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ECC/STOP Management B.V. is an authorized distributor offering expert support and consulting for both the ATC Professional Shutdown / Turnaround Management System and eTaskMaker Project Planning System in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. |
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TEPCO offers total turnaround management support (including expert training and consulting) using both the ATC Professional Shutdown / Turnaround Management System and eTaskMaker Project Planning System. |
InterPlan Systems' White Papers
Project Management for Turnarounds
Applying PMBOK to Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages - This essay sets the foundation for establishing a specific project management methodology for oil refining, petrochemical, power generation, pulp & paper, etc. industries maintenance turnarounds to overcome problems with applying the EPC project management approach.
Resource Leveling Vs. Critical Mass - Analyzes the practicality of two different project management techniques for managing resources in a turnaround situation.
Summary Progress Curves - Explores the application of four different methods of calculating minimum attainment progress (target) curves for managing turnarounds.
Transparency in Critical Path Method Scheduling - Highlights the importance of transparency and complete communication of the critical path schedule.
Turnaround Project Management Primer - Complete 30 page tutorial covering the management of industrial plant maintenance turnaround projects.
Turnarounds Vs. Projects - Side by side analysis of the differences between turnarounds and projects.
Project Estimating, Planning & Scheduling for Turnarounds
Cost Estimating and Project Planning - Discusses how to achieve one to one correspondence between cost estimates and project plans.
Improving Estimating Quality - Discusses how to standardize and improve corporate best practices in estimating.
Project Templates Vs. Estimating Modules - Side by side comparison of two planning tools
Refining the Project Planning Process - Describes three different planning methods with a view to improving the process.
Turnaround Project Planning Primer - Complete 30 page tutorial covering the planning, estimating, scheduling and tracking of industrial plant maintenance turnaround projects.
Other Project Management Resources
The following resources are provided for the convenience of our customers and are not to be construed as an endorsement by InterPlan Systems Inc.
Maintenance / Reliability
IDCON - Reliability & Maintenance Management Consulting and Training - IDCON's mission is "To help our clients improve overall reliability and lower manufacturing and maintenance costs". They are experts in: maintenance assessments, leadership and organization, planning and scheduling, preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, Root Cause Analysis, and maintenance store room management.
MaintenanceResources.com - Plant engineering, maintenance and reliability resources. Includes a reference library, free on-line CMMS, trade show/seminar search, metals service center, CMMS links, monthly ezine, free MSDS search, and PEM job-line.
MaintenanceWorld.com - Includes articles on numerous topics, calendar of events, discussion forums, books and tools.
Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages - InterPlan Systems' review of Joel Levitt's book.
Plant Maintenance Resource Center - Includes links to maintenance consultants, maintenance software vendors, maintenance conferences and conference papers, articles on maintenance, and many other valuable resources.
Reliability Center, Inc. - Reliability consulting services, training programs, software products and resources.
Project Management
4PM.com - Project management articles, tools & templates plus on-line PM courses and certification.
allPM.com Project Managers Homepage - Project management articles, news, reviews, templates and forums.
Eng-Tips Forums - Engineering Project Management Forum - Engineering peer support forums on many engineering topics (free of advertising or recruiting).
Planning Engineers Organization - A professional organization for planning engineers that aims to encourage and provide certification, education and professionalism in the field of planning engineering.
Planning Planet - Free online database of project planning build times, benchmarks, effort hours and construction cycle times. Includes an active project management forum, networking facilities and job opportunities.
PMI College of Scheduling - Promotes integrity in scheduling with news, articles and a discussion forum.
Project Management for Construction - Free, on-line book by Chris Hendrickson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
Project Management Knowledge Base - Free portal for project planners and managers includes an events calendar, discussion forums and software and book reviews.
Estimating / Cost Engineering
Guide to Ship Repair Estimates - InterPlan Systems' review of Don Butler's book.
The International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) - Nonprofit organization promoting cooperation between national and multinational cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management organizations worldwide.
Magazines / E-zines
Asset Management & Maintenance Journal (AMMJ) - For all those interested in the maintenance, monitoring, servicing and management of Plant, equipment, buildings and infrastructure. The AMMJ is read in over 120 countries and every continent.
PROJECTmagazine - Free on-line magazine dedicated to practical project management.
Training / Consulting
The CBT Workshop - Corporate training and professional development with a focus on project management disciplines.
Project Auditors - A PMI global Registered Education Provider in project management training, project quality audits, and project management consulting services.
Project Manager Training - Earn project management certificates and prepare for PMI's PMP exam through interactive on-line/CD project-management courses.
Project Perfect - Project management software consulting and training. Offers Project Administrator software to track issues, risks, action items, scope, budgets & expenditure. Free PM white papers.
Other
Refining Online - features an interactive Q&A forum, a directory and search engine for refining industry Web sites, free ROL Assistant software, technical Knowledge Base, Events Calendar, and Member Directory.
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