by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Aug 6, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
Plant STOs (Shutdown, Turnaround, Outages) are often thought of as maintenance events where the bulk of work is carried out by non-Operations personnel. However, some STOs are actually quite different. Many chemical manufacturing facilities have smaller events. Their...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Jun 25, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
A major petrochemical facility located in the United States Gulf Coast region sought to improve maintenance productivity. The organization engaged T.A. Cook to evaluate its maintenance program and implement an improvement program. As the following success story shows,...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | May 21, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
A large petrochemical complex in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. sought to improve profitability by reducing fixed maintenance costs. The operation was targeting a 20% reduction in its maintenance-labor costs and engaged T.A. Cook to evaluate the improvement...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Apr 22, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Chris Monson Reliability and Maintenance Expert T.A. Cook Part of Accenture (tacook.com) We’re facing one of the most unusual job markets in recent history. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in job losses on a nearly unprecedented scale, with 21 million...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Apr 1, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Colemann O’Malley, Manager T.A. Cook Part of Accenture (tacook.com) It’s often said that “reliability happens in the field.” Given the global pandemic, however, engineers may not have spent as much time at the plant and in units as...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Jan 29, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From John Natarelli, Senior Manager T.A. Cook Part of Accenture (tacook.com) Although they may be a fact of life in many operations around the globe, shutdowns, turnaround, and outages (STOs) aren’t known for being easy. Moreover, according to this article by...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Jan 1, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
With Darko Peraic, Senior Manager T.A. Cook Part of Accenture (tacook.com) Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects are the pinnacle of the process industry. They’re characterized by their technical complexity, with a range of...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Nov 26, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Dr. Thomas Glöckler Project Manager and CAPEX Expert T.A. Cook (tacook.com) According to this article by T.A. Cook’s Dr. Thomas Glöckler, when investment projects are “done right,” they offer the greatest potential for companies seeking to...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Oct 22, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Chris Monson Maintenance and Reliability Expert T.A. Cook (tacook.com) As Chris Monson of T.A. Cook cautions, the best laid plans often go astray. And, he writes, so will a maintenance team that fails to properly involve the most important group of people...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Sep 24, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Peter Munson, CRE, CSSBB, CMRP, Senior Manager And Global Expertise Lead, Maintenance T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Most maintenance organizations made significant changes to their daily routines to effect social distancing during the height of the pandemic. Curtailed...
