A US refinery that had consistently achieved 1st quartile turnaround results fell to 3rd quartile, incurring nearly $10M in lost profit opportunity and additional labor and material costs. They engaged us to review their processes and help them regain 1st quartile execution.
Our assessment showed changes they would need to make in how they staffed turnarounds as well as better optimization practices others were using. Based on our feedback, they addressed their staffing challenges and adopted these new practices for reviewing, optimizing and coordinating work between Planning, Scheduling, Operations, Maintenance, and key contractors. They also integrated our recommendations to their Pre-Execution and Execution meeting cadences to enhance real-time coordination.