Enterprise Resource Suite

GulfCoast Outage Intelligence System (GOIS)

Corporate Platform Deployment & Operator Manual | Version 1.0

1. Platform Profile Core Architecture

The "GulfCoast Outage Intelligence System (GOIS)" is an engineering-grade, audit-defensible Application designed for complete management of Unit Outages bridging communication gaps from different contractor companies for smooth coordination between teams. It implements loaded Gulf Coast labor rates and dynamic parametric calculation routines calibrated to complex heavy-industry projects for cost management, workflow progress, and total management.

Outage success relies heavily on communication and timing. By providing simulated and secure multi-role permission locks, live delta-revision ledger audits, and high-performance calculations, GOIS establishes a unified estimation environment. It bridges communication boundaries across diverse craft teams and off-site leaders, coordinating them into a single, synchronized workflow.

2. ShareFile Synced Database Integration Decentralized Collaboration

GOIS does not require complex, expensive, or high-risk cloud SQL server databases that are frequently blocked by strict refinery IT security and "NERC-CIP" rules. Instead, it utilizes your facility's secure, corporate-approved "Citrix ShareFile or SharePoint cloud network storage" to function as a live, decentralized collaborative database.

This approach provides an exceptional balance of corporate compliance and real-time syncing:

  • Decentralized Shared Database (gois_shared_state.json): When running under the local server wrapper, GOIS reads and writes estimates, revisions, invited collaborators, and progress metrics to a local file called gois_shared_state.json inside the program folder.
  • Seamless Real-Time Syncing: Since Citrix ShareFile automatically synchronizes folder contents in the background across all authorized computers, any save, rate update, or audit ledger change is instantly pushed to the ShareFile cloud database and synchronized to other users.
  • Bridges On-Site & Off-Site Teams: While on-site craft contractors (welders, inspectors, scaffolding crews) are updating quantities from their field laptops, off-site leadership (corporate directors, equipment specialists, design engineers in other cities or states) can instantly open the application, view live dashboard cards, and audit progress logs on their local ShareFile directory.
Corporate Invitation System: The project Owner can invite remote collaborators by sending a secure email containing the ShareFile network path. Once they access the shared directory, they are automatically recognized and loaded into the active database.

3. Corporate Licensing Gates & Support Client Access

To enforce site licensing limits and protect corporate contract rates, GOIS features an offline cryptographic authorization gateway.

  • Refinery Site Locking: Every license key is mathematically signed and bound to the client's registered refinery name. An activation key compiled for the "Baton Rouge Refinery" will fail if imported into a GOIS platform running under the "Lake Charles Complex," preventing sharing across un-licensed refinery locations.
  • Local Storage Anti-Tamper Guard: If a client or administrator attempts to manually alter local browser variables (such as changing the expiration date "expiresAt" or "status" strings to extend access), the platform instantly detects the signature mismatch on reload, revokes active status, and locks the software behind the "Expiry Gate Screen Overlay."

Applying a Custom Access Key:

When purchasing or renewing a subscription, the software publisher will send you a secure activation key. To apply the key:

  1. Switch your simulated login role to Owner / Estimator in the top-right header selector.
  2. Navigate to the Subscription tab on the left navigation sidebar.
  3. Click Activate / Renew License.
  4. Paste the activation key supplied by the publisher and click Activate to restore and extend refinery access.

4. Outage Collaboration & Teams Workflow Mappings

The core strength of GOIS is its ability to bridge communication gaps between different contractor companies working on the same unit outage. Rather than managing isolated spreadsheets, all contractors log in under a single interface with strict permission locks:

Simulated Outage Role Target Scope Mapped Active Permissions & Locks
Owner / Estimator Full Admin & Cost Controls Can edit contingency, modify base unit rates, invite users, and sign off on audit change ledgers.
API 653 Inspector Inspection & NDE Worksheet Can update MFL scan progress, upload welding hydroblast data, and edit inspection report logs. All other tabs locked.
Repair Lead Repairs & Welds Worksheet Can modify plate repair quantities, update nozzle fab progress, and mark material staging statuses. All other tabs locked.
Scaffold / Coatings Lead Scaffold & Coatings Sheets Can edit sandblasting progress, upload epoxy lining details, and update scaffold erection progress. All other tabs locked.
Remote Multi-State Collaboration: Because the database file resides on Citrix ShareFile, an Equipment Specialist in Houston and an Estimator in Baton Rouge can view, update, and sign off on the exact same live estimate ledger simultaneously.

5. Launching the Platform IT Deployable

Refinery administrators and contractor teams can execute GOIS in two standard ways:

Method A: Standard Desktop Launcher (Highly Recommended)

Double-clicking the "GulfCoast Outage Intelligence System" shortcut on your desktop (which runs the secure background file launch_gois.vbs) launches the application inside a dedicated, isolated window as a native local desktop software.

Method B: Collaborative Intranet Server

Refinery war-rooms hosting active outage planning meetings can run "GOIS.exe" on a local intranet workstation. This boots a secure, local web server serving the platform on port 56789. Off-site engineers, equipment specialists, and contractor teams can instantly access and collaborate on active scopes by navigating to the host PC's intranet IP address in their browsers.