Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are an important management tool to measure operations performance, and are often used to measure maintenance. Unfortunately, unlike operations, there are only a few real measures of maintenance that adds value to the operations. The problem is some of the measurements that are used are often easy to manipulate and have no real value added.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are a small number of agreed-upon measurements that reflect your organization’s critical goals for success — a numerical snapshot in time. For maintenance KPI’s to be really effective they must be aligned with operating KPI’s and there objectives.
Remember, KPI’s should only be one measurement technique in your arsenal. They can be a quick and useful tool to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in your process, make strategic decisions, and ensure you are heading in the right direction. The real benefit is in the discussion of results with your team, not the numbers themselves.
KPI
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MIST & Associates
PHMSA Alarm Management
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are an important management tool to measure operations performance, and are often used to measure maintenance. Unfortunately, unlike operations, there are only a few real measures of maintenance that adds value to the operations. The problem is some of the measurements that are used are often easy to manipulate and have no real value added.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are a small number of agreed-upon measurements that reflect your organization’s critical goals for success — a numerical snapshot in time. For maintenance KPI’s to be really effective they must be aligned with operating KPI’s and there objectives.
Remember, KPI’s should only be one measurement technique in your arsenal. They can be a quick and useful tool to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in your process, make strategic decisions, and ensure you are heading in the right direction. The real benefit is in the discussion of results with your team, not the numbers themselves.
Monday, February 14, 2011
The Seven Steps to Alarm Management
The Seven Steps to Alarm Management
Step 1: Create and Adopt an Alarm Philosophy
A comprehensive design and guideline document that makes it clear “exactly how to do alarms right.”
Step 2: Alarm Performance Benchmarking
Analyze the alarm system to determine its strengths and deficiencies, and effectively map out a practical solution to improve it.
Step 3: “Bad Actor” Alarm Resolution
From experience, it is known that around half of the entire alarm load usually comes from a relatively few alarms. The methods for making them work properly are documented, and can be applied with minimum effort and maximum performance improvement.
Step 4: Alarm Documentation and Rationalization (D&R)
A full overhaul of the alarm system to ensure that each alarm complies with the alarm philosophy and the principles of good alarm management.
Step 5: Alarm System Audit and Enforcement
DCS alarm systems are notoriously easy to change and generally lack proper security. Methods are needed to ensure that the alarm system does not drift from its rationalized state.
Step 6: Real-Time Alarm Management
More advanced alarm management techniques are often needed to ensure that the alarm system properly supports, rather than hinders, the operator in all operating scenarios. These include Alarm Shelving, State-Based Alarming, and Alarm Flood Suppression technologies.
Step 7: Control and Maintain Alarm System Performance
Proper management of change and longer term analysis and KPI monitoring are needed, to ensure that the gains that have been achieved from performing the steps above do not dwindle away over time. Otherwise they will; the principle of “entropy” definitely applies to an alarm system.
MIST & Associates
PHMSA Alarm Management
Step 1: Create and Adopt an Alarm Philosophy
A comprehensive design and guideline document that makes it clear “exactly how to do alarms right.”
Step 2: Alarm Performance Benchmarking
Analyze the alarm system to determine its strengths and deficiencies, and effectively map out a practical solution to improve it.
Step 3: “Bad Actor” Alarm Resolution
From experience, it is known that around half of the entire alarm load usually comes from a relatively few alarms. The methods for making them work properly are documented, and can be applied with minimum effort and maximum performance improvement.
Step 4: Alarm Documentation and Rationalization (D&R)
A full overhaul of the alarm system to ensure that each alarm complies with the alarm philosophy and the principles of good alarm management.
Step 5: Alarm System Audit and Enforcement
DCS alarm systems are notoriously easy to change and generally lack proper security. Methods are needed to ensure that the alarm system does not drift from its rationalized state.
Step 6: Real-Time Alarm Management
More advanced alarm management techniques are often needed to ensure that the alarm system properly supports, rather than hinders, the operator in all operating scenarios. These include Alarm Shelving, State-Based Alarming, and Alarm Flood Suppression technologies.
Step 7: Control and Maintain Alarm System Performance
Proper management of change and longer term analysis and KPI monitoring are needed, to ensure that the gains that have been achieved from performing the steps above do not dwindle away over time. Otherwise they will; the principle of “entropy” definitely applies to an alarm system.
MIST & Associates
PHMSA Alarm Management
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Fleet Management
Darryl Hammond Welcomes Dave Greenlee former Fleet Manager from Alyeska Pipeline to MIST & Associates. Dave has over 35 years in Fleet Maintenance, Logistics, Facility Maintenance & Technology Integration.
Dave has won numerous awards in the Fleet Management arena and is recognized as one of the largest private sector leaders. Here are a few links of Dave's back ground and the companies he worked with.
http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/Inthenews/Monthlynews/2005/April/Apr2005_inthefield.asp
http://www.emi-global.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:alyeska-pipeline-service-company&catid=50:oil-field&Itemid=68
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=78532297&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=5CCb&locale=en_US&srchid=1f39f194-0b11-4a8f-88db-0e3ecccf74c3-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=22&pvs=ps&pohelp=&goback=.fps_*1_David_Greenlee_*1_*1_*1_*1_*51_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2
http://m-is-t.com
Dave has won numerous awards in the Fleet Management arena and is recognized as one of the largest private sector leaders. Here are a few links of Dave's back ground and the companies he worked with.
http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/Inthenews/Monthlynews/2005/April/Apr2005_inthefield.asp
http://www.emi-global.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:alyeska-pipeline-service-company&catid=50:oil-field&Itemid=68
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=78532297&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=5CCb&locale=en_US&srchid=1f39f194-0b11-4a8f-88db-0e3ecccf74c3-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=22&pvs=ps&pohelp=&goback=.fps_*1_David_Greenlee_*1_*1_*1_*1_*51_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2
http://m-is-t.com
PHMSA and 49 CFR 192 & 195.4 Impacts
Hi my name is Darryl Hammond Principal owner of MIST & Associates former Maintenance Program Lead at Alyeska Pipeline. I would like to invite you the OSIsoft user Conference in San Francisco on March 28. I will be speaking about the impacts to the new regulation for Oil & Gas Pipelines. Here are a few of the topics I will cover at the User Conference:
* Alarm Management
* Documentation & Rationalization
* Change Management
* Fatigue Mitigation
* Providing Adequate Information
You can vist our site at
MIST & Associates
PHMSA Alarm Management our event calendar or register directly at the OSIsoft website.
* Alarm Management
* Documentation & Rationalization
* Change Management
* Fatigue Mitigation
* Providing Adequate Information
You can vist our site at
MIST & Associates
PHMSA Alarm Management our event calendar or register directly at the OSIsoft website.
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