Project Management
Value proposition for oil accounting – Part 2
Here's how to calculate the system's tangible benefits
Value proposition for oil accounting – Part 1
By deploying a sophisticated system, a refinery can reap benefits totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars/year
Look beyond traditional organizational structure
Production-centered design improves, sustains total plant performance
Achieve world-class maintenance turnarounds Table 1
  Table 1. Turnaround management process phases ..
Achieve world-class maintenance turnarounds
Incorporate these work processes and key elements
Integrated approach to materials management: a case study
Business process re-engineering provided a substantial improvement to this function
Integrated approach to materials management: a case study Table 3
  Table 3. Total improvement   ..
Why is it so difficult to combine experience and theory in business decisions?
Investigate the root cause for conflict between expectations and the modeling system
Joint ventures: managing proposals for collaborative successes
Use these techniques to force transparency, build inter-company trust and win projects
Unintended consequences: the costs of complexity
Unless the root causes of this dysfunction are identified and defeated, organizational problems will continue
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