WRENCH EPC™ is a business solution specially designed for EPC companies. It gives complete control over project schedules, enforces quality management processes across the organization, and provides online access to all engineering drawings, documents, correspondences etc., related to the project without dependency on human resources.

With WRENCH- Enterprise, you can:
a) Define and monitor the online status of all deliverables defined per project.
b) Automatically enforce all quality management process for each deliverable.
c) Automatically capture all data/documents created and transacted for each deliverable.
d) Get online access to all project data - for all users across all locations.

a) Reduce engineering cycle time by over 50% by reusing old data
b) Get instant access to latest and 100% accurate project status information.
c) Eliminate any possibility of human errors and thus ensure quality.
d) Ensure on-time delivery (prevent LD) by monitoring project tasks in real-time.
e) Optimize human resource utilization and capture their knowledge in the system.

There are 3 main elements of PM, where today there is complete dependency on human effort:
a) Project task scheduling (one-time)
b) Project task status updation (ongoing)
c) Project task monitoring using reports (ongoing)

In a typical project management software, after defining deliverables, schedule start, schedule finish date and assigning resources to each task, the status of each task has to be updated manually by the project manager or the resource - this naturally means that updation is a slow, tedious and inaccurate process. But in WRENCH EPC™, when the schedule is released, a To-Do-List is automatically sent to the specific user assigned to that activity, and thereafter, progress on that activity or task is captured and updated automatically by the system, where it can be viewed online by the manager. Thus, reports on ‘actual' vs. ‘scheduled' progress can be made quickly, and the responsible resources can be alerted immediately to prevent delays.

Two main differences:
1- In a DMS or content management system all the drawings, documents, data sheets, correspondence etc., are uploaded manually by a resource to specific folders after these documents are transacted so that it can be accessed by others. This upload is done by a resource as soon as the document is created or after the document is released. The document upload is at the discretion of the individual user, and often delayed or put off as it is an additional work for him.  In WRENCH EPC™ all drawings documents etc, are captured along with the activities of the task and all transaction are done automatically by the system. So the system always has latest version of drawings and document along with the transaction details. The rights of access is also controlled based on the user role and workflow.

2- In a DMS system there is no system to identify a document printed from the DMS system - which means the enduser has to verify with the document creator to ensure that the document printed is the latest version. But in WRENCH, all documents printed from WRENCH EPC™ are identified by a watermark which displays the status of the document along with the date and time stamp.

In such DMS systems, you can define the workflow for a type of document, and then the software ensures that the document file is routed through it. But when a document file is modified, the user has to still manually increment or update that document's revision/version number, and send it again through the workflow. This manual increment of revision is very prone to errors. The revision history is maintained in the software and date and time when the file was received at each stage in the workflow is also captured.

In WRENCH EPC™ the workflow process can be set as per the EPC industry practices where the increment of the revision and version is defined based on the existing workflow process. The revision series can also be specified based on the client's specification. When a document is routed through this workflow, the revision or version number gets incremented automatically. Also, in WRENCH EPC™ a workflow can be assigned to a deliverable and multiple documents can be attached to the deliverable. So multiple sheets of a document can be routed through a single workflow instead of routing individual sheets. Schedules for a task, % weightage and budgets can be specified for each stage in the workflow so that the task can be scheduled and monitored.

WRENCH EPC™ is a fully web enabled application built on Microsoft .NET technology which can be deployed over the internet. The central server and database can be located at the corporate office and satellite servers can be deployed at other office and sites. Also WRENCH EPC™   is built to handle huge file sizes (since most drawings are created using CAD software which outputs bulky files).

Internet bandwidth: With any other solution, transacting over the internet is a bottleneck, because in India internet bandwidth at remote locations is very low. WRENCH solves this in the following way: The user from remote offices uploads the file to WRENCH EPC™ satellite server over the local area network and then the same file is replicated over the internet when internet usage is low. The large files are then retrieved locally at the other location. This makes WRENCH EPC™ a practical solution to work over the internet across multiple offices and sites.

The steps followed in implementing WRENCH EPC™   for a client are:
a) Basic Orientation to the Key users on the feature of WRENCH EPC™
b) Study of the existing process, resulting in an AS-IS document
c) Define an optimum process (TO-BE process) with highest level of automation based on the AS-IS document.
d) Configure WRENCH EPC™   as per the client approved TO-BE process.
e) Deployment and training.

This whole exercise takes about 8-12 weeks time based on size of the organization. An additional 4 weeks time is allotted to hand-hold the users until they are comfortable.

At server end:
Intel server - Dual Xeon processor 5120(1.8 Ghz) with 4 MB L2 Cache
Hot-Plug 1066 Mhz FSB
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 memory
52 x CD Drive
2X73 GB SAS HDD, Redundant power supply,
Hot-Plug HDD
2 - Gigabit Ethernet card
Other accessories
Windows 2003 Server with Internet information server

Database Software:
- MS SQL 2005 (5 Named user).

At Client end: Standard P4 Pc's with 512 Mb RAM with
Windows 2000 Professional or XP

The process of procurement is as follows: Receipt of Indent with specification- > Release of Tender to vendors - > Compiling the quotations -> Review comparison documents -> Approval of technical and commercial offer  Approval for placement of Order. WRENCH EPC™ follows this process, and all documents thus created and transacted during this process are captured and monitored by the system.

WRENCH EPC™ can be integrated with most common ERP software like SAP, Oracle-E-business suite etc. When the specification of the equipment is released a Purchase indent can be created in ERP system automatically and also when the specification is modified by Engineering notification can be raised to the ERP system.

If a client company is implementing the system, then all the deliverables can be defined in WRENCH EPC™ (For EPC) and the consultant, vendors, contractors can transact on the system. The client company can monitor all the deliverables online and also capture all the data along with the transactions.

If WRENCH EPC™ is implemented by the consultant or the contractor then the client can be a member of the project and do the approvals and review online. This will drastically reduce the manual efforts and automatically log the interactions. Also the client can monitor the status the deliverables identified online and set notification and escalation in case of delay.

The out of the box reports available are the following:
a) Document Pending Status.
b) Document Release and approval status report.
c) Master List of drawings documents.
d) Transmittal Report.
e) Percentage completion report.
f) Man Hour report.
g) Expediting query report.
h) Resource loading report.
i) Things gone right Things gone wrong report.
j) Project status report.
k) Minute of the meetings.
l) Print log report.
m) Structure wise Drawing Report.
n) Project Task Force
o) Crystal reports Report.

Client can generate customised reports using crystal from the WRENCH EPC™ database as well.