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Gateway Consulting Group provides information management solutions for the chemical, energy, oil and gas and discrete manufacturing sectors.

Gateway offers an entire suite of advanced Microsoft 365 applications under the FACILEX® brand to automate key business processes in highly regulated industries. These applications provide a comprehensive framework for improving safety, performance, and compliance.

Data Mart

Harnessing a Data Mart for Seamless Data Exchange

By incorporating a Data Mart into your data sync strategy, you can enhance data exchange efficiency, ensure consistency, and improve the overall performance of a business process. FACILEX® users can leverage this approach to eliminate the need for costly and fragile platform integrations.

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The Strategic Advantage of a Compliance Solution
Compliance Initiatives

The Strategic Advantage of a Compliance Solution

Managing the accurate and timely reporting of complex and overlapping requirements to multiple government agencies is challenging. FACILEX® CI (Compliance Initiative) provides the necessary tools to address regulatory reporting and enhance process safety.

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What Regulatory Agencies Commonly Mandate Compliance Requirements?
Compliance Initiatives

What Regulatory Agencies Commonly Mandate Compliance Requirements?

There are several regulatory agencies engaged with the chemical process, pipeline, and energy sectors. Their role collectively is to ensure compliance with environmental laws, public safety, and national security. FACILEX® CI (Compliance Initiative) provides the necessary tools to address regulatory reporting and enhance process safety.

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what is replacement in kind
Capital Project

What is Replacement in Kind (RIK)?

Replacement in Kind (RIK) under OSHA’s PSM regulation streamlines maintenance by allowing certain replacements that meet original design specs to bypass the formal MOC process. This ensures safety and compliance without altering the system’s design or introducing new hazards.

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Audit Management
Audit Management

Audit Management – a Key Pillar in Risk-Based Process Safety

Through routine audits, organizations can ensure compliance, continuous improvement, and a systematic approach to identifying and mitigating risks in line with the CCPS pillars. Audit Management is thus a central tool for reinforcing and verifying each layer of process safety, ensuring a safer, more resilient operation across the board.

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Electronic Permitting

What are the Key Features of Electronic Permitting?

Electronic permitting transforms the typical manual, paper-based process into an efficient and transparent lifecycle. FACILEX® Electronic Permitting (EP) is integral to MOC and Capital Projects or available as a standalone solution.

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Choosing the Right Capital Project Lifecycle
Capital Project

Choosing the Right Capital Project Lifecycle

Choosing the appropriate lifecycle for a capital project is a critical success factor for managing large or small projects effectively. The FACILEX® Capital Projects solution supports multiple lifecycle options to meet an organizations’s procedural requirements.

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Process Hazard Analysis

Why Is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) So Challenging?

Tackle the requirements of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) by leveraging the user-friendly FACILEX® PSM suite of solutions. A fully integrated approach for facilities to maintain current PSI, and ensure evergreen PHAs and structured processes to ensure follow-up actions are closed-out and the evidence recorded.

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When Should MOCs be Initiated During a Capital Project?
Capital Project

When Should MOCs be Initiated During a Capital Project?

Retroactive MOC creation – attempting to convert completed work orders into MOCs – bypasses critical safety evaluations, approvals, and documentation, compromising both safety and compliance. The FACILEX PSM suite provides fully integrated solutions for Capital Projects and Management of Change (MOC) for seamless process management and regulatory compliance.

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Management of Change

Why is Management of Change (MOC) So Challenging

Discover how to navigate the complexity of the Management of Change (MOC) process with Gateway’s FACILEX® MOC solution. Out of the box MOC lifecycles, complete scoping checklists, assignment tracking and MOC project document management. Learn more!

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What is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)?
Process Hazard Analysis

What is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)?

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) ensures that processes remain safe, compliant, and resilient in the face of evolving challenges. The FACILEX® PSM suite provides a fully integrated, evergreen PHA solution for systematically identifying and addressing potential risks. Learn how to foster a culture of safety and operational excellence.

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