Engineering, Project and Data Management in the Energy Sector

This is a considerable investment for companies with fluctuating profit margins and reduced operating expenditures (OPEX).

Accenture’s engineering, project and data management capability includes industry-leading practices for developing a capable project delivery organization. Our solutions emphasize governance, proven project management disciplines and reusable tools for collaboration and monitoring.

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Potential benefits of Accenture’s engineering, project and data management capability:

• Improved overall capital project delivery, efficiency and asset operability.

• Increased cost control through enhanced data/information transparency.

• Better integration and integrity of engineering and project systems.
  
  
• Improved reliability and efficiency of data handling between engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies and project owners.
  
  
• Better support of data acquisition, integration, cleansing, integrity and contract compliance through establishment of a nonintrusive data service.
  
  
• Reduced construction schedule delays resulting from underplanned and underestimated activities (e.g., licensing).
  
  
• Improved identification/mitigation of risks early in the projects.
  
  
• Increased return on capital investments by combining industry-leading program management practices with reusable asset management tools.
  
  
• Enhanced project planning and execution through improved sourcing, contracting and claims management.
  
  

• Expedited decision-making processes with more accurate reporting.

Accenture’s engineering, project and data management capability includes industry-leading practices for developing an effective, efficient project delivery organization.

Process and IT Infrastructure

• Helps companies to create, modify, share and store information during the entire life cycle of complex capital project—from licensing, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning through operations and maintenance.
  
  
• Enables data and information exchange between engineering procurement construction (EPC) suppliers and owners for the plant design-construction phase.
  
  
• Provides project life cycle data management, configuration and change management (for single plant and fleet), change impact assessment, intra- and intercompany collaboration, multicompany interoperability, workflow and notifications, and connectivity standards.
  
  

Project Management

• Enables evaluation and implementation of project structure, governance and stage-gate management processes necessary to deliver large capital projects.
  
  
• Includes tools and methodologies for assessing the company’s current competencies and creating the appropriate recruiting and retention plans.
  
  

Intermediary Data Services

• Provides the staff to manage the data infrastructure as well as conduct data management activities including data acquisition, integration, cleansing, integrity and contract compliance.
  
  
• Covers data acquisition, integration, cleansing and integrity as well as contract compliance activities.
  
  

In addition, Accenture brings its management consulting skill set including strategy, planning, supply chain management, and enterprise solutions to complement these core services.