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Trident Process Systems Automates Project Scheduling with Excel
Solution Description:
In industrial fabrication, staying on schedule is just as critical as the engineering itself.
Trident Process Systems designs and fabricates process solutions for oil and gas, petrochemical, and industrial customers. Managing hundreds of active projects across more than 100,000 square feet of fabrication space required precise workforce and production scheduling.
That scheduling lived entirely in Excel. Multiple spreadsheets were updated manually each week, making it difficult to track capacity, timelines, and project progress with confidence.
TAP Innovations partnered with Trident Process Systems to automate their Excel based scheduling process, bringing structure, logic, and efficiency to project planning.
“Scheduling is no longer a guessing game, and our teams have much better visibility into project timelines.”
- Operations Manager, Trident Process Systems
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Challenge:
Manual Excel scheduling created growing challenges as Trident Process Systems scaled operations.
- Employees manually updated multiple spreadsheets each week
- Changes to one schedule required updates across five additional files
- Backlogs were frequently rescheduled by hand
- Tracking estimated versus actual completion dates was difficult
- Manual processes increased errors and consumed valuable time
The lack of automation made it hard to plan resources efficiently and maintain on time project delivery.
Accounts: Trident Process Systems
Website: tridentprosystems.com
Number of Locations: 5
Number of Employees: 92
Industries: Oil & Gas, Energy, Engineering, Manufacturing
Solution
Like upgrading from hand tools to precision machinery, scheduling now runs with accuracy and speed.
TAP Innovations automated Trident Process Systems’ Excel environment using restructuring, formulas, and macros tailored to their business logic.
Results:
- Automated scheduling of resources across projects and subprojects
- Improved accuracy of backlog and time estimates
- Reduced manual entry and scheduling errors
- Clear visibility into active and completed project metrics
With automated scheduling in place, Trident Process Systems can focus on engineering excellence while project planning stays efficient and reliable.
Click here to learn how TAP Innovations helps industrial organizations modernize operational workflows.
Digital Tools:
Microsoft Excel, VBA
Integrated Systems
Categories: Spreadsheet
Brands: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
