An Operational Excellence (OPEX) Strategy Requires an Enterprise Architecture: Part 3
September 1, 2026
In Part 2, we reviewed the operational challenges presented by existing syntactic performance optimization models and outlined the benefits of a..
An Operational Excellence (OPEX) Strategy Requires an Enterprise Architecture: Part 2
September 1, 2026
In Part 1, we outlined the operational challenges facing the process industries and their answer: re-architecting the operational data..
An Operational Excellence (OPEX) Strategy Requires an Enterprise Architecture: Part 1
September 1, 2026
The Operational Challenge The process industries are struggling under the weight of ever-increasing data volumes as more equipment and processes are..
Toward Operational Excellence 4.0 – Revisited 2025
December 23, 2025
By Joe Perino, former LNS Research analyst Nearly five years ago, I wrote an article entitled “Toward Operational Excellence 4.0 (OE 4.0).” In it, I..
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,..
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..
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..