Where Is Your PMI Documentation?

Positive material identification is one of the most consequential checks on a turnaround. Put the wrong alloy in high-temperature service and the consequence isn't a schedule problem — it's a mechanical integrity problem that may not surface for years.

At most refineries, that check still runs on paper. A tech shoots the material, writes the reading on a form, and the form goes in a folder. Ask two years from now whether a specific spool was verified, and the answer depends on whether that piece of paper still exists and whether anyone can find it.

We've digitized it end to end

Every PMI-controlled material item now carries a permanent digital record — from bill of material through PMI to field installation, with the reading attached to the specific item rather than a form in a cabinet.

The chain

Bill of Material — the item exists in scope, tied to its work package
Requisition and PO in SAP — purchasing stays where it lives
Gross receipt in SAP — carries into EZTRAK with PO and line reference intact
PMI test — alloy, reading, technician, date, pass or fail, against that item
MTRs, packing slips, photos — attached to the item, not a folder
Stage and issue — yard location, then signed out to a named recipient
Installed in the field — closed out where it went

Every step is timestamped and attributed. Not a form in a folder — a transaction tied to a person, item and timestamp.

Paper

A handwritten form in a filing cabinet. Verification depends on the document surviving and someone being able to find it years later.

Digitized

The reading, technician, date and result attached to the item itself — alongside its MTR, packing slip, photos, yard location, recipient and installation point.

You wouldn't accept an undocumented weld. Why accept an undocumented material verification?

Where is your PMI documentation right now?

We've digitized it end to end

The chain