It’s just few days into a shutdown, the Gantt document is torn and falling apart.
Documenting progress updates and capturing delays has turned into a messy exercise.
Providing feedback to schedulers is a challenge as time-poor shutdown schedulers struggle to step away from their computers and see the shutdown in action.
Nevertheless, shutdown leadership is waiting for all the shutdown updates and insights.
At the end of the day, we all need to know where the shutdown is at so we can make sure we’re on track for ramp up without delays or schedule creep.
I recall my time in the field as a young engineer, and later as a STO superintendent, right in the middle of it.
One thing I’m certain of; the challenges have never changed when it comes to managing execution.
You might be surprised, or perhaps relieved, to know it doesn’t have to be this way for managing shutdown turnaround and outage any longer.
Tracking progress, updating the Gantt, capturing delays and safety incidents, and managing reporting process to have visibility over shutdown execution doesn’t have to be a messy piece of work.
We – at IMMS – have experienced this challenge firsthand and we decided to develop a solution for it; our first generation – SMSi Professional Edition or PRO – is now live and fully available.
SMSi Pro tracks your shutdown progress through an iPad that your Shutdown Supervisors and Coordinators can carry with them on site. This means we can update progress and capture delays in real time and provide seamless and immediate reports for the shutdown leadership team.
Our reports are intuitively laid out to give you a complete picture of what’s happening in your shutdown war room meetings or operational hubs.
For us who have lived and breathed in the dust, it is an exciting time to see part of our dream come to fruition… a fully innovative, intuitive and integrated shutdown management platform that helps you to digitally plan, execute and close-out your shutdown.
For more information about PRO Edition head to our website.
Or to request a demo send us an email to enquiry@imms-wa.com.au and book in a session with our Managing Director, Ashkan Shahmir today.
The possibilities are endless.
CEO Ashkan Shahmir to Speak on Digital Transformation of Shutdown Events at Asset Management Council’s Annual Webinar ProgramMay 11, 2023 - 6:41 AM
IMMS has been recognised as a Core Innovation Hub 2023 Hot 30 Recipient for outstanding performance in the energy and mining sectorsApril 6, 2023 - 11:52 PM
Using Technology to Report Delays
/in News/by SMSiThe Challenge:
The recent shutdown event involved hundreds of people working day and night to complete a similar number of activities. Gathering delays in a standard format using a manual process can be a challenging assignment.
The Solution:
During a recent complex shutdown, Shutdown Supervisors, armed with their SMART Pads used the SMSi Supervision Plus app to capture and report hundreds of delay events. Reported delays were immediately available on the SMSi Execution Dashboard.
The Benefits:
Shutdown leaders had the right information at the right time to review priorities and tackle constraints. This ensured the critical path was supported as the priority.
After the shut, reported delays are analyzed to better understand the sources of critical path delays and other inefficiencies during the shutdown. This ultimately enables the organization to pursue its continuous improvement journey.
SMSi solution: Better Planning and Management of Readiness
/in News/by SMSiThe below question was asked in our February Smart Shutdown Collective webinar.
“What are your top shutdown concerns or frustrations?
33% responded, “Lack or preparation and readiness!”
7% responded, “Poor work scoping!”
20% responded, “Capability and quality of contractors!”
40% responded, “Ineffective shutdown management systems!”
0% responded, “Parts tracking and management!”
The good news is that IMMS can help and offer a solution that improves preparation & readiness, and the effectiveness of the shutdown process. The solution, SMSi enables better planning and management of readiness by:
To find out more about Smart Shutdown, please contact us at enquiry@imms-wa.com.au
Successful Smart Shutdown Collective webinar
/in News/by SMSiThe Founder, and CEO of IMMS was one of the expert panel members at last week’s highly successful Smart Shutdown Collective webinar. Congratulations Ashkan Shahmir.
We would also like to thank Janine Scott from the Gap Collective to organize such a successful webinar.
To find out more about Smart Shutdown, and how you can safely scale shutdowns, increase uptime, and get more out of your assets, please contact us at enquiry@imms-wa.com.au
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Smart Shutdown Collective Webinar
/in Event/by SMSiWe’re excited to announce IMMS’ very own Ashkan Shahmir will be a webinar panellist as part of a Smart Shutdown Collective event on 24 February. Ashkan will be presenting alongside Andrew Attrill from Minset, Matt Smith from MyPass Global, and Simon Anthonisz from Orcoda Limited
Come along and learn from the team’s 100 years’ experience to help you digitally transform your shutdowns. We hope to see you there!
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SMSi Supervision+ helps Supervisors to Capture Delays
/in News/by SMSiChallenge
Capturing and reporting delays are important activities during the course of a shutdown operation. Shutdown leaders need to identify a constraint and reallocate resources or change priorities. Without timely delays reporting delays may impact the critical path and a challenge to keep the shutdown on track for scheduled ramp-up.
Solution
Supervisors using SMSi Supervision+, can select, record, and report a delay associated with each task at any place and time.
Supervisors, using the mobile can select ‘delay cause’, allocate duration, and inform a reason for it. Delay data will be streamlined into the SMSi platform. Realtime data is available to schedulers and shutdown leaders and they can look at overall delays and decide what area requires attention.
For more information about how SMSi Supervision+ will work for you please head to our website.
Request a demo by sending an email to enquiry@imms-wa.com.au
SMSi Supervision+ helps Shutdown Supervisors to Report Progress
/in News/by SMSiSupervisors can now report shutdown progress any place any time reducing wait time so leaders know what’s happening on the ground sooner.
Challenge
Time-poor shutdown supervisors find it hard to step away from their tasks and head to the offices to report progress to Schedulers.
Nevertheless, shutdown leadership is waiting for all updates and insights to ensure the shutdown is on track without delays or schedule creep.
Solution
Progress updates are made easy as reporting is streamlined using SMSi Supervision+. The smartphone or tablet user-friendly interface gives Supervisor’s flexibility to add progress updates anywhere. Real-time updates provide seamless and immediate reports for the shutdown leadership team.
For more information about how SMSi Supervision+ will work for you please head to our website.
Request a demo by sending us an email to enquiry@imms-wa.com.au
SMSi Supervision Plus APP Release
/in News/by SMSiSMSi Supervision Plus is an addition to SMSi system. It brings all your shutdowns, turnarounds, and projects within the SMSi system into the palm of your hand.
Shutdown supervisors can use the App to update work progress, capture delays, register incidents, and add their comments.
The App helps supervisors to be more productive. They remain in the field and submit their updates via App. No need to walk or drive back to the office to provide updates anymore! No risk of losing data because it was written on a torn piece of paper!
Ultimately, STO Management gains further visibility and control over the execution of the shutdowns, turnarounds, or projects.
Here is what you will love about this App:
SMSi: All your shutdown management tools in one simple platform
/in News/by SMSiFeeling like your system of work is all over the place?
We get it.
#Shutdown teams must ensure the planned maintenance goes ahead with as little impact to the organisation as possible.
During #STO’s time truly is money.
This is the whole premise behind building SMSi.
Our team has lived shutdowns. From our Managing Director to our developers and even our marketing manager, we’ve all been in the trenches.
SMSi takes all the different aspects of shutdown planning, scheduling, execution, and management and puts them in a single place.
We know that the most efficient way to run a shutdown is to do it with a seamless and user-friendly platform that provides an extraordinary user experience.
#SMSi is so easy to use you will be excited to log in every day. It makes managing your workload easy and dare-we-say-it enjoyable!
It makes dealing with your workload simple
Replace mountains of platforms and disconnected frameworks: bring the whole shutdown onto SMSi’s digital platform.
Get in touch with Managing Director, Ashkan Shahmir, or email us at enquiry@imms-wa.com.au to get your hands on a demo.
#SMSi #shutdownmanagement #digitaltransfromation #platformtechnology #performaces
Minset and SMSi: working together to change shutdowns across the globe
/in News/by SMSiHow does the Minset and SMSi symbiotic partnership work?
SMSi is a user driven digital platform built to create transparent, collaborative, measurable and efficient Shutdown Turnaround and Outage events.
The platform is fully integrated and allows teams to virtually collaborate in the lead-up to a shutdown, transparency during execution and intelligent reporting functionality for Shutdown Leadership teams.
Minset provides business improvement services specifically geared to asset-intensive industries. Their pragmatic approach and practical solutions helps them act as extensions to their clients’ teams. Minset also prides itself in its ability to bring an independent perspective, and a commitment to collaboration, which achieves lasting results. For business improvement to succeed, you need buy-in from the team, and this is where Minset truly excels.
Minset help innovative shutdown teams improve their STO performance with the SMSi digital application.
When we combine our talents we bring a comprehensive service to our clients for full transformation of their shutdown performance.
Head to the Minset website and find out how, together, we’re transforming digital STO’s.
Get in touch with Managing Director, Ashkan Shahmir, or email us at enquiry@imms-wa.com.au to get your hands on a demo.
SMSi Professional Edition: Released and ready for the field
/in News/by SMSiIt’s just few days into a shutdown, the Gantt document is torn and falling apart.
Documenting progress updates and capturing delays has turned into a messy exercise.
Providing feedback to schedulers is a challenge as time-poor shutdown schedulers struggle to step away from their computers and see the shutdown in action.
Nevertheless, shutdown leadership is waiting for all the shutdown updates and insights.
At the end of the day, we all need to know where the shutdown is at so we can make sure we’re on track for ramp up without delays or schedule creep.
I recall my time in the field as a young engineer, and later as a STO superintendent, right in the middle of it.
One thing I’m certain of; the challenges have never changed when it comes to managing execution.
You might be surprised, or perhaps relieved, to know it doesn’t have to be this way for managing shutdown turnaround and outage any longer.
Tracking progress, updating the Gantt, capturing delays and safety incidents, and managing reporting process to have visibility over shutdown execution doesn’t have to be a messy piece of work.
We – at IMMS – have experienced this challenge firsthand and we decided to develop a solution for it; our first generation – SMSi Professional Edition or PRO – is now live and fully available.
SMSi Pro tracks your shutdown progress through an iPad that your Shutdown Supervisors and Coordinators can carry with them on site. This means we can update progress and capture delays in real time and provide seamless and immediate reports for the shutdown leadership team.
Our reports are intuitively laid out to give you a complete picture of what’s happening in your shutdown war room meetings or operational hubs.
For us who have lived and breathed in the dust, it is an exciting time to see part of our dream come to fruition… a fully innovative, intuitive and integrated shutdown management platform that helps you to digitally plan, execute and close-out your shutdown.
For more information about PRO Edition head to our website.
Or to request a demo send us an email to enquiry@imms-wa.com.au and book in a session with our Managing Director, Ashkan Shahmir today.
The possibilities are endless.