PlantSuccess Newsletter

Volume II, Issue 11

4/26/02

 

Dear Subscriber: 

The third in our series of four regional PlantSuccess conferences comes to Houston on May 9, 2002. Join us at the Hilton Huston NASA Clear Lake for an outstanding event with innovative managers presenting “best practices” from leading process manufacturers.

Experienced and successful users of IT for BP, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Lyondell Chemical, Vulcan Chemicals and CDI Engineering Group will speak to their success defining and meeting the demanding business drivers in the current global market. The discussion they will lead will cover the impact on work practices, collaboration with contractors and even changes in company culture. 

 

 

 

PlantSuccess Regional Conference - 2002

 

Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake

 

3000 NASA Road One, Houston, TX  77058-4322

 

 

 

Asset Productivity and Protection

 

 

Thur, May 9

 

7:00 – 8:00

Registration

 

 

7:00 – 8:00

Continental Breakfast – Solutions Marketplace

 

 

8:00 - 8:15

Welcome and Introductions -- Carl Howk, PlantSuccess, LLC

 

 

8:15 – 9:00

Keynote Address: Terry Leigh, Global Maintenance Resource Center

 

Leader, The Dow Chemical Company, "Business Drivers for Reliability

 

Centered Maintenance in a Global Environment"

 

 

9:00 – 9:45

Deborah Deats, CAD Coordinator - Gulf Coast, BP

 

"Managing Document and Data Models for Plant Maintenance"

 

 

9:45 – 10:15

Beverage Break – Solutions Marketplace

 

 

10:15 – 11:00

Bruce Pollard, Manager of Technology Planning, Lyondell Chemical Co.

 

"Operating the Chemical Plant of the Future"

 

 

11:00 – 12:00

With Sponsors – Solutions Marketplace

 

 

12:00 – 1:00

Buffet Lunch – Solutions Marketplace

 

 

1:00 – 1:45

Larry Faucheux, Maintenance & Engineering Manager, Vulcan Chemicals

 

Steve Campbell, Turnaround Services Manager, CDI Engineering Group

 

"Turnaround Planning Leads to Success"

 

 

1:45 – 2:30

Harry Leith, Risk Management Advisor, ExxonMobil

 

"Managing Security: A New Requirement"

 

 

2:30 – 2:45

Concluding Remarks

 

 

 

Sponsors:  Cadcentre, Enigma, Intergraph, J.D. Edwards, Rebis and

 

                  FIATECH are available in the Solutions Marketplace.

Leading technology providers sponsoring the Houston event include: Cadcentre, Enigma, Intergraph, J.D. Edwards, Rebis,  FIATECH, A/E/C SYSTEMS and Chemical Engineering magazine. Attendees to this unique conference will represent owner/operators, contractors and consultants from the surrounding Houston area with an interest in improving plant reliability, maintenance and operational effectiveness. 

All paid attendees, not currently subscribers to Chemical Engineering magazine, will receive a 1-year complimentary subscription. The Hilton has a special PlantSuccess rate of $99.00 in effect through Friday, April 26th. Join us May 9th in Houston. 

Click Here to learn more and register to discuss “best practices” with industry leaders. 

Regards, Carl Howk.

Chairman 

 

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Current Links   

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·         The Value of Organizational Capital 

An MIT study, reported on by InformationWeek.com, documents what we all believe: “IT can boost productivity, but the real gains come from combining IT investments with investments in corporate culture and organizational practices.” READ MORE

  

·         Awards for Business Innovation in eBusiness 

The Center for eBusiness @ MIT is a leading sponsor of the eBAs awards. This annual show awards outstanding achievement in a variety of categories, winners for 2002 and a brief description of the category: 

Business of the Year:  best demonstrated innovation, vision and industry leadership over the past year – eBay 

Business Transformation: successfully enhanced its strategy to respond to, or take advantage of, evolving business conditions – IBM 

Enabling Technology: recognizes a company that has helped to improve the speed, reliability or security of eBusiness transactions through the innovative use of networking, storage, computing or other related technologies – NIT DoCoMo 

Innovator of the Year:  facilitated innovation and had a significant impact within and outside of his organization – Teresa Meng, founder, Atheros 

Disruptive Technology:  begun to, or has the potential to, positively disrupt our daily lives – Research in Motion, Blackberry, PDA 

Global Reach:  successfully leveraged the Internet as a channel for extending global reach – Vodafone 

Rookie of the Year:  emerging business best positioned to generate explosive growth – Orbitz 

LEARN MORE 

 

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Full links to Volume II, Issue 11 Newsletter articles: 

http://www.aiche.org/ccps/

http://www.cadcentre.com/flash/welcome.htm

http://www.enigma.com/e/

http://www.ingr.com/ppo/

http://www.jdedwards.com/

http://www.rebis.com/

http://www.aecsystems.com/

http://www.che.com/

http://www.fiatech.org/

http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020419S0025

http://www.mitawards.org/home.asp

http://www.plantsuccess.com/