Improving Operations Leaders’ PSM Decision Making
July 29, 2025
Operations and maintenance leaders are frequently confronted with challenging Process Safety Management (PSM) decisions. Too often, leaders do not..
How to Implement Asset Performance Management
July 15, 2025
Implementing Asset Performance Management (APM) is a strategic effort that optimizes the lifecycle of assets to increase reliability, reduce cost,..
Best Practices for Management of Organizational Change (MOOC)
July 14, 2025
Organizational change (i.e., any change in position or responsibility in an organization, structural organizational change, or an organizational..
Improving Process Safety Performance By Leveraging Management of Organizational Change
June 17, 2025
Management of Organizational Change (MOOC) addresses the process of managing any change in position or responsibility in an organization or any..
How Production Loss Analysis (PLA) for the Process Industries Saves Companies Time, Money, and Headaches
May 13, 2025
Production Loss Analysis (PLA) enhances reliable operations by systematically identifying, quantifying, and categorizing production losses to improve..
Jumpstart APM Processes with Powerful Software Integrations
September 30, 2024
Asset Performance Management (APM) is a collection of work processes that enable process manufacturers to optimize the balance of asset-based risk,..
Pre-Startup Safety Reviews
August 9, 2024
While tools are often conceived to perform a single function – a hammer to drive a nail or a saw to cut wood – they can, with time and ingenuity,..
The Value of Maintaining RAGAGEP Documentation With a Digital Solution
August 5, 2024
While the use of engineering standards for designing and maintaining equipment pre-dates regulatory requirements, the industry agrees that the..
Process Safety Information
March 4, 2024
While most industries outside of the hydrocarbon industry are not process safety-centric, the underlying premise of preventing significant incidents..
Operational Excellence Requires a Strategic Framework — Here’s Why
December 21, 2021
When companies use fractured systems in silos to develop an Operational Excellence Management System, the resulting application proliferation makes..
Enterprise Loss Prevention and the Interface to Operations
October 28, 2021
In challenging economic times, many companies focus on optimizing existing production facilities instead of expanding or investing in new ones. The..
Why the Time is Now for Mobile Conduct of Operations
October 5, 2021
Today, many companies have specialized handheld devices for leak detection and repair and warehouse inventory; heads-up displays to access..
Failure Elimination
September 15, 2021
When organizations experience failures in their facilities, they face expensive equipment repairs, production losses, and decreased reliability. To..
The Benefits of Interoperable Frameworks
September 1, 2021
When it comes to successful operations, decisions can only move as fast as the data supporting them – meaning waiting on reports puts companies at a..
Pre-Startup Safety Reviews – More than an MOC Tool
November 11, 2020
Companies have conducted Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs) as part of Management of Change (MOC) activities for a long time. While required by law..
Intelligent PHA Methodology: Through the Eyes of the Facilitator
October 31, 2020
Following the creation of OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard 29 CFR 1910.119, the process industries continue working to improve Process..
LyondellBassell Industries Keynote at CCPS
August 18, 2020
Bob Patel’s keynote presentation at the AIChE Spring Meeting discussed the current challenges the marketplace is facing because of the coronavirus..
Operational Performance Management
July 15, 2020
In operating facilities, millions of data points and billions of records are created daily. In fact, one terabyte of production data is being..
A Connected Workforce Drives Successful ORM
July 6, 2020
By Dan Miklovic, Founder and Principal Analysasdt at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. In my previous..