Puma5 is a data-centric software application for the management of piping materials. It is specifically designed for companies working in industrial plant layouts, such as: refineries, petrochemical plants, power stations, iron and steel works, water treatment works, naval installations, pharmaceutical plants, food installations, etc...
Besides having the normal functions which are standard in material management systems, Puma5 essentially represents a working methodology, since it is an effective tool for carrying out and optimising design and management activities throughout the whole project life-cycle; from the creation of piping classes to materials accounting and related MTOs, to procurement and construction.

Based on the requirements of major international EPC companies, its features allow piping design and management activities to be performed in a fully integrated environment and through easy-to-use modules, yielding high quality results. Puma5’s main functions are:

• Elaboration and management of piping classes
• Definition and optimisation of Fluid Lists and line lists
• Materials accounting and issue of MTOs
• Requisitions and support to procurement activities
• Calculation of welding quantities
• Calculation of construction and erection weights
• Calculation of surfaces and materials for painting and insulation
• Automated mechanical verification of pipe thicknesses and intersections
• Integration with the 3D CAD systems used worldwide
• Integration with the major ERP systems

The system runs in Microsoft Windows and is fully integrated with MS Office, thus permitting immediate import/export to and from Word and Excel. It is available in both Client-Server and Web-enabled versions, which allow the centralised project database to be simultaneously accessed by Clients, Contractors and Sub-Contractors, Partners, Construction sites, etc…

Positioning in EPC

This diagram represent the best positioning of Puma5 in typical EPC workflow. As this can’t be always achieved, Puma5 can be still used to solve the particular problems. From this diagram you can also see that PUMA5 fits nicely in existing IT infrastructure because naturally integrate with ERP systems.This avoids confusion, the risk of duplicating data, and preserves investments in the existing ERP.

The Puma5 modules, based on major international EPC Main Contractors' requirements, permit the execution of piping design and management activities in a fully integrated environment and through easy-to use modules, yielding high quality results.

The Puma5 main functionalities are:

• Elaboration and management of piping classes
• Definition and optimization of Fluid Lists and line lists
• Materials accounting and issue of MTO
• Requisitions and support to procurement activities
• Welding quantities calculation
• Construction and erection weight calculation
• Surfaces and materials calculation for painting and insulation
• Automated mechanical verification of pipe thickness and intersections
• Management of prefabrication and site construction and erection
• Integration with the major world-wide utilized 3D CAD systems
• Integration with major ERP systems