Aim Higher. Aim Smarter. Powerful Solutions, Unmatched Outcomes With Artificial Intelligence, advanced analytics, digital tools and unmatched expertise, we impel our clients to achieve capital project success. Our innovative tools and performance benchmarking generate actionable insights and measurable results. Capital Project Solutions Aim Higher. Aim Smarter. Readiness & Performance, Measured At AP-Networks, we believe that quantifiable data is the key to delivering best-in-class outcomes. Our benchmarking and analysis capabilities are second to none. If you need an accurate picture of how you measure up, you need AP-Networks. Our Benchmarking Approach Aim Higher. Aim Smarter. STOs Made Predictable & Competitive Our team’s decades of experience in industry gives us a unique understanding of the importance of event-free shutdowns, turnarounds and outages. Our cloud-based toolset empowers and enables leaders to drive better outcomes. Our Approach To STOs AIM HIGHER. AIM SMARTER. NaviTrack: Work Process Deployment NaviTrack is AP-Networks’ work process deployment platform known the world over for driving top-tier performance for capital projects, shutdowns, turnarounds and outages. Learn More ABOUT US Data-Driven Project Outcomes, Pioneered by AP-Networks AP-Networks is the trusted leader for improving project and shutdown/turnaround/outage (“STO”) performance in the Petrochemical, Power, Mining, Renewables, Heavy Manufacturing, Upstream, Gas Processing, and Refining industries. Our founders, George DeBakey Jr. and Brett Schroeder, carry decades of expertise, establishing a framework of intentional, adaptable software solutions that deliver significant value to customers. They are the pioneers of bringing measurement, data-driven best practices, and outcome predictions to the desktop of every project and STO professional in our clients’ organizations. READ MORE Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Business Process and Capital Optimization with AI At AP-Networks, we utilize machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to benchmark and optimize work processes for the unique timing, resources, milestones, and deliverables across the wide variety of individual capital project and STO events in your portfolio. This same technology also enables us to optimize the overall capital allocation strategies and the associated investment and event portfolio. Ask us about our AI-driven Capital Optimizaion and Work Process Improvement. LEARN MORE Driving Project Value Value & Competitiveness Assessment of Plant-Based Projects Our VCAP services uses structured tools to analyze your facility’s project systems and chart a roadmap to drive more effective, more profitable projects at your plant. We establish performance baselines, enable performance monitoring, and focus on producing results that meet and exceed the expectations of key stakeholders in your organization. LEARN MORE NaviTrack: The First and Only of Its Kind NaviTrack is the industry-standard work process deployment system institutionalized by global enterprises. This powerful tool has become an integral part of how capital projects and STOs are successfully planned and executed. NaviTrack enables your work process and dynamically adjusts it for the unique characteristics and complexity of your critical events. LEARN MORE Your Foundation for Effective Risk Management Our comprehensive risk management system, PYXIS, enables your team to be proactive and prepare for known industry risks that are impacting your competitors. Your register is pre-populated with real-world threats that are drawn from AP-Networks’ unrivaled capital project and STO databases. LEARN MORE Track All Your Tasks In One Place You require an action tracking system that gives you all of your events’ activities—from steering team meeting actions to individual follow ups—all in one place. By integrating with NaviTrack and PYXIS, acXis provides you with a comprehensive view of everything your team needs to accomplish in order to achieve success. It’s time for your team to have complete visibility across the broad spectrum of preparation actions that need to get done. Learn more today. LEARN MORE Continuous Improvement, Fully Realized Our LLern lessons learned management system ensures that improvement opportunities are identified, defined, and made actionable early, making effective use of the interim period between project and STO events. LLern serves as your central hub of key learnings from past events and drives continuous improvement iniatives—both at the event and organizational levels. LLern is your foundation to achieving and maintaining top-quartile project and STO outcomes. LEARN MORE Your Partner in Project Success CONTACT AP-NETWORKS OUR TEAM Meet Our Team Sonia Kaestner | Managing Director, Latin America Sonia Kaestner is the Managing Director, Latin America for Asset Performance Networks, based out of the company’s headquarters in Bethesda, MD. Sonia has more than 20 years of international experience in project management consulting, marketing, data analytics & research, and training & development. READ MORE Our Clients VIEW ALL CLIENTS Industries Turnaround Industry Network Conference (TINC) The Turnaround Industry Network Conference (TINC) is the premier turnaround symposium to share best practices proven to deliver safe, event-free, and predictable turnaround outcomes. TINC is an invitation-only conference for owner-operators (no vendors), and it is the only forum exclusively for turnaround professionals from the upstream, refining, chemical, and power industries. LEARN ABOUT TINC NEWS News & Insights AP-Networks Asia Pacific to Present at the Asian Downstream Summit AP-Networks (APN) Asia Pacific will be presenting at the Asian Downstream Summit in Singapore, October 25-26th. Regional Manager Daniel Phan will present the topic: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) to Optimize the STO Work Process. This paper will show how we can use AI/ML to assess a companies’ STO work process to quickly identify gaps by activity and functional discipline versus top quartile performers. … READ MORE AP-Networks Asia Pacific Holds first Asia Pacific Turnaround Industry Working Group READ MORE AP-Networks to Present at The Global Shutdown, Turnaround, and Inspection (STO) Forum, Amsterdam May 22-24 READ MORE Asset Performance Networks Earns Innovations in Oil and Gas Digital Technology Award READ MORE VIEW ALL