There’s no playbook for the new challenges and risks that COVID is bringing to Shutdowns across the world right now.
When we enter a Shutdown, Turnaround, & Outage event we come at it with confidence because we put so much work into the readiness stage of the project.
But with COVID turning the tables on what we can do we’re suddenly having to come up with new ways to solve new problems.
Not all shutdown teams can be onsite and this is particularly difficult for remote sites when communication is no longer transparent simple. When management team is offsite this also slows things down and, as we know, when we lose momentum on work risk mitigation can start to fall through the cracks.
Rules imposed by local government can mean long quarantine times and long rosters. A long quarantine time means team members are excluded from the workflow and maybe even feeling isolated as they wait for their time to get started on work. Long rosters are a big risk particularly for fatigue management.
When we have a scattered work force with so many restrictions in place, the success of a project can depend on the ability for workers to be innovative in their approach to collaboration. Ask any seasoned Shutdown Superintendent and they will tell you that the better the teamwork in a shutdown, the more successful it will be every time.
Another problem with isolated team members is lack of visibility on the work as a whole. We can’t easily determine what’s needed and where the risks are when we can’t see all the pieces in the same place. If our team isn’t working together we’re creating silos and this is a very fast way to have a very bad shutdown.
It’s not all doom and gloom because we have some solutions for you!
1- Make sure you’ve established a strong readiness process and that you’re making sure to adjust to conditions and update the process as things change.
2- Make sure accountabilities and responsibilities are clearly defined and make sure the whole team completely understands their expectations at all times.
3- Upgrade your systems to that you’re able to operate collaboratively even when you’re remote. Communication must be transparent and team members must all have a reliable internet connection.
4- Be clear on your readiness KPIs and have them in a central place for everyone in the team to always have clarity on their stake in those KPIs
5- Actions are clear, easy to see, easy to understand and easily managed by the whole team. Transparency and clarity again is important, here.
6- An effective and strong leadership team will be best positioned to have access to all of the above in a single place to make sure they can have a clear understanding of the process, avoid micromanaging and drive success from a single vantage point.
Of course, if you’re looking for a tool that can do everything we’ve got you covered. SMSi is a digital platform that provides visual management for all readiness, execution and post-shutdown management phases.
It promotes clarity for management and team members with an innovative approach to task management and a dashboard that is intuitive to the needs of the user.
Plus we have an amazing team of developers that are always ready to take action on user feedback so the system can evolve as conditions, demands and workplace expectations change around the world daily.
Curious? Reach out to explore how SMSi can help your business today.
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Ashkan Shahmir Brings SMSi to a Global Audience
/in News/by SMSiLast month IMMS Managing Director Ashkan Shahmir presented at the Digital Shutdown & Turnaround Online Conference presented by Truventus.
Ashkan talked about the impact a digital platform can have on end-to-end management of shutdowns with case studies to create real-world examples for the conference attendees.
“Shutdowns struggling with an absence of clarity around their shutdown readiness, poor visual management and fluctuating shutdown performance will often suffer from overruns. This hurts the business as a whole. As a Shutdown Superintendent for many years, I know that struggle. The solution that SMSi provides is one where we standardise the whole process of the shutdown with enhanced visibility for management, team collaboration and a complete uplift in shutdown performance for the business.”
The digital space offers a unique opportunity for Shutdown teams to manage their shutdowns in a truly collaborative and innovative way.
When we transform the old paper-version of shutdown management we streamline the entire process. In fact, we can integrate an entire system into a single platform that’s beautifully designed and completely intuitive to the needs of the user.
Digital transformation doesn’t mean we’re using MS Excel in a cloud or sharing between users and experiencing cold sweats over version control… it means putting the entire shutdown process on a cloud-based platform that updates the work in real time.
This is why we say it’s a truly collaborative and innovative way to manage your shutdowns.
Held online, the conference attendees heard from speakers around the globe allowing for a truly unique and immersive conference experience.
We would like to thank Trueventus for inviting us to present and are looking forward to our next opportunity to bring our big ideas on how the digital environment can improve, enhance and innovate shutdowns across the world.
The possibilities are endless!
Want to know more about how we can make your Shutdown Turnaround and Outages easier with our fully integrated dashboard? Send us an email today!
Shutdown readiness in COVID19: Challenges and solutions
/in Blog, News/by SMSiThere’s no playbook for the new challenges and risks that COVID is bringing to Shutdowns across the world right now.
When we enter a Shutdown, Turnaround, & Outage event we come at it with confidence because we put so much work into the readiness stage of the project.
But with COVID turning the tables on what we can do we’re suddenly having to come up with new ways to solve new problems.
Not all shutdown teams can be onsite and this is particularly difficult for remote sites when communication is no longer transparent simple. When management team is offsite this also slows things down and, as we know, when we lose momentum on work risk mitigation can start to fall through the cracks.
Rules imposed by local government can mean long quarantine times and long rosters. A long quarantine time means team members are excluded from the workflow and maybe even feeling isolated as they wait for their time to get started on work. Long rosters are a big risk particularly for fatigue management.
When we have a scattered work force with so many restrictions in place, the success of a project can depend on the ability for workers to be innovative in their approach to collaboration. Ask any seasoned Shutdown Superintendent and they will tell you that the better the teamwork in a shutdown, the more successful it will be every time.
Another problem with isolated team members is lack of visibility on the work as a whole. We can’t easily determine what’s needed and where the risks are when we can’t see all the pieces in the same place. If our team isn’t working together we’re creating silos and this is a very fast way to have a very bad shutdown.
It’s not all doom and gloom because we have some solutions for you!
1- Make sure you’ve established a strong readiness process and that you’re making sure to adjust to conditions and update the process as things change.
2- Make sure accountabilities and responsibilities are clearly defined and make sure the whole team completely understands their expectations at all times.
3- Upgrade your systems to that you’re able to operate collaboratively even when you’re remote. Communication must be transparent and team members must all have a reliable internet connection.
4- Be clear on your readiness KPIs and have them in a central place for everyone in the team to always have clarity on their stake in those KPIs
5- Actions are clear, easy to see, easy to understand and easily managed by the whole team. Transparency and clarity again is important, here.
6- An effective and strong leadership team will be best positioned to have access to all of the above in a single place to make sure they can have a clear understanding of the process, avoid micromanaging and drive success from a single vantage point.
Of course, if you’re looking for a tool that can do everything we’ve got you covered. SMSi is a digital platform that provides visual management for all readiness, execution and post-shutdown management phases.
It promotes clarity for management and team members with an innovative approach to task management and a dashboard that is intuitive to the needs of the user.
Plus we have an amazing team of developers that are always ready to take action on user feedback so the system can evolve as conditions, demands and workplace expectations change around the world daily.
Curious? Reach out to explore how SMSi can help your business today.
IMMS Presents Big Ideas at the Latest Shut Conference
/in Event, News/by SMSiDigital Shutdown & Turnaround | 23rd – 24th February 2021 | Virtual Conference
This month we’re pleased to announce IMMS Managing Director Ashkan Shahmir will be presenting at the Digital Shutdown & Turnaround conference where he will be presenting a roadmap to digitising the shutdown process.
Ashkan will be speaking on the key factors for a successful digital transformation of Shutdown Turnaround & Outages (STO) and how these factors can help a shutdown’s efficiency from end-to-end.
He will also bring his insight into lessons learned from digital applications in the shutdown environment providing an opportunity to look directly inside how products like SMSi can benefit the whole team.
The impact of things ‘going wrong’ in a shutdown can be felt across an entire business. Right now, more than ever, it’s so important to look at ways to improve our shutdowns from end-to-end.
If you are in the asset management, shutdowns, turnaround and outages space and are looking for new ways to innovate your shutdown process, we invite you to join us at the presentation.
We hope to see you there!
For more on the event head to the truevent website: https://www.trueventus.com/digital-shutdown-turnaround-perth/
You can register for the event here: https://www.trueventus.com/register/
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IMMS rolls out SMSi’s new logo and brand identity
/in Blog, News/by SMSiAlong with the software’s new generation release, it was time to give the SMSi its own identity which would express the brand’s essence of “simple, yet powerful”. This new identity represents SMSi’s brand strategy of offering each user a seamless experience to ensure outstanding performance, Read more
SMSi Standard edition is released to the market
/in Blog, News/by SMSiSMSi Standard Edition came to life and was released to the market in July 2020. Since then, users of the SMSi Standard Module have used the system to manage post-shutdown activities for shutdowns ranging over as much as 400,000 man-hours. Read more