Operational Performance Improvement

Operational discipline can be driven by leadership, however effective delegation and subsequent coaching and mentoring as part of building TRUST, can empower an organization and drive the commitment required for business transformation.  

Demonstration of commitment through actions and not just words, represents the distillation of corporate VALUES to all levels with the organization.

As clients attempt to navigate through the significant organizational change required to achieve Operational Excellence, they will encounter numerous cultural and acceptance challenges; how an organization responds or prepares for these will decide their success.

KBC is ideally positioned to support clients through the key transition points by leveraging our experience and various tools, systems and processes.

This begins with ensuring that each individual has the required competencies to be successful and the organization as a whole, has established the required performance support systems and access right information at the right time.

The complexity of the energy and chemical industries’ workflows means that boundary conditions between disciplines are often set arbitrarily in order to allow both groups to work in parallel, and project time constraints mean that full optimization is not carried out even though there is still room to improve.

To digitalize such processes, a deeper level of digitalization may be required, one that natively integrates the technical tools used by the different disciplines. By truly integrating at this level any changes in one part of the complete system are instantly reflected in the designs for the other disciplines. This makes iteration instantaneous and seamless, without needing action, whether driven by a workflow system or not.

Smart businesses are connected businesses that build knowledge and frameworks for growth while implementing smart industry concepts.

Our experts from the Energy and Chemical industry have decades of experience working with the world’s leading operating companies. We can provide insight and guidance on how to improve plant yield, reduce energy utilization, manage unforeseen disturbances, troubleshoot unfamiliar problems, respond to regulatory changes, sensibly apply latest information and automation technologies, debottleneck constraints, select the best feedstock, and schedule and optimize distribution.

Integrated management systems allow data visualization and provides a single source of truth to support rapid, accurate decision making.

Employees can be both connected and enabled. The connected employees enable operational unification, and collaboration to drive standardization, linking disparate teams together to make better decisions for both performance and optimum production levels. They will be able to do so securely and effectively unleash the maximum potential.

Our world class practices manage the lifecycle of assets by maximizing overall operating profitability through asset optimization and people reliability. We help you to deliver sustainable, industry leading levels of on-stream availability and reliability, safely at competitive costs.

Our goal is to identify and implement the most appropriate processes and technologies to balance the long-term integrity of assets against the need to push production to physical limits. Monitoring conformance and managing compliance to ensure plants continuously run at optimum operating constraints.

The refining and petrochemicals industry is facing increasing mandates for compliance and safety while also being pressed to improve production and increase operational efficiency. However, efforts to reduce risk are often seen as diametrically opposed to efforts to achieve production targets and improve production efficiency.

In order to maintain a competitive edge, the refining and petrochemicals industry must focus on creating more agile, cost-efficient and effective operations in spite of volatile market conditions.

Stability means no safety incidents, no unplanned outages, rigorous adherence to operating plans, nimble response to changes and disturbances, a motivated and informed workforce and a culture of profitability.