Asset Performance Networks has developed a suite of online industry portals to aid both turnaround and project teams in driving better performance. | These sites contain self-assessment tools, electronic work processes, reference materials and networking features to help teams improve performance. Learn more about our online networks: |
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Turnaround-Network.com© Turnaround-Network.com is an interactive, web-based community of turnaround professionals sharing experience via world-class processes, decision tools, training and other expert resources. This portal brings together your company's turnaround teams with other teams in the industry - no matter the location, no matter the plant culture - so that the turnaround community can collaborate and share its invaluable resources. The content and tools have been developed over several years by a group of professionals with real world experience in managing turnarounds. Since it's launch in 2002 over 150+ refining and chemical facilities have licensed the network with several thousand registered users in The Americas, Europe, and Australia. Looking at refiners only, more than 5000 turnaround professionals in the world representing more than 40 companies utilize the tools, processes, and knowledge resources of the network. Go to Turnaround-Network.com NaviTrack™ NaviTrack is the first web-based tool that generates turnaround preparation plans for the Oil, Gas and Energy industry, and effectively "Brings to Life" a standardized turnaround work process for your organization. The tool dramatically improves the probability of achieving optimum states of turnaround readiness by applying knowledge and experience gained from analyzing our database of more than 600 turnarounds worldwide. Imagine the world's best turnaround practices assembled into one "plan-to-plan" that is automatically customized for the complexity of your turnaround. Benefits of using NaviTrack: - Achieve sure performance through optimum turnaround readiness
- Enables repeatable turnaround outcomes through the adoption of standardized work processes throughout the organization
- Improves accountability and management visibility via real-time project and activity status reporting
- Gives your organization one-click access to the world's best turnaround planning and preparation practices
Features of the software: - Creates world-class turnaround preparation plans utilizing an industry-proven, time-tested work process
- Automatically generates due dates, and optimum start dates for each preparation phase and corresponding activities
- Provides best practices, job-aids, and recommended deliverables to drive consistent turnaround preparation
- Provides notifications for groups, individuals, or management when critical events are upcoming, overdue, or complete
- Offers a myriad of customization options for event alerts, peer reviews, decision processes, and standardized work processes
- Provides resource estimates by functional group for all planning and preparation activities
- Creates charts and graphs that show the most up-to-date data entered for the turnaround
Go to NaviTrack™ Pyxis© - Risk Analysis and Management Tool The first web-based risk assessment tool designed specifically for the energy and chemical industries. Effective risk management is a critical component for the delivery of excellent Capital Projects and Turnarounds. The primary objective of risk management is to improve business performance by minimizing risks and reducing the chances of poor performance. Pyxis is a web-based risk analysis tool for capital projects and turnarounds in the petroleum, energy, and chemical industries. Derived from the Greek word for compass, Pyxis helps teams easily navigate the risk management process. It provides a means of identifying risks, assessing their impact, and tracking risk response actions on a real time basis. Pyxis can be used at all stages in the life cycle of a project or plant turnaround. The tool's Quick Start feature allow teams to begin the risk management process within minutes of logging-onto the system and access a proprietary database of the industry's most common threats and opportunities. The tool contains a comprehensive suite of reporting options as well as e-mail notification reminders to risk-owners. Pyxis has been designed to be easily accessible by all team members and requires minimal upfront training by users. The design of the tool has been influenced by AP-Networks' extensive experience in running readiness and risk workshops for projects and turnarounds. Over the past 3 years AP-Networks has conducted over 200 individual workshops for such companies as BP, Chevron, Shell, and Valero. Our consultants have worked with teams to identify and assess risks and help establish mitigation plans. This experience has been brought to bear in the design of Pyxis so that it provides an effective and time-efficient solution for project and turnaround teams. Go to Pyxis© Project Development Pyramid© The Project Development Pyramid© is a proprietary web-based tool designed to guide project teams through proven best practices for developing capital projects. It assists the decision making process for new capital investments by providing senior management with an objective check on a holistic set of performance drivers. These leading indicators are empirically proven best practices that drive superior project outcomes. In addition to evaluating status, the Project Development Pyramid also measures the level of project team alignment around the status of project development activities. The following are some of the value features of The Project Development Pyramid: - Facilitates the selection of the right project
- Provides a quick-kill capability for non-viable projects
- Provides a consistent basis for comparison between projects competing for funds
- Promotes team integration and involves the right people at the right time
- Improves communication between project teams and senior management
- Identifies alternatives and uncertainties
- Reduces cycle time (prevents re-work, re-cycling)
- Facilitates the sharing of knowledge across the company
- Systemically identifies weaknesses to deploy resources where appropriate
Go to Project-Pyramid.com Upstream-Network.com© Upstream-Network.com is an interactive, web-based community of upstream professionals sharing experience via world-class processes, decision tools, training and other expert resources. This portal brings together your company's upstream teams with other teams in the industry so that the upstream community can collaborate and share its invaluable resources. The content and tools have been developed over several years by a group of professionals with real world experience in managing upstream projects. Go to Upstream-Network.com |
