A coating job is not a generic project. It runs through a strict sequence of inspection-gated stages — and a single missed hold point can trigger a full rework. Atlantis Coating Industry ERP is built around the actual workflow: pre-job document review (coating-system spec, manufacturer PDS, client coating procedure), site mobilisation with crew certifications verified, ambient-condition logging at start-of-shift (substrate temperature, dew-point margin per SSPC-PA 1), surface preparation to the specified SSPC-SP grade (SP 1 solvent cleaning, SP 2 hand-tool, SP 3 power-tool, SP 5 white metal blast, SP 6 commercial blast, SP 10 near-white blast, SP 11 power-tool to bare metal), surface-cleanliness verification (visual, ISO 8501-1 photographic standards, salt-contamination test per SSPC Guide 15 or ISO 8502-9, surface-profile measurement per ASTM D4417), coating application to specified WFT, DFT measurement per SSPC-PA 2 80/20/20 rule, holiday detection (low-voltage wet-sponge or high-voltage spark), adhesion verification (cross-hatch ASTM D3359 or pull-off ASTM D4541), client final-inspection sign-off and document handover.
Each of these stages is a structured workflow in Atlantis — not free-text notes in a generic project module. Hold points, witness points and information points are templated. NACE CIP Level 1/2/3 inspector sign-offs are captured electronically. Photos taken by the mobile app at each hold point attach to the inspection record automatically. DFT readings flow into a statistical analysis that flags out-of-spec areas before they become rework. Holiday-detection logs export as the structured PDF clients and operators require. All of this lives in the same database as your project P&L, crew payroll, inventory consumption and accounting.
Case 1 — Houston-area refinery turnaround coating contractor
A coating contractor running turnarounds at Gulf Coast refineries replaced Excel-based DFT logs and a paper holiday-detection workflow with Atlantis. NACE CIP Level 2 inspector sign-off cycle dropped from average 36 hours to under 6 hours per scope. DFT acceptance rate rose from 81% to 94% because real-time statistical analysis flagged out-of-spec areas before crew demobilisation. Turnaround rework cost dropped by 22% in the first 12 months.
Case 2 — Mid-East offshore maintenance group, FPSO scope
An offshore maintenance group running coating campaigns on FPSO topsides and splash-zone repairs consolidated three legacy systems into Atlantis. Crew certification expiry alerts eliminated 5 mobilisation delays per quarter. Operator-portal document handover now publishes within 24 hours of job completion — previously a 7-to-10-day cycle. Client-side coating-defect call-back rate dropped to under 1%.
Case 3 — Pipeline external coating contractor, North America
A pipeline external-coating contractor working FBE, three-layer polyethylene and field-joint coating moved from a paper coating-log and Access database to Atlantis. NACE SP0185 and SP0274 specification compliance evidence packs assemble automatically per pipeline segment. Holiday-detection logs synchronise with the cathodic-protection survey data. Client audits that previously took 5 staff-days to prepare now generate in 2 hours.
Pricing varies by region. Demo on request for an Atlantis quote tailored to your coating operation.
Book a 30-minute demo. We will walk through NACE/SSPC inspection workflow, DFT statistical analysis, holiday-detection logging and field-service mobile app for remote-site coating crews. Demo on request — free trial available.
What this page covers
The coating industry workflow Atlantis is built around
Atlantis modules relevant to coating industry firms
Most companies do not fail at their craft. They lose time, margin and goodwill in the gaps between the tools they use to run the place — a quoting spreadsheet that does not talk to the job sheet, a job sheet that does not reach accounts, and a compliance folder nobody can search when a client asks. Atlantis closes those gaps by putting the whole operation on one platform, so information is entered once and everything downstream stays in step.
What you can run on it
Sales and CRM — leads, quotes, follow-ups and the pipeline that tells you what next month looks like.
Projects and job costing — plan the work, track the hours and materials against it, and see the margin while the job is still live rather than at final account.
Field and service teams — dispatch, schedules, mobile capture that works with no signal, and sign-off from site.
Inventory and purchasing — stock, suppliers, reorder points and goods receipt, joined to the jobs that consume them.
People — records, qualifications and licences with renewal reminders, timesheets, leave and payroll.
Quality and documents — procedures and forms under revision control, with the audit trail an inspection or accreditation body actually asks for.
Accounts — invoicing, expenses, multi-currency and the reporting your accountant stops chasing you for.
Affordable, accessible, fully customizable — and we mean each word
Affordable because the whole suite is included rather than sold to you a module at a time, and because implementation is done by people who have run operations rather than by a chain of subcontractors. Accessible because it runs in a browser and on a phone, works for a small team on day one, and does not need a specialist on staff to keep it alive. Fully customizable because your process is the thing that makes you competitive — the software should bend to it, not the other way round.
Industries we configure for
Service businesses and contractors, manufacturing and fabrication, trading and distribution, laboratories and testing houses, engineering consultancies, construction and facilities, and asset owners across energy, marine, aerospace and infrastructure. Inspection and testing is where we started, and it remains the sector we go deepest in — but the platform underneath is general-purpose, and most of what it does has nothing to do with inspection at all.
What happens when you get in touch
A short conversation, not a sales sequence. We ask how the business runs today and where it hurts, show you the platform doing that work, and send a written quote shaped to your region, your team size and the scope you actually need. No obligation, nothing to install first, and no pressure to decide on the call. Reach out and tell us what you are trying to fix.
No, and it is usually a poor idea. Most implementations start with the part of the business where the pain is sharpest — often quoting and job costing, or scheduling and field capture — and run it alongside what you use today until people trust it. Once that is steady, the next area follows. Moving everything in one weekend is how projects acquire the reputation they have; moving one process at a time is how they succeed.
What happens to the spreadsheets we already rely on?
They are the specification, not the enemy. A spreadsheet that has survived years of daily use encodes real decisions about how your business works, and the first job of implementation is to read it properly. Some become configured processes in the platform, some stay as spreadsheets because that is genuinely the right tool, and a few turn out to exist only because two systems could not talk to each other, and simply stop being needed.
Our process is unusual. Will we have to change how we work?
The unusual part is often the thing that makes you competitive, so bending it to fit software is the wrong trade. The platform is configured around your process rather than the other way round. Where we do push back is on process that exists to work around a previous system's limitations — that is worth removing rather than reproducing.
How long before it is actually running?
Sooner than a traditional enterprise rollout, because the scope is deliberately narrow at first. A single well-chosen process can be live and useful while the rest is still being planned. What extends timelines is almost never the software — it is data cleanliness and decision-making on the customer side, which is why we agree early who owns which decision.
What happens to our data if we stop using it?
It leaves with you in a usable form. Ask this of every vendor you evaluate, and treat a vague answer as an answer. Being able to exit is what keeps a supplier relationship honest, and a platform confident in its value has no reason to make leaving difficult.
Can we switch on just this module and add others later?
Yes. Modules are enabled where you need them and left dormant where you do not, and adding one later does not mean a re-implementation. Because it is one platform rather than integrated products, switching on a new area inherits the customers, suppliers, staff and jobs already in the system instead of needing them re-entered.
Will this help us pass a client or accreditation audit?
It is built for it. The things audits actually ask for — that the person who did the work was qualified at the time, that the equipment was in calibration, that the procedure revision in force was the one followed, and that the records can be produced on request — are held as records with dates rather than as folders someone has to search. The difference at audit is between retrieving evidence and reconstructing it.