IFS Applications has been selected by Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc.
(TNPI) as its enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise resource
planning (ERP) solution.
TNPI of Richmond Hill, Ontario delivers refined petroleum products to
major cities and airports in Canada. TNPI operates two pipelines in
Canada -- in southern Ontario and western Quebec, and between Edmonton
and Calgary. IFS Applications modules that will be implemented include:
IFS Financials, IFS Maintenance, IFS Document Management, IFS Project
Management, IFS Human Resources, IFS Time & Attendance Management and
IFS Business Intelligence.
By implementing IFS Applications, TNPI will integrate preventative
maintenance records, asset data, equipment histories, and other pipeline
data critical to the successful and safe management of TNPI and sister
company Alberta Products Pipe Line LTD (APPL). This in turn will provide
greater ability to maximize productivity of assets, ensure safe pipeline
operation and enable effective work and maintenance execution management.
IFS will leverage its strong knowledge of the oil and gas sector and
best-in-class EAM functionality, together with longtime partner ESRI, to
offer a fully integrated solution. This will allow TNPI to manage an
extensive set of linear pipeline assets.
“IFS Applications will enable us to become more sophisticated,
centralized and consistent in how we manage our assets and our
operation, TNPI President and CEO John Ferris said. “This project is
part of our efforts to continually improve our asset management
practices to reduce risk, enhance the business and better serve our
shareholders and the communities we serve.”
“IFS Applications is the choice of more and more companies in the energy
sector,” IFS North America Director for Energy and Asset Management
Patrick Zirnhelt said. “Our longstanding commitment to the industry, our
best-in-class EAM functionality and our deeply embedded project
management functionality all make us very attractive to companies like
TNPI. These are the reasons we are becoming more dominant in this space,
and how we came to be the number one EAM software vendor in the oil and
gas industry according to ARC Advisory Group.”
Suppliers to the upstream Oil & Gas industry is one of IFS’s core
markets. IFS offers flexible, component-based business solutions that
manage the entire lifecycle of contracts, projects, assets and services.
IFS Applications includes functionality for contract and project
management, risk management, budgeting and forecasting, engineering,
material management, fabrication, document management, service and asset
management, all integrated with financials and human resources.
Customers include Grenland Group, Babcock Engineering Services,
Microseismic, Heerema Fabrication Group, Seadrill, Yantai Raffles,
Archer, APL, Hertel, Bergen Group Rosenberg, Technip, BWO, Semco
Maritime, Reinertsen, STX Europe, PGS, Wellstream and Hamworthy Gas
Systems.
About TNPI
Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc (TNPI) has been in operation since 1952 and
transports refined petroleum products from refineries to distribution
terminals throughout Southern Ontario and Quebec. TNPI operates the
longest and largest refined petroleum products pipeline system in
eastern Canada and is federally regulated by the National Energy Board.
About APPL
Alberta Products Pipe Line Ltd (APPL) has been in operation since 1971
and transports refined petroleum products from Edmonton area refineries
to Calgary. APPL is regulated by the Alberta Energy Resources
Conservation Board.
About IFS
IFS is a public company (OMX STO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops,
supplies, and implements IFS Applications™, a component-based extended
ERP suite built on SOA technology. IFS focuses on industries where any
of four core processes are strategic: service & asset management,
manufacturing, supply chain and projects. The company has 2,000
customers and is present in approximately 60 countries with 2,800
employees in total. For more information about IFS, please visit: www.IFSWORLD.com
