Key Components of Operational Discipline
November 14, 2025
Conduct of Operations (CoO)—the formal, structured, and systematic process of managing operations to ensure safe, consistent, and reliable..
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,..
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..
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..
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..
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..
How Connected Workforce and Conduct of Operations Work Together to Deliver Operational Discipline
April 23, 2020
Many companies today are focusing on Operational Discipline, which is a positive for our industry. If you accept that Operational Discipline is..
Connected Workforce: Key to Effective Decision Support and a Profitable Plant
March 19, 2020
First, what is a Connected Workforce? In short, a Connected Workforce is one that, through the power of mobile and wearable devices, is able to send..