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..
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..
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 Analyst at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. In my previous articles, ..
How Do MOC and Conduct of Operations Drive a Connected Workforce Environment? (Part 2)
June 26, 2020
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about an operating environment where all of the information, history, and procedures needed to safely and..
How Do MOC and Conduct of Operations Drive a Connected Workforce Environment? (Part 1)
June 26, 2020
As stated in a previous post, Management of Change (MOC) is a core foundational element for managing operational risk well. In fact, MOC touches..
Mitigating Risk to ALARP Levels Through Operational Risk Management
June 10, 2020
By Dan Miklovic, Founder and Principal Analyst at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. In my post, “Operational..
Operational Risk Management Taking on Heightened Importance
May 28, 2020
By Dan Miklovic, Founder and Principal Analyst at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. Operational risk,..
Integration Alone Doesn’t Lead to Transformation
May 27, 2020
Today, the focus of many IT projects in the petrochemical world is on configuration and integration. In other words, companies seek a software..
Mechanical Integrity is the Answer
March 19, 2020
Mechanical Integrity (MI) is a management system to ensure equipment is properly manufactured, installed, and maintained to ensure its reliability..
Why Engineering Content Management is the lifeblood of an Intelligent Operations Framework
November 14, 2019
By David Drerup. In our previous articles, we’ve shared why Operational Risk Management (ORM) can be the Achilles heel in your organization, and why ..
Why MOC is part of the core fabric for Intelligent Operations
September 20, 2019
By David Drerup. One of the core framework components of Intelligent Operations is Management of Change (MOC). MOC is rather like a skeletal system..