CountryMark takes its turnaround digitalDigitalization is beneficial for turnarounds and sites of any size, with a clearly justifiable ROI. This was proven recently by CountryMark, a unique refinery located in Mount Vernon, Indiana, employing 190 refinery personnel and producing 30,000 barrels a day. They selected MobideoSTO to digitalize their recent turnaround – a planned, 16-day event, … Read more
What’s the Value of Transformational Outcomes?Everyone is talking about transformational outcomes. Relating to fundamental change in execution and management, it’s one of today’s most popular buzzwords. It’s all about achieving new, better and improved outcomes by transforming mindsets, behaviors, capabilities, competencies, systems, processes, governance and support. Why Do STOs Need Transformational Change?STOs (Shutdowns, Turnarounds, Outages) … Read more
Am I In Control of My Turnaround?I often meet turnaround managers at the beginning of a turnaround. They are typically optimistic that all their months of planning and scheduling is going to be a great success; that they are going to maintain control and complete their turnaround on-time, and in-budget. But when I meet up … Read more
Defining the ChallengesTurnarounds present many challenges. They are typified by rapid and unpredictable change, an unclear present and uncertain future, multiple and diverse interconnected factors, and a lack of clarity or awareness of the situation. Scheduling is a giant headache, involving masses of moving parts, thousands of people, multiple tools and constant change. Add to … Read more
Digitalization – Which Way to Go?The inundation of software and hardware vendors selling digitalization strategies and solutions is challenging businesses to effectively differentiate between the options before them. And the reduction in opportunities for in-person, relationship-building conversations that help build trust and conviction generated by COVID has presented more challenges to the decision-making process. Do … Read more
About Automation & TurnaroundsA sizable percentage of work in turnarounds is low risk and just needs to get done. Automation offers the opportunity to minimize the amount of human management / intervention needed for these low-risk activities. Rather than wasting time writing reports, chasing after people, checking that work has been performed and holding meetings … Read more
Achieving Turnaround Goals Depends on Compliance & DocumentationCorporate audits, maintenance procedures and turnarounds all require compliance with a range of subjects. The compliance required can be to company directives; protocols defined by Process Safety Management (PSM); Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP); or specific industry regulations, to name just a few.To work, businesses … Read more
The correlation between digitalization and operational excellenceAt the recent Connected Worker Online Event, Dave Maher, SVP, Capital & Turnarounds at Delek US, discussed his company’s experiences in implementing Mobideo’s Digital Operating System to improve turnaround performance and efficiency. The discussion with Paul Muir, CRO & VP North America at Mobideo, highlighted how the digitalization of … Read more
What’s the Connection between Battlefields and Turnarounds?Despite their extensive training, combat soldiers will tell you that the actual battlefield presents a completely different picture. While planning is important and valuable, no plan survives the first contact. Soldiers have to be ready for constant change. They have to be aware of the fact that it is … Read more
Multiple Systems and Siloed Data Challenge STO SuccessTo execute an STO (Shutdown, Turnaround and Outage), many different departments must provide services over several phases of the event, from planning and scheduling to execution and debrief. But each department typically has its own data systems to perform tasks and serve as its system of record. These … Read more