Shutdown key to operational excellence

Obviously, the execution of a Shutdown is a critical success factor in the performance of the manufacturing function in the process industry. Now image you could achieve a reduction in production losses and total cost for a planned Shutdown by more than 30%!

SPX started a number of consultancy projects in optimising plant Shutdowns and Revamps.

In executing these projects, SPX recognised the importance of a well-defined and structured Project Execution Plan and its Universal Shutdown Work ProcessŪ as the basis for success.

From analysing passed planned Shutdowns, SPX is able to predict the effectiveness of the entire manufacturing organisation as the Shutdown could be seen in the hart of the Manufacturing Process where all organisational functions come together (Operations, Maintenance, Small and Large Capital Projects, Procurement etc.)

SPX associates having more than 25 years of extensive, hands-on experience in a wide variety of roles, have contributed to many of these programmes and developed customised work processes which contribute to the optimisation of plant performance, by:

• Implementing Value Improvement Practices

• Standardising on hardware specifications (pumps, mechanical-seals, DCS-systems etc.)

• Focussing decision making on the bottom-line

With the goal to improve overall plant performance in terms of product quality, cost-leadership, plant availability / reliability, and last but not least increasing name plate capacity without major investments, the bottom line results are:

Outclass the competition and increase todays and future manufacturing business!

Major companies like BP, DOW, DSM, Shell, etc. have already embarked on these optimisation programmes, which bring in enormous revenues in hard cash, much in favour of the investors by adding value to their shares, while staying on pole position as an interesting employer. As an example, one of these Operating Companies where our associates took part in an OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PROJECT, saves already more than € 50.000.000 annually, in utilising these new strategies and work processes globally!

SPX believes those OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PROJECTS in the process industry with an ambitious target setting programme of:

• Increasing manufacturing capabilities, based on the existing assets by 15%

• Reduction of maintenance cost by 30%

• Building new plants in 2/3 of the time at 2/3 of the costs

will pay off as has been proved by several innovating Operating Companies world-wide.

SPX Shutdown & Project eXperts has the advisors, tools and expertise to facilitate these projects at very low cost compared with the saving potential.

If you would like to know more about our problem solving solutions and if you really want to outperform your competition try a pilot project with us. To demonstrate our value to your Company quickly and effectively we propose the following:

Set up a task force, invite our self-propelling helicopter view expert associates, and start today. You will make money tomorrow. 

As a case study: 'Best in Class' refineries run their Shutdowns in a period shorter than 23 days. Moreover, they run their plants for more than 48 months without any outage!

To this respect, we advise you to study the following two graphs: 

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