“Constraints don’t slow innovation—they force it.”
Chemical plants are, by their very nature, dangerous places. Hazards abound around every corner. It’s no surprise that chemical plant managers and operators place a high priority on safety. Their jobs...
A massive explosion rocked the Phillips Petroleum Company’s Pasadena chemical plant on October 23, 1989. It shook the area, registering 3.5 on the Richter scale while killing 23 workers and injuring a...
Autonomous maintenance, whereby machine operators take on some responsibilities for equipment maintenance, is one of the eight pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) developed in Japan in the 1...
Lubrication is the lifeblood of industrial equipment.
Companies in asset-intensive industries are quickly realizing the tangible benefits of mobile maintenance and enterprise asset management (EAM) on their operations, production and profit margins. A co...
Operator rounds are critical activities that a chemical plant needs to get right. A recent enforcement action from the Environmental Protection Agency shows why.
Companies are embracing digital transformation more than ever before. The industrial world is seeing an influx of digital solutions for practically every area of the business. Companies need to perfor...
February 2021 will be a month Texas won’t soon forget. While up to 4.3 million homeowners and renters lost power between Feb. 14 and 16, industrial plants and facilities also suffered hardships and lo...
Loudoun Water, a fast-growing water utility in northern Virginia, relied on a paper-based warehouse management system that created inefficiencies and prevented the utility from achieving a high level ...