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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Control of Work – a Major Challenge in both Capital Projects and Continuous Operations
January 14, 2020
By David Drerup. Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages (STOs) continue to be a major budget and time challenge. A significant contributing factor to..
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 ..