Smart Materials Portal 2016 R3

Smart Materials Portal 2016 R3

Smart Materials is the Intergraph integrated life-cycle material and supply chain and subcontracting management solution. It provides a common collaboration platform and project workbench for all partners in any engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project supply chain.

Smart Materials Portal R3, the definitive software solution engineered for modern materials scientists, engineers, and researchers. R3 revolutionizes how you interact with complex material data, offering unparalleled speed, intuitive visualization, and robust analytical tools.

Key Features:

• Unified Data Hub: Consolidate disparate datasets (simulations, experimental results, characterization reports) into one secure, searchable platform.
• Advanced Visualization Engine: Explore 3D material structures, property gradients, and performance metrics through high-fidelity, interactive dashboards.
• Predictive Analytics Suite: Leverage integrated machine learning models to forecast material behavior under various conditions, accelerating the design cycle.
• Collaborative Workflow: Seamlessly share analyses, flag critical findings, and manage team projects with built-in version control and commenting features.
• R3 Compatibility: Optimized for the latest standards in materials informatics and fully compliant with industry data exchange protocols.

Bill of Materials and Requisitions

Smart Materials supports a bill of materials (BOM) for bulk or itemized materials from estimate and basic (front-end) design, through detailed design, to the as-built plant. BOMs are typically loaded from engineering systems (2D or 3D) and then verified in Smart Materials for completeness. To prepare for and simplify purchasing, BOMs are grouped into requisitions by a rule-driven process. Documents, vendor data requirements, and more can be attached before approval and releasing the Requisition to Procurement.

Supplier Management

Smart Materials offers a Supplier Management solution, an integral part of the Material Supply Chain Management Module. You can access historical information on supplier performance during previous projects, define and assign criteria for selecting suppliers based on predetermined qualifications and past performance, and maintain supplier history/details/products and vendor history/ratings. The supplier can register and maintain information via the Smart Materials Portal. This reduces the amount of EPC or contractor effort required for this kind of maintenance work.

Inquiry Cycle and Purchasing

Smart Materials provides a central location for the storage of all inquiry and procurement data and enables effective management of the data throughout the inquiry cycle and all procurement activities. You can greatly reduce the inquiry cycle time by involving the suppliers directly in the process. You can give your suppliers secure online access through the Smart Materials Portal.

Expediting, Inspection and Logistics

Smart Materials enables continual reuse of data from one department to another and ensures that data are reliably maintained as subsequent revisions are issued. The Expediting, Inspection & Logistics Module can be accessed remotely through the Internet by third parties such as suppliers, freight forwarders, or inspectors.

Progress Measurement

Smart Materials has the ability to track account codes or control accounts to the material line item level. This enables you to capture and report procurement activities performed at the line item by control account or account code.

Inventory and Warehouse Management

Data created during Smart Materials Expediting simplifies and shortens the materials receiving process, whether in geographically distributed job sites or warehouses. You can easily create over, short, and damage (OSD) reports. Reviewing materials issued to sub-contractors, based on drawings or work packages, saves you time and money.

Construction Planning

Smart Materials enables site management to optimize capacity planning for construction personnel versus predicted material availability at any given point in time. This creates a massive reduction in risk for the contractor, as well as dramatically improved competitiveness.

Subcontract Management

Subcontracting functionality is completely embedded into Smart Materials. It covers planning, an eSupplier portal, Request for Quotation (RFQ) to award, and all post-agreement activities, as well as progress control for each subcontract. Using the subcontract strategy enables you to seamlessly continue with requisitions and inquiry, with the solution providing all features required for subcontracting. All subcontracts are handled in a single place which fully integrates all disciplines and departments. This enables teams to collaborate more effectively across the engineering, procurement, and construction life cycle.