Oil Sands Project Revolutionizes
Inspection Process with Jovix
®
This Canadian oil sands mining project processes 110 million tons of oil sand yearly, yielding
194,000 barrels of bitumen daily at full production. Jovix was deployed on the secondary
extraction which brought the project to first oil in 2017 and ramped up in the Spring of 2018.
Jobsite Challenges
• Inspected material from 250+ suppliers
• Manually produced inspection checklists
• No scalability
• Shipment instructions from multiple
suppliers varied
• Inspection checklists manually entered
into Excel
With so many vendors, shipment instructions varied significantly, and the lack of standardized
processes for receipt inspections made it difficult to train receivers. Manual inspections were
difficult to track, store and receive. Before data entry, scalability could only be achieved by
scanning or copying the physical documents.
Whether from receipt or preservation and maintenance inspections, data entry coordinators
manually entered inspection checklists into Excel, and spreadsheets were aggregated to build
reports. The process was flawed and an expensive use of labor. A variable time gap between the
inspector submitting checklists and report population meant that reporting was rarely up to date.
The Goal? Efficiency and Visibility
Solution
Jovix was deployed to provide a full inspection management service, including receipt
inspections used as triggers to flag and quarantine overages, shortages and damages (OS&Ds).
It provided immediate visibility into discrepancies between project and vendor inspections for the
same equipment. The project could also schedule recurring inspections, providing preventative
maintenance and preservation of materials.
Key Facts
Industry: Mining
Country: Canada
Products Used:
• Jovix Inspections
• Rugged Tablets
• Active RFID Tags
Key Benefits:
• 98% success rate
for all punches
• 89,243 inspections
Case Study
