Vattenfall
Windchill FRACAS Significantly Improves Internal Process EfficiencyThe Forsmark nuclear power station is one of the largest in Sweden. It is operated by a subsidiary of Vattenfall AB, a leading energy producer for northern Europe. This Swedish power company, which focuses on environmentally sustainable energy production, foresees expansion and growth in low carbon dioxide-emitting power production, such as wind, nuclear, biomass, hydro, and gas power.
Forsmark uses the Windchill FRACAS Framework
Challenge
- Implement a system to collect and report on incidents across operations
- Make system available to all employees and contractors
- Provide for efficient incident categorization and analysis
Solution
- Offers a web-based interface for enterprise-wide use
- Supports role-based permissions for security
- Combines a workflow control resource with powerful reliability analytics
Results
- Provides an organized approach to incident analysis and corrective action
- Generates quality and reliability metrics to measure system performance
- Permits internal customization as processes evolve
Data Collection and Analysis
Forsmark was in need of a system in which employees and contractors could easily enter any type of issue or incidentImplementation
At Forsmark, the tracking process begins when an employee or contractor uses the web-based FRACAS interface on the company’s intranet to enter an incident. By combining an easy way of reporting an issue with a customized workflow process, their FRACAS implementation allows users with appropriate permissions to easily categorize and analyze new incidents.
Additional Benefits
Besides using the FRACAS module for basic incident entry and analysis, Forsmark employs it to perform root cause analysis across categories of incidents, which leads to deeper, focused troubleshooting and correction of root-level challenges. Additionally, they use it to provide on-the-job training for employees and contractors before they go in to a certain area to perform maintenance tasks or modifications. By drawing on these prior collected experiences, Forsmark can greatly minimize the risk of workers repeating mistakes.
Summary
Using Windchill FRACAS ensures that Forsmark can collect incident data from employees and contractors across all plant operations. Anyone with login permissions can enter incidents across the company intranet, thereby ensuring ready accessibility to all users. The centralized FRACAS database supports efficient categorization, issue analysis, and reporting and graphing. Each newly entered incident is tagged for corrective action or further trending analysis.