With this addition, Lifecycle360 is now a suite of eight support services that help oilseed, renewable fuels and specialty processing companies streamline and optimise the full lifecycle of their facilities, from pre-engineering to long-term maintenance needs.
The service is designed for clients seeking to enhance all facets of their operations, including the plant itself, production processes, equipment and the employees.
Plant operations engages Crown’s mechanical, process and automation experts to look holistically at the customer’s full facility and team and help identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities in technologies, training and other areas that can maximise levels of efficiency, productivity and capacity.
Each plant operations consultation begins with an on-site assessment, leading to a full analysis with solution recommendations that might include equipment or one or more of the other seven Lifecycle360 support services.
The objective is to help customers accomplish both quick and long-term wins for their team and business.
Lifecycle360 Plant Operations Services include:
- Preventative maintenance plans
- Shutdown steam purge planning and support
- Debottlenecking
- Process safety management/Hazard analysis
- Operating procedures (SOPs, start-ups, shutdowns, clean outs)
- Virtual plant monitoring
- Smart operating controls improvements
- Asset integrity/reliability
- KPI metric evaluation and ROI
- Project, automation and maintenance planning for day-to-day operations
- Introduce the newest/improved innovations, parts and equipment
- Risk assessments
Kris Knudson, CPM|Crown’s president, said: “Through the success of our Lifecycle360 rollout, we’ve had a chance to interact with customers and take their feedback.
“It became apparent that we had an opportunity to do more for them through our program, so we added plant operations.
“Our team is a group of extremely talented individuals who have been doing their work for decades. This experience enables them to listen to the customer’s team and help uncover where they’re needing the most support, whether it be employee training or process optimisation.”
Plant operations and all other Lifecycle360 support services are now available to customers around the world. The other seven Lifecycle360 services include: Crown’s Innovation Centre; Pre-Engineering; Construction Support; Automation, Maintenance Support, Training; and Optimisation.