Turnaround, Shutdown and Outage Management

Turnaround, Shutdown and Outage Management
Author: Tom Lenahan
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2011-02-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 008052527X

Shutdown management is project management of a special kind: managing the repair, replacement or maintenance of critical systems. Manufacturing and process plants, computer systems, airliners, and many other systems must be regularly closed down or taken out of service for planned maintenance operations. This book provides a complete shutdown project planning guide along with a new, detailed model of excellence and step-by-step project guide. In a critical field, this book shows the maintenance manager or project leader how to get the job done correctly. * Covers all aspects of major maintenance project planning, minimizing downtime and improving maintenance schedules * Covers projects ranging from weekend overhauls through to complete plant rebuilds * With detailed checklists and a new step-by-step project guide

Process Plants

Process Plants
Author: Trinath Sahoo
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1466517344

With large amounts of revenue at stake, process industries are focusing more on turnaround management as they strive to lengthen the interval between turnarounds. This book outlines a strategy to execute optimized shutdown and turnaround by changing plant operating conditions and inspection techniques. Because shutdown cost for a petroleum refinery is normally 30 percent higher than annual maintenance costs, this book details how to manage the more favorable turnaround option. The author explores different aspects, including philosophy, planning and scheduling, estimation, contractor management, and execution.

Turnaround Management

Turnaround Management
Author: Tom Lenahan
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1999-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080519792

Manufacturing and process plants must be regularly closed down for planned maintenance operations. This may entail the complete shutdown and re-start of large-scale serial and batch operations and must be performed in as short a period of time as is cost-effective. This is the process of turnaround, and as the processes are often high value and the maintenance operations intensive, complex and costly, it is vital that it be planned and carried out effectively. Tom Lenahan is an acknowledged expert in this field, who has worked and consulted internationally, and his book will show the maintenance manager or project leader how to get the job done correctly. This will include ensuring that lost production value (including sourcing replacement capacity) is balanced against intensive maintenance costs, as well as numerous other factors that may not be obvious to the first-time shutdown manager. The book draws upon his many years of experience with ICI, and has been written in conjunction with Eutech Engineering Services Ltd. Foreword by Anthony Kelly, author of Maintenance Strategy and Maintenance Organization and Systems

Turnaround Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries

Turnaround Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries
Author: Robert Bruce Hey
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128174552

Turnaround Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries: A Project Management Approach helps readers understand the phases of development in preparation for a turnaround, with each relevant phase easily identified. Specific to the process industry, especially oil and gas, petrochemical and power plants, this reference simplifies the entire lifecycle of a turnaround and provides specific examples of both successful and unsuccessful turnaround projects. By identifying the most significant performance indicators and strategies to ensure that targets are met, this book will help plant managers keep plants safe, efficient and running successfully. Aligns turnaround project management with ISO guidance and ANSI/PMI standards Utilizes the best tools for long-term planning, including instructional videos and training material Helps users gain practical knowledge through both good and bad turnaround management case studies Presents real-world issues and challenges encountered

Indispensable Employees

Indispensable Employees
Author: Martha R. A. Fields
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2001-01-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1601634668

Indispensable Employees: How to Hire Them, How to Keep Them was written to help all those organizations who know they need to adapt to the new economy, but don't quite know how. It was written to help organizations start thinking again about how they can hold on to their best workers, despite what their competitors are offering. It was written to help organizations surmount the challenges of this new full-employment economy and hire and retain the most competent, motivated, and diverse workforce possible. Indispensable Employees: How to Hire Them, How to Keep Them will show organizations how to: Maximize their recruitment and retention dollars. Decrease costly turnover, while still managing necessary layoffs with dignity and respect. Maximize recruitment dollars by turning employees and managers into goodwill ambassadors and headhunters. Utilize multicultural and segment marketing approaches to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Prevent competitors from luring key talent away.

Audel Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages

Audel Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages
Author: Michael V. Brown
Publisher: Audel
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-09-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780764557668

Don't shut down by accident A carefully planned shutdown will improve your plant's safety and efficiency, while one that "just happens" can be disastrous. Developed from the author's highly successful seminars, this book takes you step by step through successfully managing production shutdowns. Identify what must be done, schedule equipment and staff, use project-management software, and save both dollars and downtime. * Prioritize needs and identify what can be accomplished within time and budget constraints * Determine whether outside help is required * Schedule the order and priority of projects * Learn to use CPM (Critical Path Methods) or PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique) * Plan for new or additional work that may arise during a shutdown * Report and document preparation and execution * Identify and record future needs the shutdown reveals

Enterprise Performance Management Done Right

Enterprise Performance Management Done Right
Author: Ron Dimon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-03-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118417135

A workable blueprint for developing and implementing performance management in order to improve revenue growth and profit margins Enterprise performance management (EPM) technology has been rapidly advancing, especially in the areas of predictive analysis and cloud-based solutions. Real Enterprise Performance Management introduces a framework for implementing and managing next-generation functionality for better insight, focus, and alignment of EPM. This blueprint shows that EPM can have a direct positive impact on revenue growth, operating margin, asset utilization, and cash cycle efficiency. Introduces a framework for implementing and managing next-generation functionality for better insight, focus, and alignment Reveals that EPM can have a strong impact on revenue growth, operating margin, asset utilization, cash cycle efficiency Today's businesses have a great deal of data and technology, but less-than-fact decisions are still made. Executives need a structured framework for gathering, analyzing, and debating the best ways to deploy capital, people and time. Real Enterprise Performance Management joins IT and finance in a digestible blueprint for developing and implementing performance management in order to improve revenue growth and profit margins.

Crisis Management Planning and Execution

Crisis Management Planning and Execution
Author: Edward S. Devlin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0203485890

Crisis management planning refers to the methodology used by executives to respond to and manage a crisis and is an integral part of a business resumption plan. Crisis Management Planning and Execution explores in detail the concepts of crisis management planning, which involves a number of crises other than physical disaster. Defining th

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook
Author: Richard (Doc) Palmer
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 861
Release: 2006-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 007150155X

Many readers already regard the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook as the chief authority for establishing effective maintenance planning and scheduling in the real world. The second edition adds new sections and further develops many existing discussions to make the handbook more comprehensive and helpful. In addition to practical observations and tips on such topics as creating a weekly schedule, staging parts and tools, and daily scheduling, this second edition features a greatly expanded CMMS appendix which includes discussion of critical cautions for implementation, patches, major upgrades, testing, training, and interfaces with other company software. Readers will also find a timely appendix devoted to judging the potential benefits and risks of outsourcing plant work. A new appendix provides guidance on the "people side" of maintenance planning and work execution. The second edition also has added a detailed aids and barriers analysis that improves the appendix on setting up a planning group. The new edition also features "cause maps" illustrating problems with a priority systems and schedule compliance. These improvements and more continue to make the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook a maintenance classic.