RMC-11-44 An “Inside Out” Approach to Reliability Improvement

Description:

At the Valero Paulsboro Refinery in New Jersey, the new science of “Complex Adaptive Systems” is being applied to the work management process as a “bottom- up” agent based, integrated approach to reliability improvement. The presentation will include: •An overview of the Integrated Reliability strategy •How this strategy is rooted in Condition Based Maintenance •How the Work Management process is the “key enabler” to this strategy •Overview of the three phases to the Work Management Improvement Initiative •How the evolution of the process precipitates out unique self managed roles for the maintenance mechanics and operators to catch problems early •The importance of Operations involvement in defect elimination and moving back on the “P-F” curve •And how the science of “Complex Adaptive Systems” based on FEEDBACK is being incorporated into the work management process