MANAGING EFFICIENT SHUTDOWN & TURNAROUND

DESCRIPTION

A plant shutdown is one of the most critical capital investments. The shutdown process is necessary to ensure proper maintenance, but turnaround time should be limited through effective planning and scheduling. The establishment of the appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) must occur to guarantee proper shutdown measurement and reporting. This short training program will look into many aspects related to a practical shutdown and will discuss issues in the heart of turnarounds management.

COURSE MATERIALS

A. Effective Planning & Scheduling – Key Factors In Reducing Turnaround Time

1. Techniques for guaranteeing quality in a shortened timeframe
2. Justifying increased investment in the planning process
3. Who should be involved in planning and at what stages?
4. Identifying how your CMMS system can help
5. Performing a shutdown readiness audit

B. Ensuring Proper Measurement And Reporting Throughout A Shutdown

1. Techniques for establishing the key performance indicators for your company’s shutdown
2. Measuring the timing of work execution without losing the emphasis on safety
3. Developing budget measurement tools that are right for your organization
4. Highlighting any problems through daily quality reports

C. Shutdown Communication

1. Communicating the shutdown schedule to all stakeholders and obtaining feedback
2. Effectively using communication matrixes to enhance communication during execution
3. Techniques for limiting the delay caused by last minute changes through quick communication
4. Defining the lines of communication between contractors and the various stakeholders in your organization
5. Communicating results as part of the shutdown and not as an afterthought

D. Managing A Shutdown Team

1. Challenges of motivating and managing a temporary workforce and the techniques to overcome them
2. Training and assisting existing staff who are taking on different roles during the shutdown
3. Managing the skilled labour shortage
4. The usefulness of the lead planner in identifying and considering the critical path
5. Identifying key stakeholders and the methods and depth which they should be involved in

E. Ensuring Quality During A Shutdown

1. Fostering a sense of ownership through stakeholder meetings before compiling job scopes
2. Assuring your contractors are properly accredited
3. Reliable production as a measure of shutdown quality and effectiveness
4. Increasing production reliability by meeting pre-defined quality standards
5. Indicators and measures of quality

F. Shutdown Safety – Managing A Shutdown Team Emergency Planning – Coping With Found Work

1. The sessions will be highlighting topics such as;
2. Defining contingency plans
3. Improving your response to found work in an effort to minimize its impact on your schedule and budget
4. Using benchmarks and past history to identify the time and money that will be needed for found work
5. Communication of found work issue quickly and effectively to all stakeholders
6. Assigning the correct people with the correct resources to address found work

G. The Budget

1. Consolidating all costs from various parties to derive actual cost
2. Techniques for limiting the cost of training your outsourced workforce
3. Accounting for possible time and cost overruns
4. Strengthening the connection with upper-management through communication to facilitate shutdown budget buy-in
5. Creating daily actual cost vs. budget reports and how to use them effectively

H. Technology Assets – Exploiting Your Cmms System

1. Identifying the critical elements of your CMMS system’s reporting capabilities
2. Keep what you have? Adapt what you have? Purchase a new system? Develop a new system? – the tools you need to make the decision
3. Installation and technical support issues when dealing with a new system

I. Post-Mortem Best Practices

1. Finalizing administrative details to ensure complete results
2. Details about what must be included in shutdown reporting
3. Roles and responsibility reviews
4. Identifying key points for immediate analysis
5. Making sure the post-mortem is used as a tool for the next shutdown

PARTICIPANTS

This is a comprehensive core skills course for all professionals, particularly engineers, involved in the management of shutdowns. For other support personnel involved in these activities the course can give useful insights and put into perspective the key issues and approaches that need to be effectively managed to bring business success.

INSTRUCTOR

Ir. Deddy Nugraha and Team

PRICE

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