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Nuclear Waste Management Software: 15 Proven Wins at Cyclife

Cyclife is a subsidiary of Groupe EDF (Electricité de France), one of the world’s largest energy companies employing over 150,000 people globally. Operating within the highly regulated nuclear decommissioning and waste management sector, Cyclife delivers innovative and cost-effective solutions for nuclear waste treatment, recycling, and facility decommissioning.

Cyclife needed was nuclear waste management software that could track every item from arrival on site through to final consignment.

The value Builda has added to the business far exceeds any associated cost

Challenges

  • Heavy reliance on complex spreadsheets with large formulae that were difficult to navigate and manage in real-time.
  • Labour-intensive paper-based workflows requiring physical document handling and archiving.
  • Increased risk of data discrepancies due to duplicate or triple data entry.
  • Time-consuming retrieval of management information and reporting.
  • Operational inefficiencies caused by manual processes, extended workflows, and limited remote access capabilities.

Testimonial

“Through our relationship with Builda, we have realised the benefits of digital transformation. The value Builda has added to the business far exceeds any associated cost, and we see a long-term relationship where Builda will support us in achieving an enterprise-wide digital strategy.”
Ross Teeley
Business Improvement Manager, Cyclife

The Solution

  • Configuration of Builda’s software to automate the full inventory management process within the Metal Recycling Facility.
  • Digitisation of workflows from site arrival through processing to final off-site consignment.
  • Implementation of automated task generation, assignment, and approval workflows.
  • Deployment of browser-based access across desktop and mobile devices to support remote working.
  • Integration of real-time data capture at the point of work with built-in validation controls.
  • Introduction of secure, role-based access and dashboard reporting for full operational visibility.
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Cyclife

Cyclife is a subsidiary of the French Groupe EDF (Electricité de France). Founded in 1990, the organisation is one of the largest energy companies with over 150,000 employees across the world.

Cyclife is dedicated to decommissioning projects and waste management within the nuclear sector. It provides innovative and cost-effective solutions for nuclear waste management, recycling and decommissioning.

At the end of 2017, it identified a business requirement for business improvement across its IT infrastructure to address paper and spreadsheet-based processes that were causing challenges for the business.

What Cyclife needed was nuclear waste management software that could track every item from arrival on site through to final consignment.

 

The Challenges

Working in the nuclear decommissioning and waste management sector, Cyclife adheres to strict processes and procedures governed by the ONR (Office for Nuclear Regulation). Any changes implemented must be reported, ensuring safety and best practice is a top priority.

With strict governing rules and best practice both being critical to the businesses, legacy paper and spreadsheet-based processes presented them with several internal challenges, including:

  • Large formulae spreadsheets with difficult to navigate columns and rows needing to be accessed by staff across the business in real-time
  • Hard to manage large scale paper-based processes
  • Challenges of remote working and extended workflows
  • Locating paper-based data and information was time-consuming
  • The possibility of the same information being entered multiple times by multiple people
  • Internal objective to reduce error rate, discrepancies in data entry due to double or triple data entry. Need to automate and link data entry points with validation
  • Due to the recording of key information on paper, processes involved the physical passing around of information in the office
  • Retrieving Management information reporting was labour intensive Realise environmental benefit opportunity to reduce paper usage

While achieving core objectives and regulations, Cyclife was operating inefficiently, transfer of information was proving ineffective, and reporting was time consuming.

The environmental impact of paper use alone was an issue, and the volume of paper generated that required archiving was taking up considerable space within the business. Moving away from spreadsheets, and importantly paper-based processes became a key objective for Cyclife.

 

The Outcome

Following a scoping exercise, Builda configured its no-code technology into  nuclear waste management software system to automate the inventory management system and core process throughout the Metal Recycling Facility, from arriving on-site, through processing to the final consignment off site for onward treatment or managed disposal. The new nuclear waste management software automated processes realised many key benefits:

  • A move away from the paper-based issues of cost, storage, and duplication and loss of data
  • Removing the reliance on spreadsheet-based processes
  • Automation of simple tasks that were previously labour intensive
  • Access from a browser on any device from desktop to smartphone
  • Downloading of tasks to mobile devices with synchronisation to enable remote working
  • Implementation of workflow for approval and acceptance of work processes
  • Generation and assignment of key tasks to the relevant authorised persons
  • The capture of real-time information at the point of work
  • Tracking items efficiently through every stage of the process
  • An accurate inventory management system with built in error validation steps
  • Improved data security with a login restricted by the user
  • Providing full visibility with easy access and dashboard reporting of valuable information
  • Reduced labour-intensive work and human error
  • Eliminated delays due to restrictive paper-based processes and filing
  • Improved communication and confidence in data across the business

The new automated processes streamlined Cyclife’s key business functions, increasing efficiency and realising cost-savings across the business. It now tracks individual items, identifying the status of all items and tasks along with the expected completion date. It can also drive the implementation of additional resources if required to meet deadlines.

Following implementation of the nuclear waste management software, Cyclife realised the potential of implementing smart nuclear waste management software and has engaged with Builda in developing and implementing nuclear waste management software for other areas of the business. It aims to achieve business improvement through automation and digitisation across the organisation.

 

Testimonial

“Through our relationship with Builda, we have realised the benefits of digital transformation. The value Builda has added to the business far exceeds any associated cost, and we see a long-term relationship where Builda will support us in achieving an enterprise-wide digital strategy.”  Ross Teeley, Business Improvement Manager, Cyclife.