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Government laws
and oversight have made the nuclear power industry one of the most highly
regulated in the world. To ensure public health and safety, thousands
of regulations and procedures must be handled almost as carefully as the
fuel used to generate nuclear power.
But
creating, updating, and maintaining these procedures and providing employees
with instant access to them is a monumental task. Power-producing facilities
are finding that Portable Document Format (PDF) solutions have streamlined
their document management processes.
Managing
Economies of Scale: Averaging 1,000-plus employees and 1,000-plus
procedures, a nuclear power plant can create more thousands of new work
documents to provide detailed descriptions of maintenance tasks at a given
plant. Acrobat-based solutions become indispensable in the ability to
more efficiently create, maintain, distribute, and store procedural documents.
The
process of creating even the simplest work orders can require input by
five or more people. Complicated tasks may involve input from over 100
employees. To streamline the review cycle for work documents, procedures,
forms, and other controlled items, take advantage of the review and markup
capabilities of Acrobat 4.0, as well as the ability to sort and print
each employee's comments.
Automating
the Forms Process: In addition to procedures and work orders, virtually
every aspect of plant operations requires the use of a form. As a result,
employees can spend considerable time locating the latest version of a
paper form, or printing the form out and filling it in.
With
Image Data services, paper forms can easily be scanned and converted to
PDF for electronic delivery on the intranet. Users can also fill out PDF
forms online, a capability that saves paper and substantial time. Once
a form is in PDF, it can be quickly and easily routed for approvals to
any computer at the plant.
As
more of the regulatory documentation at the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission migrates to PDF, having an internal PDF-based
document management solution will make it easier to exchange materials
with them.
Incorporating
an Image Data solution into your workflow will contribute to increased
productivity and improved safety at the plant. Work documents and procedures
can be located faster, and employees can quickly verify that they are
using the latest version.
Image
Data offers comprehensive solutions to increase service-delivery quality,
accelerate problem resolution with procedure, and drive down personnel
costs:
COLD/Enterprise
Report Management:
- Improved
customer service through on-screen retrieval of critical documents and
powerful search functionality
- Retrieval
time is measured in seconds—protracted file request procedures
are eliminated
- Promotes
enterprise-wide access to information and communication within and among
departments
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