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Digital Transformation Across the Complete Asset Lifecycle

Sphera delivers Operational Risk Management software to hazardous industry operators at every stage of the asset’s development and operation. Our interactive asset life-cycle diagram will help you make the business case for accelerating digital operations to support resilience long term and across the asset life cycle. Click each stage below to learn how we can help.

Interactive Asset Lifecycle Management Infographic
<p style='text-align: left;'>Organizations that are delivering assets expected to produce for 15 to 30 years must be sure they clearly understand asset conditions at every juncture. High-hazard organizations live with risk every day.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Relying on systems data that is years old could affect business continuity and sustainable production. Shareholders, employees and regulators demand stronger controls to deliver work plans that take into consideration simultaneously occurring factors throughout facilities and make sound operational judgments.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'><strong><a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'>Sphera’s</a></strong><a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong> ORM Digital Twin</strong> </a>helps asset-intensive operators simulate operational risk in real time to proactively balance productivity against risk to keep assets and people safe and productive.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>The stakes have changed. Today’s operating environment is difficult. There’s pressure to simultaneously improve productivity and efficiency. Scrutiny from regulators and the public is greater than it has ever been. And there’s more pressure for work to be done safely and efficiently. But turning strategic intent into operational reality on the ground isn’t easy.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>By establishing consistent working practices and conditions, hazardous industry operators can improve their safety performance and prevent incidents. But, Control of Work solutions must be fully integrated into Operational Risk Management architectures to produce real long-term value, and that’s where many Permit to Work solutions fall short.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Discover how <a href='https://sphera.com/control-of-work/'><strong>Sphera’s</strong></a><strong><a href='https://sphera.com/control-of-work/'> Control of Work</a></strong> solution:</p> <ul> <li style='text-align: left;'>Provides an integrated, real-time view of a plant’s operational reality</li> <li style='text-align: left;'>Helps you monitor major accident hazard (MAH) risk exposure</li> <li style='text-align: left;'>Connects disparate data from systems, sensors and human-derived activities</li> <li style='text-align: left;'>Delivers meaningful, actionable insights across the organization’</li> </ul> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Since the day an asset becomes operational, its process safety risk exposure begins to change. Impairments, deferrals, overrides, Management of Change issues, the status of safety-critical equipment or even how well processes and procedures are followed have a cumulative impact on operational risk. Unavoidably, risks are often managed in different parts of the organization.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Not having a clear view of all the factors that impact the operational reality results in operational inefficiencies, long wait times for frontline work teams, unplanned downtime, and the potential for process safety losses.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Hazards must be understood on a real-time basis, and the continuous state of process safety barrier health must be maintained to reduce. Proactive intervention allows organizations to understand their risk levels today, tomorrow and beyond. Learn more about <a href='https://sphera.com/process-safety-barrier-management/'><strong>Sphera’s</strong></a><strong><a href='https://sphera.com/process-safety-barrier-management/'> Process Safety Barrier Management</a></strong>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Since the day an asset becomes operational, its process safety risk exposure begins to change. Impairments, deferrals, overrides, Management of Change issues, the status of safety-critical equipment or even how well processes and procedures are followed have a cumulative impact on operational risk. Unavoidably, risks are often managed in different parts of the organization.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Not having a clear view of all the factors that impact the operational reality results in operational inefficiencies, long wait times for frontline work teams, unplanned downtime, and the potential for process safety losses.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Hazards must be understood on a real-time basis, and the continuous state of process safety barrier health must be maintained to reduce. Proactive intervention allows organizations to understand their risk levels today, tomorrow and beyond. Learn more about <a href='https://sphera.com/process-safety-barrier-management/'><strong>Sphera’s</strong></a><strong><a href='https://sphera.com/process-safety-barrier-management/'> Process Safety Barrier Management</a></strong>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In a constantly changing operating environment, data streams in every second from multiple, often disparate, systems. Functions including operations, engineering, maintenance and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) all have management systems, databases, sensors and human-reported information that must be taken into consideration to make better-informed decisions.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>With the proper software solution in place, companies can simulate a real-time view of the operational reality and make dynamic improvements to operationalize the plan, schedule and processes.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s Control of Work, the industry’s first <a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong>ORM Digital Twin</strong></a>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In a constantly changing operating environment, data streams in every second from multiple, often disparate, systems. Functions including operations, engineering, maintenance and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) all have management systems, databases, sensors and human-reported information that must be taken into consideration to make better-informed decisions.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>With the proper software solution in place, companies can simulate a real-time view of the operational reality and make dynamic improvements to operationalize the plan, schedule and processes.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s Control of Work, the industry’s first <a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong>ORM Digital Twin</strong></a>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In a constantly changing operating environment, data streams in every second from multiple, often disparate, systems. Functions including operations, engineering, maintenance and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) all have management systems, databases, sensors and human-reported information that must be taken into consideration to make better-informed decisions.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>With the proper software solution in place, companies can simulate a real-time view of the operational reality and make dynamic improvements to operationalize the plan, schedule and processes.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s Control of Work, the industry’s first <a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong>ORM Digital Twin</strong></a>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In today’s economy, organizations are faced with constant change—whether as a result of technology innovation, regulatory updates, internal process changes or compelling events such as incidents.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Incident rates are indicative of the efficacy of an organization’s Process Safety Management and its Management of Change process. The degree to which organizations enact lasting change directly affects their ability to keep their people safe, products sustainable and operations productive. Organizations must be able to control the impact of change on operations.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about <strong>Sphera’s <a href='https://sphera.com/management-of-change/'>Management of Change </a></strong>solution.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Working together in a dynamic environment can be a challenge, yet safely preparing the plant for maintenance, large-scale plant turnarounds, inspections or engineering intervention is critical. Ensuring operations teams always access the right engineering documents and learn from previous isolations can be tedious. Likewise, setting up a proper feedback loop between operations and engineering teams is often a manual, time-consuming process.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>There is inefficiency and potential for operational risk running right through this process. To ensure project performance success, teams must  view the real-time operational status of the asset, identify sources of operational risk as well as where to control and shutdown while ensuring regulatory requirements.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s solution for streamlining isolation planning with quick access to engineering documentation and <strong><a href='https://sphera.com/interactive-piping-instrumentation-diagram/'>interactive capabilities to mark up piping and instrumentation diagrams</a> (P&IDs)</strong>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In a constantly changing operating environment, data streams in every second from multiple, often disparate, systems. Functions including operations, engineering, maintenance and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) all have management systems, databases, sensors and human-reported information that must be taken into consideration to make better-informed decisions.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>With the proper software solution in place, companies can simulate a real-time view of the operational reality and make dynamic improvements to operationalize the plan, schedule and processes.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s Control of Work, the industry’s first <a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong>ORM Digital Twin</strong></a>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>In a constantly changing operating environment, data streams in every second from multiple, often disparate, systems. Functions including operations, engineering, maintenance and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) all have management systems, databases, sensors and human-reported information that must be taken into consideration to make better-informed decisions.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>With the proper software solution in place, companies can simulate a real-time view of the operational reality and make dynamic improvements to operationalize the plan, schedule and processes.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about Sphera’s Control of Work, the industry’s first <a href='https://sphera.com/insights/turning-concept-into-reality-spheras-orm-digital-twin-page/'><strong>ORM Digital Twin</strong></a>.</p> <p>
</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Turnarounds are the cornerstone of any plant’s maintenance strategy. But getting them right is difficult. The numbers paint a vivid picture of the complexity: tens of thousands of separate jobs, durations between 20 and 60 days for process plants and thousands of contractors.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>It’s daunting to complete a large portfolio of maintenance tasks with potentially new contractors, planned downtime and its subsequent loss of production in a tight timeframe. And planning cycles can take years. But even the most sophisticated maintenance plans have gaps and, without the right tools, trying to adjust the plan in real time can result in increased risk, unexpected delays, prolonged downtime and costly overruns.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Learn more about <strong><a href='https://sphera.com/insights/digitally-transforming-turnaround-performance-page/'>Sphera’s</a><a href='https://sphera.com/insights/digitally-transforming-turnaround-performance-page/'> solution for digitally transforming turnaround performance</a></strong>.</p> <p>
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