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    Cenosco IMS

    Cenosco IMS organizes engineering and inspection information around industrial assets. PEI supports pressure-equipment inspection decisions, RCM supports maintenance strategy and SIS addresses safety-instrumented-system lifecycle work. Buyers should select the disciplines and field interfaces they need rather than assuming one subscription includes the entire portfolio.

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    Who is Cenosco IMS for?

    Asset-intensive operators with engineering teams responsible for equipment integrity and documented inspection decisions. Engineering models depend on validated inputs and competent review. A software calculation or standards reference does not authorize extending an inspection interval.

    Worth evaluating when specialist integrity engineering and controlled inspection decisions are central requirements. Include data preparation and methodology ownership in the budget; a basic maintenance checklist need may not justify this scope.

    Watch for: No public numeric subscription verified. Data migration and engineering configuration require planning. Offline capability is scoped to field tasks.

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    Product tour

    Vendor visuals—not a QHSEtech hands-on test.

    IMS Settings Security tree with Approval Level selected and a table of usernames, approval levels 0 to 2 and effective dates.

    IMS Security: Approval Level list

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    Form with Location, Max approval level set to Final Approval, Approval Button, Schedule and ECH objects and a Fields dropdown.

    IMS approval conditions form

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    Capabilities and scope

    Cenosco is the vendor of the IMS suite. PEI, RCM and SIS address different engineering disciplines; IMS4Field is a field add-on. The former IMS Offline app was retired and replaced by IMS4Field.

    Cenosco IMS capabilities, evidence status and source links
    CapabilityEvidenceScope and source
    Pressure equipmentDocumented by vendor

    PEI links inspection planning, corrosion information and condition history.

    Pressure equipment integrity
    Maintenance strategyDocumented by vendor

    RCM is a distinct discipline for reliability-centered maintenance decisions.

    Reliability-centered maintenance
    Functional-safety scopeDocumented by vendor

    SIS addresses safety-instrumented-system lifecycle analysis; it does not certify a user's installation.

    Safety instrumented systems
    Offline field captureDepends on scope

    IMS4Field supports disconnected checklists. Demonstrate the exact record and synchronization workflow.

    IMS4Field mobile add-on
    External interfacesDepends on scope

    Integration services connect IMS with other applications. Specify system versions, mappings and support ownership.

    Integration services
    Access and approvalDocumented by vendor

    Roles, disciplines and unit-level approval permissions are documented; test your hierarchy.

    Roles and approval controls
    Inspection schedule lifecycleDocumented by vendor

    PEI schedules define scope, dates and tasks; completed work is credited in Equipment Condition History, and recurring schedules can create the next due record.

    PEI inspection schedule lifecycle
    Inspector prioritization dashboardDocumented by vendor

    The dashboard consolidates overdue schedules, approvals, statistics and site-selected queries. Confirm nightly refresh timing, privileges and site filters.

    Inspector workload and approval dashboard
    Standard and custom reportsDocumented by vendor

    IMS generates standard or site-specific Word and PDF reports and supports custom tooling. Exported documents are editable controlled copies, not immutable audit artifacts.

    Standard and custom reporting
    Risk-based inspection methodsDocumented by vendor

    IMS PEI documents built-in S-RBI and RBI581 methods. Method selection, inputs and intervals require competent engineering review and applicable regulatory approval.

    PEI risk-based inspection methods

    Cenosco IMS pricing

    Custom quote

    Pricing is not publicly available as a numeric subscription in the reviewed sources, contact vendor. Request separate scope for PEI, RCM, SIS, IMS4Field, hosting, migration, training and integrations. Confirm currency, contract term, site or user limits and ongoing engineering administration.

    Pricing sources checked : Selected sources checked; no starting price recorded. Reviewed product and service pages offer scoped engagement, with no numeric subscription or unrestricted free trial established.

    Which product scope should the quote cover?

    Modular asset-integrity suite with separate discipline scope and an IMS4Field mobile add-on.

    Ask the vendor to identify the product, region, modules, billing unit, contract term and included services in writing.

    Offline work and integrations

    IMS4Field explicitly supports working on digital checklists offline and syncing with IMS. Confirm preparation, attachments, approval stages and conflict handling for your devices. Do not procure the retired IMS Offline app or assume the full engineering suite operates disconnected.

    What we could not verify

    2 depend on scope

    Demo script

    Demo exercise: inspection evidence to approved schedule

    1. Load one asset and a sample measurement history.
    2. Show the relevant degradation assumptions and proposed inspection task.
    3. Have a second role review the changed schedule.
    4. Export the evidence and approval history for engineering review.

    Demo exercise: offline field task recovery

    1. Assign a checklist and prepare a device while connected.
    2. Disable connectivity and add sample findings and media.
    3. Reconnect after a second user has changed the record.
    4. Inspect reconciliation, outstanding reviews and the final equipment history.

    Demo exercise: due inspection to recurring schedule

    1. Select one due PEI schedule and verify its date, scope, tasks and approval state.
    2. Record a controlled inspection result in Equipment Condition History and credit the schedule.
    3. Route the condition history and any interval change through configured approvals.
    4. Confirm equipment history, audit trail and the next due record for a recurring schedule.

    Ask the vendor to show you

    1. Which discipline modules and IMS4Field entitlements are included?
    2. Can we trace a revised calculation to source readings and an approved schedule?
    3. How are competing offline changes reconciled?
    4. Who owns migration validation and interface failures?
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    Questions the sources answer

    What is the difference between IMS PEI, RCM and SIS?

    PEI focuses on pressure-equipment integrity, RCM on maintenance strategy and SIS on safety-instrumented-system lifecycle work. Define the disciplines required before requesting a proposal.

    Can Cenosco inspections work offline?

    IMS4Field documents offline checklist work. Confirm synchronization and approval coverage in a device-specific demonstration; this does not establish full offline engineering functionality.

    Is IMS Offline still the current Cenosco app?

    No. The official handbook says IMS Offline was retired and replaced by IMS4Field. Existing customers should confirm migration and device requirements.

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    • Metegrity Visions Enterprise

      Shared category tags: 2 (Asset Management, Inspection Management).

      Differs: offline unclassified (this profile: partial workflow).

      Same: scope, price and trial.

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