There’s no bad time to talk about turnarounds, and with COVID-19 potentially affecting turnaround timing, digital solutions are more important than ever to ensure Safety and Productivity.
Often referred to as TARs, turnarounds often last anywhere from 20 to 60 days for process plants, and they sometimes require the work of thousands of contractors. Planning cycles are often decided years in advance. It’s daunting to complete such a large project with so many maintenance tasks and potentially new contractors. Planned downtime and the subsequent loss of production are also key factors, but that doesn’t mean turnarounds aren’t essential. Plants rely on turnarounds to rejuvenate parts of their refineries for Safety and Productivity—and a productive plant is a profitable plant.
Yet, as important as turnarounds are to profitability, most projects fail. According to industry research
80
go over budget and about half of all work-related accidents at manufacturing plants occur during planned maintenance outages.
82
of turnarounds do not satisfy performance expectations and about half experience delays.
A Digital Paradigm Shift
Where digitalization and the adoption of automation technologies based on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have allowed Oil & Gas and petrochemical manufacturers make strides in improving operational performance, Industry 4.0 developments are also changing the way operators plan and execute major turnarounds.
Digitally Transforming Turnaround Performance
Demonstration of Sphera’s Digital Turnaround Solution
Turnaround Excellence is Now Operational
Know What’s Happening, When It’s Happening, Where It’s Happening and What’s Driving Risk
Sphera’s Operational Risk Management offers the first integrated view of the turnaround’s operational reality with a radically different, far more effective way to visualize and manage maintenance activities and risk. It is a powerful, digital enabler that helps organizations advance turnaround performance.
- A single, shared view of the operational reality
- Risk-based lean scope
- Holistic management and optimization of the dynamic turnaround execution
- Improved management and safety of turnaround front- and back-end shoulders which are arguably the most risky parts of a turnaround
- Standardized and streamlined work processes across crew and contracted work teams
- A head start on future turnaround planning
Digital solutions help everyone make better, more informed decisions that reduce risk, improve frontline productivity and lower costs to help ensure turnarounds come in safely, on time, on budget.
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