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j5 IndustraForm® Templates Overview

The Problem

Many organisations are still using scattered data These methods also isolate field workers from what is
collection methods to record and manage safety-critical happening in the control room, and vice versa:
human operations management procedures.
• Paper • Email
These disconnected forms tend to grow rapidly, creating • Spreadsheets • Whiteboards
a management nightmare. It is difficult to create and • Word Processor • Verbal Meetings
modify new forms using these tools and to make sure Documents • Phone Calls / Radio
that version control is managed properly. • Scattered Databases • MES Applications
Shocking industrial disasters have highlighted the risks that appear during
inadequate human operations management procedures. For example,
investigations have found that poor shift handover was a contributory factor
in devastating industrial accidents such as:

• DuPont LaPorte Toxic Chemical Leak (2014) • Buncefield Fire (2005)

• KiwiRail Train Derailment (2013) • Esso Longford Gas Explosion (1998)
• BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010) • Continental Express Aircraft Crash (1991)
• Kleen Energy Natural Gas Explosion (2010) • Occidental Piper Alpha Explosion (1988)
• BP Texas City Refinery Explosion (2005) • Sellafield Beach Incident (1983)

How j5 IndustraForm Templates Provided the Solution

j5 IndustraForm Templates allow

companies to consolidate their
paper and electronic forms into a
single, configurable enterprise
system.

This provides templates

created with the spreadsheet-like
j5 IndustraForm Designer.

j5 IndustraForm Templates Features and Benefits

Ability to transform troublesome paper, forms and spreadsheets Plant status information instantly viewed with tight interfaces to
into enterprise-level applications external systems

Multiple users can access a j5 IndustraForm Template

Optimized for desktop and mobile devices
simultaneously

Correct forms are automatically presented when a

Dynamic forms enabling continuous improvement
j5 IndustraForm Template event occurs

A j5 IndustraForm Template can be added or enhanced without

Richer data capture with extensive field types
having to restart the software

Embedded workflow ensures correct procedures are

Intuitive, spreadsheet-like j5 IndustraForm Designer
carried out

Ability to automatically and manually flag / highlight concerning Safe version-controlled forms created and modified with the
data j5 IndustraForm Designer

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency,
productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Hexagon’s PPM division empowers its clients to transform unstructured information into a smart digital asset to visualize,
build and manage structures and facilities of all complexities, ensuring safe and efficient operation throughout the entire
lifecycle.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of
approximately 3.9bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

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