Design Management
Standardising Multi-Discipline Design Coordination & Technical Governance with goPLIMS
Executive Summary
- Design phases suffer from constant revisions, unclear ownership, and fragmented communication
- Teams rely on email, PDFs, spreadsheets, and disconnected CDE/SharePoint structures
- Design decisions, RFls, and deviations lack traceability, creating downstream construction and commissioning risk
- No unified execution layer connecting design, engineering,
procurement, and construction
Business Challenge
- Unstructured design reviews across disciplines (process, mechanical, electrical, CSA, automation)
- Slow approval cycles for drawings, datasheets, and specifications
- Design changes not linked to decisions or deviations
- Fragmented documentation across consultants, EPCs, and client teams
The goPLIMS Solution
- Unified design execution platform connecting all disciplines
- Structured workflows for design reviews, approvals, RFls, deviations, and decisions
- Real-time dashboards for design maturity, open actions, and risk tracking
- Controlled documents with versioning, audit trails, and digital signatures
goPLIMS Modules
ActionR: Multi-discipline action tracking replacing spreadsheet trackers
RFI-M: Structured design RFl workflows with searchable archive
DecisionM: Decision logging with rationale, approvals, and audit trai
ChangeM / DeviateM: Change control & deviation management for design variations
FormM: Diaital checklists for desian reviews.
EDOM + E-SignM: Controlled documents, drawings, datasheets, and digital approvals
TrackR: Live dashboards for design maturity, open issues, and approval cycles
PunchM: For design-related issues, clashes, and review comments
Key Outcomes
Metric
Design Review Cycle Time
Design Decision Traceability
Document Approval Cycle
Downstream Rework
Target KPI
Reduced by 25-40%
100% audit-ready
Shortened by 20-30%
Reduced by 15-25%