by T.A. Cook | Jan 15, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by T.A. Cook | Aug 19, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Lance Bisinger, Principal, Global Expert Lead, Reliability, and Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead, Maintenance T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Having spent a year contemplating the economic doom of the COVID crisis, followed by a brutally...
by T.A. Cook | Jul 25, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Mike Asquini, PMP, CMRP LSSBB, RMP, Senior Manager T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Shutdown, turnaround, and outage (STO) events are complex undertakings for which organizations may spend between 12 and 36 months to prepare. The targets for these types of events...
by T.A. Cook | Jun 25, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Peter Munson, Senior Manager and Global Expertise Lead Maintenance T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Maintenance professionals often see themselves as the unsung heroes of the plant. They toil away out of the limelight, underfunded and unappreciated, to keep things from...
by T.A. Cook | May 22, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Massimiliano Giffuni Reliability and Maintenance Specialist T.A. Cook (tacook.com) In the process industry, static equipment represents the vast majority of mechanical assets at a manufacturing site. Most of these assets were designed for a roughly 20-year...
by T.A. Cook | Apr 22, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Tim White, Senior Manager T.A. Cook (tacook.com) The key benefit of a digital asset management (DAM) strategy is that an organization can move from descriptive and diagnostic analysis to predictive and prescriptive analysis. Rather than making decisions based on...
