Material Requisition (MR) Package Assembly
From P&IDs and Datasheets in 48 Hours

An MR is the procurement engineering document that specifies what to buy: tags, quantities, specifications, design conditions, materials, code references, vendor list, lead time. Each MR covers a specific scope (e.g. centrifugal pump package, control valve package, piping spool package). MRs are the input to Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE), which evaluates vendor bids against the MR specification. Pathnovo automates MR package generation from upstream P&ID + datasheet sources.

For a typical $50M-capex unit revamp with 50-100 MR packages: 4-8 weeks of senior procurement engineer + lead engineer + materials engineer time. Each MR carries 50-200 line items requiring spec validation, code reference checks, and vendor list consolidation. Manual error rates run 5-15% with downstream rework cost. Pathnovo automates the assembly layer in 48 hours, leaving the procurement engineer to focus on vendor selection and commercial terms.

Yes, this is exactly Pathnovo's capability. P&ID-driven extraction provides the procurable items (equipment, valves, instruments, line items); datasheet extraction provides the per-item specifications (design conditions, materials, code references); MR template auto-population combines them into client-native MR format. Output is procurement-ready in 48 hours.

MR (Material Requisition) is procurement-shaped: tag, quantity, specification, vendor list, lead time, project reference. BOM (Bill of Materials) is fabrication-shaped: every item to be procured, quantity, unit cost, total cost. MR is issued to vendors for RFQ; BOM is the project's procurement scope ledger. Pathnovo generates both: MR for procurement issue, BOM for project scope tracking. They share the same underlying extraction data.

End-to-end procurement intelligence chain: P&ID extraction → MR package assembly (this workflow) → TBE on returned vendor bids → PO issued to selected vendor → MTR traceability when material ships. Pathnovo handles every layer with shared underlying data. The MR specification captured at this stage carries through to TBE evaluation and MTR validation downstream, eliminating spec drift between procurement and inspection.

Yes. GeM (Government e-Marketplace) compatible MR formats supported. Indian PSU rate-card compatibility for IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, ONGC, GAIL procurement engineering standards. IBR / PESO / CCOE compliance overlay applied automatically when applicable to MR scope (pressure equipment, hazardous-area instrumentation, electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres).

MR package assembly is included on every paid tier of the credit-based pricing model. A typical mid-EPC unit MR package fits comfortably inside Starter (1,000 credits/month) or Professional (5,000 credits/month) depending on attached datasheet count. Greenfield EPC projects with 50-100+ MR packages typically sit on Scale (25,000+ credits) or Enterprise. Scoped paid pilot on the Starter tier available to validate on a single MR package before scale-up. Indian PSU rate-card compatibility available. See our pricing page for full plan details.

For revamp projects where 60% of P&IDs change between as-built and new scope, the P&ID revision to PO impact workflow produces a structured delta of added, modified, and deleted tags. MR package assembly consumes that delta and generates incremental MR packages for the changed-scope items only, reusing project-established MR format, specifications, and approved vendor list. This avoids re-issuing MRs for unchanged scope and compresses revamp procurement turnaround to days instead of weeks.