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.
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PlantSuccess Regional
Conference - 2002 |
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Hilton Houston NASA Clear
Lake |
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3000 NASA Road One, Houston,
TX
77058-4322 |
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Asset Productivity and
Protection |
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Thur, May
9 |
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7:00
– 8:00 |
Registration |
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7:00
– 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast –
Solutions Marketplace |
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8:00
- 8:15 |
Welcome and Introductions --
Carl Howk, PlantSuccess, LLC |
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8:15
– 9:00 |
Keynote Address: Terry
Leigh, Global
Maintenance Resource Center |
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Leader, The Dow Chemical
Company, "Business Drivers for
Reliability |
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Centered Maintenance in a
Global Environment" |
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9:00
– 9:45 |
Deborah Deats, CAD Coordinator - Gulf Coast,
BP |
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"Managing Document and Data
Models for Plant Maintenance" |
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9:45
– 10:15 |
Beverage Break – Solutions
Marketplace |
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10:15
– 11:00 |
Bruce Pollard,
Manager of
Technology Planning, Lyondell Chemical
Co. |
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"Operating the Chemical Plant
of the Future" |
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11:00
– 12:00 |
With
Sponsors – Solutions Marketplace |
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12:00
– 1:00 |
Buffet Lunch – Solutions
Marketplace |
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1:00
– 1:45 |
Larry
Faucheux,
Maintenance & Engineering Manager, Vulcan
Chemicals |
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Steve
Campbell,
Turnaround Services Manager, CDI Engineering
Group |
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"Turnaround Planning Leads to
Success" |
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1:45
– 2:30 |
Harry Leith, Risk Management Advisor,
ExxonMobil |
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"Managing Security: A New
Requirement" |
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2:30
– 2:45 |
Concluding
Remarks |
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Sponsors: Cadcentre, Enigma, Intergraph,
J.D. Edwards, Rebis and
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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.
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
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Full
links to Volume II, Issue 11 Newsletter articles:
http://www.cadcentre.com/flash/welcome.htm
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020419S0025