In the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) industry, efficiency is king. Margins are thin, project timelines are strict, and the smallest errors in material selection or data management can cost millions. An intelligent material database with connected data can drastically change this landscape by reducing wasted time, lowering costs, and improving decision-making.
Problem Today: Engineers often spend days searching through disconnected spreadsheets, vendor catalogs, and outdated standards to find the right material for a project.
Solution with Connected Data: An intelligent material database centralizes standards, vendor data, and previous project specifications. With Al-driven search and filtering, engineers can instantly identify the optimal material.
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2. Avoiding Procurement Delays
Problem Today: Procurement teams often order incorrect
or incompatible materials due to mismatched data or
miscommunication with engineering.
Solution with Connected Data: Linked data between
engineering specifications and procurement systems
ensures that only approved, compatible materials can be
ordered.
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Problem Today: EPC firms often lose institutional
knowledge when senior engineers retire or leave. New hires
repeat the same mistakes or redo past work.
Solution with Connected Data: Intelligent databases store
project learnings, material performance records, and best
practices, making them available for reuse.
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Problem Today: Engineering, procurement, and construction teams often work in silos. This leads to clashes. delays, and costly rework.
Solution with Connected Data: With a shared database, all disciplines work with the same information. This reduces misalignment and eliminates the need for manual reconciliation.
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When we aggregate savings across selection, procurement, compliance, knowledge reuse, and collaboration, the impact is enormous. Savings could be anywhere between 3 to 5%.
Conclusion: An intelligent material database with connected data is not just a digital upgrade, it’s a strategic investment that pays for itself many times over. For EPC firms navigating tight deadlines and budgets, this technology offers a clear path to higher margins, reduced risks, and smarter engineering.
ERP is not build for this, a pre-processing tool like IEHUB.AI for any ERP system, can act as the backbone for this transformation. By cleaning, standardizing, and enriching large material master data and set the operational governance for the material or BOM request, before it flows into ERP production systems, IEHUB not only saves the project cost but also eliminates duplications, resolves inconsistencies, and prevents chaos and increase operational efficiency from IT Data standpoint. This ensures that engineering, procurement, and construction teams always work with a single source of truth, maximizing the ROl outlined above while bringing order to even the most complex material ecosystems.
