORTING CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. SINCE 1996, THE SYSTEM HAS SUPPORTED SOME OF THE LARGEST BASELINE CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITIES IN THE WORLD. BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME CLIENTS SERVED OVER THE YEARS:
PLANNING MATERIAL REQUEST
•PP&L
•PSE&G
•Exelon (Oyster Creek)
•BG&E (currently ExelonandÉlectricité
de France(Calvert Cliffs))
•Florida Power and Light
•Florida Power
•Southern California Edison
•Duke Power
•American Electric Power (Cook Nuclear Michigan)
•Arizona Public Service
•Proctor & Gamble
•Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot
•Pine Bluffs Chemical Weapons Depot
•Trinidad and Tobago Methanol Plant
•TRINTOC Trinidad and Tobago Refinery
•Kennecott Copper Mine
•University of Pennsylvania •Nabisco •Citgo •Valero •Motiva Enterprise •Total
•Marathon Petroleum Company
•PBF Energy (Delaware City Refinery)
•Sunoco
•Saudi Aramco
•Keebler Company
•Vandenberg Air Force Base
•JACADS Chemical Weapons Depot
•Anniston Munitions Center
•Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
•PDVSA Venezuela
•Morten Thiokol Chemical Plant
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT:
SCOTTDUNBAR
(610) 832‐1819
