{"id":1938,"date":"2021-03-31T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T06:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T06:09:07","slug":"shutdown-readiness-in-covid19-challenges-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/shutdown-readiness-in-covid19-challenges-and-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown readiness in COVID19: Challenges and solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s no playbook for the new challenges and risks that COVID is bringing to Shutdowns across the world right now.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we enter a Shutdown<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Turnaround<\/span>, &<\/span>\u00a0Outage\u00a0<\/span>event<\/span>\u00a0we come at it with confidence because we put so much work into the readiness stage of the project.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But with COVID turning the tables on what we can do we\u2019re suddenly having to come up with new ways to solve new problems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not all shutdown teams can be onsite and this is particularly difficult for remote sites when communication is no longer transparent<\/span>\u00a0simple. 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.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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 thei<\/span>r time to get started on work. Long rosters are a big risk particularly for fatigue management.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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<\/span>\u00a0better the teamwork in a shutdown, the more successful it will be every time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another problem with isolated team members is lack of visibility on the work as a whole. We can\u2019t easily determine what\u2019s needed and where the risks are when we can\u2019t see all the pieces in the same place. If our team isn\u2019t working\u00a0<\/span>together<\/span>\u00a0we\u2019re creating silos and this is a very f<\/span>ast way to have a very bad shutdown.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not all doom and gloom because we have some solutions for you!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1- Make sure you\u2019ve established a strong readiness process and that you\u2019re making sure to adjust to conditions and update the process as things change.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2- Make sure accountabilities and responsibilities are clearly defined and make sure the whole team completely understands their expectations at all times.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3- Upgrade your systems to that you\u2019re able to operate collaboratively even when you\u2019re remote. Communication must be transparent and team members must all have a reliable internet connection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5- Actions are clear, easy to see, easy to understand and easily managed by the whole team. Transparency and clarity again\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0important, here.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>micromanaging and drive success from a single vantage point.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course, if you\u2019re looking for a tool that can do\u00a0<\/span>everything<\/span>\u00a0we\u2019ve got you covered.\u00a0<\/span>SMSi<\/span>\u00a0is a digital platform that provides visual management for all readiness, execution and post-shutdown management phases.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plus\u00a0we 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 workpl<\/span>ace expectations change around the world daily.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Curious? Reach out to explore how\u00a0<\/span>SMSi<\/span>\u00a0can help your business today.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s no playbook for the new challenges and risks that COVID is bringing to Shutdowns across the world right now.\u00a0 When we enter a Shutdown,\u00a0Turnaround, &\u00a0Outage\u00a0event\u00a0we come at it with confidence because we put so much work into the readiness stage of the project.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 But with COVID turning the tables on what we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1939,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imms-wa.com.au\/smsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}