Affordable NDT ERP in Anchorage — Fully Customizable, Every Business App You Need Included

NDT software in Anchorage: inspection work at the end of a long supply line

Anchorage is where Alaska's oil and gas inspection work is managed, even though most of it happens hundreds of miles away. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, is headquartered in Anchorage, and the pipeline runs from Prudhoe Bay to the Valdez Marine Terminal. North Slope production at Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk and Alpine, and ConocoPhillips' Willow development, are run from Anchorage offices, with crews flying through Deadhorse. Hilcorp operates platforms and onshore fields in Cook Inlet. Marathon runs the Kenai refinery on the peninsula, and Petro Star operates refineries in Valdez and North Pole. Closer to town, the Port of Alaska handles most of the state's inbound freight, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is one of the world's busiest air cargo hubs, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson adds military work. The fishing fleets of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor bring marine inspection into the mix.

The typical Anchorage NDT contractor runs technicians on rotations, often two weeks on and two off, and ships people and equipment long distances by air or barge. Resupply is slow, calibration labs are mostly in the Lower 48, and weather decides whether a crew gets in at all. Regulators include the NRC directly for radioactive materials (Alaska is not an Agreement State, so radiography licensing runs through the NRC), PHMSA for pipelines, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the US Coast Guard for marine work, and the Alaska Department of Labor's Mechanical Inspection section for boilers and pressure vessels. Software has to handle distance and rotation first.

ERP for NDT companies in Anchorage: the short answer

The Atlantis ERP solution is a fully customized ERP for NDT and inspection companies, set up and supported by Atlantis NDT, whose founder Anoop Rayavarapu is an ASNT NDT Level III. It runs quotes, jobs, technicians, equipment, reports and invoices in one system, with an offline field app for remote sites. It is affordable, accessible and fully customizable, with pricing on request.

For an Anchorage company the benefit is visibility over people and kit you cannot see. You know which technicians are on rotation, which are off, whose certificates expire before their next hitch, which instruments are on the Slope, which are at the calibration lab in the Lower 48, and which consumables are running low before the next shipment. The reports written in a module on the Slope sync when the technician is back on the network. Each capability is its own app; the full list is on the ERP apps page. The sections below apply them to Alaska work.

Crew dispatch and scheduling software for rotations and remote sites

Team Assignments runs each job through planned, dispatched, in field, submitted and closed, with site GPS coordinates and mobilisation and demobilisation dates. For Alaska, mob and demob dates are the rotation itself, and the system blocks double-booking of technicians and equipment serials so nobody is scheduled on the Slope and in Valdez at the same time.

The availability calendar shows assigned, leave, training, sick and unavailable, and overlaps are blocked. Recording the off weeks of a rotation as unavailable, and training days as training, gives a dispatcher an honest view of who can actually be on a plane next Tuesday. Approved Time Off feeds the same calendar. Each technician shows current assignment, utilisation percentage and next available date, in calendar, kanban and list views. When weather holds a flight in Deadhorse or Kodiak, you can see the knock-on effect on every job that crew was due to reach.

The Fleet app records vehicle purpose, whether the vehicle can carry radioactive sources, transport licence number and expiry, and assignment to project and driver with dates and mileage. For radiography crews on the road system between Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula and the Richardson Highway, that ties the source vehicle to the job and driver. Travel, lodging and per diems from rotations are recorded in Expenses and can be re-billed to the job.

Technician certification tracking software for rotational crews

The Certificates app records every technician's certifications by scheme, level and method, and computes status automatically as active, expiring soon (90 days), expired or revoked. A 90-day warning is what a rotational business needs, because a certificate that expires mid-hitch on the Slope cannot be fixed by driving back to the office.

Built-in schemes are SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, ISO 9712, PCN and CSWIP, plus other. Each record carries level from trainee to Level III, method, certifying body, issue, expiry and renewal dates, industry sector, OJT hours, training hours, exam results and attachments. Vision tests record near vision at Jaeger J1 or J2, far vision, colour perception, contrast, examiner, clinic, certificate file and expiry; scheduling an eye exam around a rotation is easier when you know months ahead.

The employee NDT profile adds radiation safety training, radiation badge number and medical fitness expiry. North Slope and pipeline operators require site-specific safety training and medicals, and those can be tracked as attachments and dates during implementation. Daily checks create warning tasks 90 days before expiry, email alerts go to the recipients you choose with a resend interval, and timesheets warn if work is logged without a valid certificate. The ERP records and reminds; your Level III and written practice decide qualification.

Calibration management software when the nearest lab is a flight away

Asset Management tracks every flaw detector, phased array unit, thickness gauge, crawler-related item, probe and source-related item by serial number with calibration frequency and status. Team Assignments warns when out-of-calibration equipment is assigned, which matters when an instrument would be stuck on the Slope for two weeks before anyone noticed.

Each item carries equipment type, asset tag, firmware, accessories, assigned person, condition and lifecycle: new, active, in calibration, in repair, rented out, retired or disposed. In calibration is the status that matters most in Alaska, because shipping to a lab and back takes time; seeing next due dates across the fleet lets you rotate instruments out ahead of a hitch. Calibration records hold provider, certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty, accredited-lab flag, result and next due date. The certificate register stores lab accreditation number, PDF and a valid, expiring or expired status with alerts. Purchase types vendors as OEM, dealer or calibration lab and links purchase lines to a specific serial.

Issue and return runs through supervisor and manager approval with condition recorded both ways; cold-soaked screens and cables do get damaged. The maintenance log records repairs, cleaning, firmware updates and probe replacements with before and after condition. Consumables such as couplant, penetrant, developer, particles and PPE carry reorder levels and low-stock flags, so you order before the barge or freight cutoff rather than after. Reservations prevent two crews claiming the same unit.

NDT reporting software that works offline on the North Slope

The NDT Reports app includes an offline field app, installable as a web app, that works without signal, stores drafts and photos locally and syncs later. That is the feature Alaska crews need first: write the report in the module or at the pad, and let it sync when the connection allows.

There are 17 report types with separate numbering: UT, RT, MT, PT, VT, ECT, IRIS, PAUT, MFL, TOFD, PWHT, PMI, hardness, UT thickness, ferrite, holiday and coating, and computed radiography. Method-specific fields include UT with a probe calibration table; RT with source, technique, IQI type and placement; MT technique and particle type; PT method and developer; PAUT focal laws; MFL scan mode and item lines; UT thickness readings by direction; and weld or job lines with defect type and orientation. Reports close as acceptable, not acceptable or acceptable with remarks and reference the work order, request, WPS, contract, drawings, procedure and standard.

The workflow runs draft, in progress, review, approved and sent, with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures captured on screen and a third-party or authorized inspector name and signature. Operators on the Slope and the pipeline often have their own formats; versioned Excel, Word, PDF or HTML templates carry your logo, and client Excel forms are filled by mapping fields to cells. For marine work out of Kodiak or Dutch Harbor, marine mode adds a vessel cover page and merges class society, Level II and calibration certificates into the PDF. See also Digital Twin Reporting Software.

Procedure control for operators who audit closely

The Procedures app keeps a controlled register with document number, revision, method, scope, material, applicable standard such as ASME Section V, acceptance criteria and the text or file. Approved revisions are locked, and each revision keeps a snapshot, so a technician in a remote camp and an auditor in Anchorage are looking at the same approved revision.

Alaska operators audit contractor quality programs, and a procedure revised while half the crew is on the Slope is a common gap. The workflow runs draft, submitted, reviewed, approved and published, with rejected and archived states, recording who prepared, reviewed and approved each revision and when. Rejections carry a reason, and approvers get email notifications and reminders. Procedures in low temperatures often need specific limits written into scope, and the approved text travels with the job.

An AI-assisted first draft produces a starting procedure from method, material and standard, falling back to a built-in template. A Level III still reviews and approves before publication. NCR and CAPA workflows can be configured during implementation for operators who expect corrective actions tracked to closure.

NDT quoting and invoicing software for Alaska contracts

Quotations carry job type, site, project dates and applicable codes, with services flagged by method and category, a branded PDF and online acceptance and signature that converts to a sales order. Invoices then draw on the timesheets, equipment and consumables recorded on the job.

Alaska billing carries items other markets rarely see: travel days to and from camp, weather standby, rotation-length day rates and freight for equipment. The invoice header records NDT project, job or PO number, site, invoice type and industry sector, with labour, equipment and consumables subtotals. Lines carry cost centre, method, equipment serial, technician, rate type and days or hours. Timesheets record work type (inspection, travel, standby, setup), billable flag and rate multiplier, with approval before billing, so a weather day in Deadhorse is captured as standby rather than disappearing.

The financial dashboard shows revenue, cost of sales, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, outstanding invoices, bills and expenses over 12 months. Taxes are configured during implementation, and the open REST API connects to QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Maximo or any system that accepts API connections, scoped per implementation.

Winning more Anchorage work: CRM and dashboards

The CRM records service line, lead source, NDT service type, industry sector, site country, and estimated technicians and days, with a 0 to 100 lead score grouped as hot, warm, nurture or cold. Estimated technicians and days are useful in Alaska, where a bid depends on how many people you can actually rotate.

Leads import from CSV, AI-personalised email previews help follow-up, and drip sequences by service line keep oil and gas, marine and aviation contacts separate. The Business Cards feature turns a photographed card from an industry conference in Anchorage into a CRM lead. Dashboards show calibration due and overdue, certificates expiring and expired, and issued equipment overdue for return, which in Alaska usually means kit still sitting at a remote site.

Implementing the Atlantis ERP in Anchorage

Atlantis NDT implements remotely, scheduled around Alaska time, so nobody has to fly in and nothing stops for the rollout.

1. Discovery. We map your rotations, remote sites, methods, report formats and dispatch.
2. Data load. Technicians, certificates, vision tests, instruments with current location and calibration history, clients and open jobs come from your spreadsheets.
3. Configuration. Templates, numbering, procedure register, quote and invoice layouts, alerts and integrations are set up, and the offline field app is installed on crew devices.
4. Pilot. One rotation runs end to end, including offline reports that sync on return.
5. Go live and support. The rest of the company moves over, with Atlantis available for changes.

Anything not built in is configured during implementation. For trainees, the eLearning portal and the Practical NDT 3D simulator can be added, and Atlantis offers ASNT SNT-TC-1A-based NDT training.

Spreadsheets vs generic ERP vs Atlantis ERP for an Anchorage NDT company

Affordable customizable ERP for inspection companies in Anchorage

If your Anchorage NDT company is managing rotations, remote kit and paper reports from a desk in town, the Atlantis ERP gives you one system built for inspection work at a distance. It is affordable, accessible and fully customizable, suitable for small NDT companies and larger contractors, with pricing on request.

Bring a recent rotation's paperwork and we will show you how it would run. Book an Anchorage ERP demo or request a quote for your Anchorage inspection company. For operators with large facilities, Atlantis Digital Twins places inspection data, indication maps and thickness trends on a 3D model.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best NDT software for remote Alaska inspection work?

Software that works offline and ties dispatch, certificates, calibration and billing together. The Atlantis ERP includes an offline field app and is configured for rotations during implementation.

Does the field app work without any connection?

Yes. It stores drafts, photos and signatures locally and syncs when the device reconnects.

Can we schedule two-week rotations?

Yes. Mob and demob dates plus the availability calendar handle rotations, and overlaps are blocked.

Is it suitable for a small NDT company in Alaska?

Yes. Switch on only the apps you need; pricing is quote on request.

Can it connect to operator or accounting systems?

Yes. The open REST API integrates with SAP, Maximo, NetSuite, QuickBooks and other systems that accept API connections, scoped per implementation.

Does the ERP calculate pipeline inspection intervals?

No. It runs your NDT business and reports; it does not calculate inspection intervals or corrosion rates.

How do we get started?

Ask a question about the Atlantis ERP in Anchorage and we will set up a demo.