Intelligent exchange of data about pressure equipment inspections with external stakeholders

• Short definition of the digital target process to answer the question of how collaboration with external stakeholders should proceed to securely transmit inspection documents, improve data quality and eliminate all manual interventions (description based on approx. 20-30 activities, e.g. using MS Visio or Signavio)
• Consider and review existing IT landscape and digitization initiatives within Shell
• Develop a solution to exchange data/documents and store them securely within Shell and avoid duplicate data with external stakeholders
• Examine how AI, RPA, etc. can be used to automatically archive documents, highlight data inconsistencies, and reduce the need for all manual intervention
• Check whether blockchain is an option or whether it will only complicate the matter

Possible next steps:

• Scouting of existing data flows and data architecture within Shell and at least one external stakeholder
• Define MVP or several smaller MVPs to be implemented within 120days
  – Proposal 1: Align inspection schedules between Shell and one external stakeholder ensuring that schedule only must be maintained once
  – Proposal 2: Fully electronic and intelligent exchange of inspection reports between Shell and one external stakeholder (with electronic signature), actively highlighting (potentially also correcting data inconsistencies), no more paper versions