A Better Rotation Policy
In a recent issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Dr. Tong Zou makes a case for adopting an optimized pump rotation schedule for a standby pump system.
November 2020, Dr. Tong Zou
In a recent issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Dr. Tong Zou makes a case for adopting an optimized pump rotation schedule for a standby pump system.
November 2020, John Natarelli
In the recent issue of Inspectioneering Journal, John Natarelli discusses how the expectations and processes of prepping for and executing an STO have changed in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 2020, Lee Williamson
In the recent revamps issue of PTQ Magazine, Lee Williamson walks through the most effective methods of preparation for a successful turnaround.
September 2020, Peter Munson
For the vast majority of maintenance actions, a notification should travel through a process one way, one time, quickly and efficiently. This is not the reality in many plants.
August 2020, Silicon Review
The Silicon Review, a print community for business & technology professionals, has placed T.A. Cook within the top 50 companies to watch for in 2020.
July 2020, Colemann O'Malley
How long-term risk-mitigating techniques can be used to bridge the gap between condition monitoring and high-risk, intrusive preventive maintenance tasks.
July 2020, Peter Munson
Plants can nearly double maintenance productivity if the organization commits to building and using better plans to avoid common delays.
June 2020, Drew Troyer
Focusing on fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance (FLAB) enables you to control the most important root causes of mechanical and electrical wear and tear.
June 2020, Mike Asquini, Elliott Lezov, Mark Munion
Plants have an extremely valuable yet very sparse resource: maintenance technicians. It’s important to treat them as such, and mange this resource directly.
June 2020, Frank-Uwe Hess, Partner
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted all sectors of the oil and gas industry, including asset management.
May 2020, Lance Bisinger
Bad actor analysis commonly focuses on reducing costs associated with physical asset management, while other sources tend to fly under the radar.
April 2020, Drew Troyer
Viewing engineered assets more strategically and managing them to the maximum benefit.
April 2020, Drew Troyer
Regrettably, defect avoidance, which is arguably the greatest dividend-generating aspect of the defect-management process, rarely gets much attention.
February 2020, Mark Rigdon
How to increase organizational focus during an STO through Dynamic Risk Management.
January 2020, Mark Munion
The majority of organizations have recognized the need for a proactive PM strategy to increase the overall performance of their plants. However, implementing the strategy is only the first step.
December 2019, Ute Bernhardt, Marketing Manager
The international management consultancy T.A. Cook was named "Hidden Champion in Consulting" in the "Asset Performance Management" category.
May 2018, Mark Rigdon, Manager T.A. Cook
How companies can lay the foundation to improve operational excellence
May 2018, Mark C. Munion, Manager at T.A. Cook
TA leadership must ruthlessly prioritize and monitor daily TA execution activities, but also be dynamic enough to adapt to safely and effectively drive productivity.
April 2018, Joy Singh, Manager at T.A. Cook
With pressures of profitability looming over project construction teams, asset intensive facilities are often handed over to owners and operators without a robust maintenance plan.
April 2018, Lee Williamson, Senior Consultant at T.A. Cook
Without an effective scope definition and challenge methodology, it is unlikly your STO budget will be met.
November 2017, Inspectioneering Journal / Lee Williamson, Senior Consultant at T.A. Cook
The first 48 hours of any shutdown can make or break its success.
November 2017, Scandinavian Oil & Gas / Matthew Popovacki, Director at T.A. Cook
In this article Matthew Popovacki, Director at T.A. Cook, will outline the necessity of effectively managing assets, common challenges in long and short term planning, along with a step by step plan for executing STO strategies
August 2017, EnergyNow / Mark Rigdon, Manager at T.A. Cook
By actively addressing certain issues, companies can lay the foundations for their FLS to contribute to sustainable productivity improvement
July 2017, Flow Control, Mike Johnston, T.A. Cook Senior Consultant
Predictive technologies are important, but people will never go out of style
June 2017, Energy Now / Mike Johnston, Senior Consultant at T.A. Cook
Why the Planned Maintenance Optimization process must be viewed as an ongoing exercise to drive continuous improvement, reduce reactive work and improve reliability
June 2017, Mike Asquini, Project Manager at T.A. Cook
The management of risk ensures that an organization sets itself up for success
May 2017, Energy Now / Matthew Popovacki, Manager at T.A. Cook
Actively designing how and when maintenance can best be carried out means that every maintenance dollar will be used effectively
May 2017, Oil & Gas Financial Journal / Frank-Uwe Hess, Managing Partner at T.A. Cook
It's time to recognize that business companions with different interests can profit from one another
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