Complex Turnaround Planning
Refinery turnaround activity involves multiple tasks, schedules, teams, and operational dependencies that need to be organised clearly inside one platform experience.
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EZTRAK
A structured web platform for application submission, document management, review workflows, status tracking, and programme oversight.
Project Overview
A digital platform for refinery turnaround control
Refinery turnarounds involve high-pressure planning, coordination, cost control, resource movement, and material availability across multiple teams. EZTRAK was designed as an enterprise web platform to help refinery teams manage these complex workflows through one structured digital environment, making planning, tracking, and operational decision-making easier to manage.
The Mandate
Build a platform for planning, cost tracking, and material visibility
The requirement was to design an enterprise web solution that could support refinery turnaround planning, cost monitoring, material management, dashboards, and admin-level control. The platform needed to make complex industrial workflows easier to understand while giving teams a practical way to view operational progress, manage resources, and track key turnaround activities.
The Environment
A refinery setting where timing, cost, and coordination matter
Refinery turnaround operations are time-sensitive and resource-heavy, requiring clear visibility across work plans, materials, budgets, and operational updates. When these workflows are managed through scattered tools or manual tracking, teams can lose visibility into costs, material readiness, and task movement. EZTRAK needed to bring these operational layers into a cleaner digital platform that could support better planning and control.
Our Role
Enterprise UI/UX design, dashboard experience, and workflow structuring
Centangle worked on the digital product experience for EZTRAK, focusing on enterprise web platform design, admin panel structure, dashboard layouts, user flows, and visual interface clarity. The work translated refinery turnaround complexity into a more usable web experience that could support planning, cost visibility, material tracking, and operational decision-making.
THE CHALLENGE
Refinery turnaround workflows needed clearer digital control
Refinery turnarounds involve multiple moving parts, including work planning, cost control, materials, resources, schedules, approvals, and operational updates. Without a structured platform experience, these workflows can become difficult to track and harder for teams to manage with confidence.
The challenge was to design a web platform that could organise complex refinery turnaround activity into a clear, usable, and enterprise-ready interface. The system needed to support operational users, managers, and administrators by making planning, cost tracking, material status, and dashboard visibility easier to access and act on.
Cost Visibility Needs
Teams needed a better way to view, track, and understand cost-related information so turnaround budgets and spending activity could be monitored more effectively.
Material Management Pressure
Material availability and movement are critical during refinery turnarounds, so the platform needed to support clearer tracking of material requirements, status, and operational readiness.
Enterprise Dashboard Clarity
The platform needed dashboard views that could simplify complex operational data and help users understand progress, risks, and key activity at a glance.
THE SOLUTION
The Solution
Centangle designed EZTRAK as an enterprise web platform that brought refinery turnaround planning, cost tracking, material management, operational dashboards, and admin controls into one structured digital experience.
System Architecture — EZTRAK Refinery Turnaround Platform
Presentation Layer
Enterprise User and Admin UI
Web Platform Interface
Provides dashboards, planning views, cost tracking, material management, and admin access.
APPLICATION LAYER
Planning Management Engine
Manages activities, schedules, workflow stages, and operational dependencies.
Cost Tracking Module
Supports budget visibility, spending records, cost categories, and financial monitoring.
Platform Administration
Manages users, settings, workflows, records, and platform controls.
DATA & INTEGRATION LAYER
Turnaround Activity Records
Stores tasks, schedules, workflow movement, and operational history.
Financial Records
Stores budget details, spending activity, cost categories, and financial records.
Material and Resource Records
Organises material needs, availability, movement, and readiness information.
Reporting and Operational Visibility
Supports visibility into progress, costs, materials, and operational performance.
FEATURE 01
Turnaround Planning Dashboard
Provides a central view for refinery turnaround activity, helping teams monitor plans, schedules, progress, and operational movement in one place.
FEATURE 02
Cost Tracking Interface
Supports clearer visibility into cost-related information, budget movement, spending activity, and financial tracking across turnaround workflows.
FEATURE 03
Material Management Views
Helps users manage material requirements, availability, status, and movement so turnaround teams can better understand resource readiness.
FEATURE 04
Admin Panel Experience
Provides structured admin-level control for managing users, workflows, platform settings, data views, and operational information.
FEATURE 05
Enterprise Data Visualisation
Uses dashboard cards, tables, charts, and structured layouts to make complex refinery turnaround information easier to read and act on.
FEATURE 06
Workflow-Based User Experience
Organises planning, tracking, materials, costs, and management actions into clear user journeys designed for enterprise operational use.
HOW WE DELIVER IT
Structured delivery from operational understanding to enterprise platform design
The EZTRAK project followed a product design process focused on understanding refinery turnaround workflows, structuring operational information, designing dashboard experiences, and creating a usable enterprise web interface.
- 01
PHASE ONE
Workflow and Platform Understanding
Understanding refinery turnaround needs, planning requirements, cost tracking expectations, material management workflows, and user roles.
- Workflow understanding
- Platform requirements
- User role mapping
- Operational information structure
- 02
PHASE TWO
Dashboard and Information Planning
Structuring how planning data, cost information, material records, and operational activity would appear across the platform.
- Dashboard structure
- Information hierarchy
- Data display logic
- Navigation direction
- 03
PHASE THREE
UX and Interface Design
Designing enterprise web screens for dashboards, planning views, cost tracking, material management, and admin control.
- Web app interface design
- Dashboard layouts
- Admin panel screens
- Workflow-based user journeys
- 04
PHASE FOUR
Design System and Visual Refinement
Refining spacing, tables, cards, charts, icons, colours, and visual hierarchy for a clean enterprise experience.
- UI design system
- Component styling
- Visual hierarchy
- Interface consistency
- 05
PHASE FIVE
Final Presentation and Handoff
Preparing the final case study presentation and platform design direction for development, review, and stakeholder communication.
- Final UI screens
- Platform presentation
- Design handoff direction
- Case study visuals
Measured Impact
From Complex Turnaround Workflows to Clearer Operational Control
BEFORE
- Turnaround planning could be difficult to track across multiple activities and teams.
- Cost visibility needed to be more structured for better monitoring and control.
- Material information required clearer organisation and status visibility.
- Operational data needed to be easier to understand through dashboard views.
- Admin and management workflows needed a more centralised digital experience.
AFTER
- Turnaround planning was organised into a clearer enterprise platform structure.
- Cost tracking became easier to view through dedicated interface sections.
- Material management gained more visible and structured digital workflows.
- Dashboards helped simplify complex operational information for users.
- The platform created a stronger digital experience for refinery turnaround control.
PLATFORM DESIGN
Designed for refinery teams, operational managers, and administrators
The platform experience was designed around users who need visibility into refinery turnaround planning, cost activity, material readiness, and operational progress. Each screen was structured to make complex industrial information easier to understand, monitor, and manage.
SCREEN 1
A central dashboard that gives users a high-level view of turnaround progress, key metrics, cost movement, and operational activity.
Screen 1: Main Dashboard
A central dashboard that gives users a high-level view of turnaround progress, key metrics, cost movement, and operational activity.
SCREEN 2
A structured planning interface that helps teams organise turnaround activities, monitor timelines, and manage workflow movement.
Screen 2: Planning View
A structured planning interface that helps teams organise turnaround activities, monitor timelines, and manage workflow movement.
SCREEN 3
A cost-focused screen that helps users understand financial movement and track turnaround-related cost information more clearly.
Screen 3: Cost Tracking View
A cost-focused screen that helps users understand financial movement and track turnaround-related cost information more clearly.
SCREEN 4
A material tracking interface designed to help teams monitor material needs, availability, and readiness during turnaround execution.
Screen 4: Material Management View
A material tracking interface designed to help teams monitor material needs, availability, and readiness during turnaround execution.
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