October 2020
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Maintenance: Zero-based, custom-built, reliability-driven—A new kind of maintenance organization
In the October 2018 issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, the authors published an article—“Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture”—describing the first two years of Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site’s journey to maintenance excellence, which began in 2016.
The Authors
David Reed is the Director of plant maintenance for Eastman Chemical’s Longview, Texas operations. Eastman is a global specialty chemical company with approximately 14,000 employees and 50 manufacturing sites around the world.
Martin Thompson is a senior change leadership coach and implementation consultant with more than 30 yr of experience. Prior to beginning his more than 30-yr consulting career, he spent 5 yr doing human resource development with The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
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