Advanced Work Packaging Digital Threads to Enable Supply Chain Visibility on Capital Projects, Version 1.1
The results of this project provide a systematic approach to communicate and visualize Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) “digital threads” to stakeholders across a capital project supply chain. This project has developed the following research deliverables:
- A map of digital threads associated with supply chain applications
- A proof-of-concept Excel-based tool for facilitating information sharing across the supply chain, the Material Responsibility Matrix (MRM)
- An MRM user manual (provided as Chapter 4) that supports using the tool
These research deliverables enable companies to increase supply chain visibility and incorporate stakeholders into effective supply chain decision-making. More generally, the RT-TC-03 research deliverables will promote the use of AWP through increased accessibility to stakeholders. They encourage and facilitate information sharing across a capital project supply chain and promote the use of AWP “digital threads” concepts to better visualize supply chain elements.
RT-TC-03 established and reviewed seven digital threads associated with supply chain topics on capital projects. These digital threads built on a subset of the AWP data requirements developed by WG19-01. The following sample digital thread is included in the database (FR-TC-03, Version 1.1, p. 24).
RT-TC-03 created a library of the AWP digital threads. The final visualization represented the digital thread map and corresponding information. An Excel-based tool provides results from the collection of digital threads. Figure 3 shows the library’s structure (FR-TC-03, Version 1.1, p. 15).
RT-TC-03 developed the Material Responsibility Matrix spreadsheet. This report explains how to use one tab of the spreadsheet, shown in Figure 4 (FR-TC-03, Version 1.1, p. 17).
