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-- Suche -- EN English German -- Expertise Maintenance STO Management Capital Projects Reliability Management Operation & Asset Management Spare Parts & Warehouse Management Approach COVID-19 Emergency Response for Asset Management How we work Case Studies Events Event Calender Workshops & Seminars Maintainer Award About us Management Team Our Clients News Social Responsibility Career Content Blog Webinars & Educational Videos "If I can ask the right questions, I can find out what's going on." Join our team. Stay unique. Like David. The digital Insite magazine is out Read now Managing the crisis effectively Shift your strategy 180 degrees About us T.A. Cook is a global expert in Asset Performance Excellence with offices and experienced staff around the world. We work in the capital intensive industries to develop and implement programs to increase and sustain our clients’ profitability. Reliable and inspiring, our teams of specialized consultants, engineers and development coaches provide a unique approach to operational challenges. Projects Founded Employees Offices Asset Performance Excellence With our long-term experience in Asset Performance Management we support you in shaping individual strategies to increase reliability of your operations while ensuring optimal performance at a lower sustainable cost. Maintenance Did you know that ~1% of applicable data is used to drive decision making and to manage the business? Having a realistic understanding of operations and commercial realities allows for maintenance strategies to be optimized.​ STO Management 90% of STOs don't reach expected goals. We help our clients find the best answers for them by creating standard processes, providing specialist resources and even running whole turnarounds on a risk-share basis. Find out, how you can be among the 10% Capital Projects For the most part capital processes are similar and follow fairly standard gate sequences yet we have found that few projects deliver anything like the results they should. Lets change that together. Reliability Unexpected equipment failures cause a high level of corrective maintenance work orders. We provide a unique approach to operational challenges to develop and implement reliability programs that increase and sustain your profitability. Doing the right things now decides the future of your business The Corona virus outbreak has taken a firm hold of the process industry. Companies are being forced to take immediate action to tackle the problem, despite not knowing how long it will last and what effect it will ultimately have on business. So, what is the right strategy for firms in these difficult and uncertain times? Find out how we can support you Featured insights 5 key actions Maintenance Managers should take now COVID-19 is disrupting all sectors including the process industry - plants around the world are operating in emergency mode or are shut down completely. It is crucial to minimize Maintenance Budgets: Leave the past behind! When it comes to maintenance budgets, many companies plan on the basis of the previous year. The problem with this tactic is that old budget figures don’t reveal much, if anything, about current and future maintenance needs. Scenario Planning The Corona virus outbreak has taken a firm hold of the process industry. Companies are being forced to take immediate action to tackle the problem, despite not knowing how long it will last and what effect it will A new kind of networking Twice a year, T.A. Cook invites top managers from the field of maintenance to the Maintenance Benchmarks Focus Group. This exclusive forum offers participants the opportunity to Awards Memberships In the News Planning to Fail? Take Your Maintenance Planning to The Next Level July 2020, Peter Munson Plants can nearly double maintenance productivity if the organization commits to building and using better plans to avoid common delays. A Proactive Lifestyle for your Machines - Focus on FLAB 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. Proactive Maintenance Execution Demands Active Supervision 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. Managing the crisis effectivley June 2020, Frank-Uwe Hess, Partner The coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted all sectors of the oil and gas industry, including asset management. Getting to the Root of the Problem 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. Engineered Asset Management - A Business Imperative April 2020, Drew Troyer Viewing engineered assets more strategically and managing them to the maximum benefit. A Closed Loop System for Defect Management April 2020, Drew Troyer Regrettably, defect avoidance, which is arguably the greatest dividend-generating aspect of the defect-management process, rarely gets much attention. Dynamic Risk Management: Forward Facing Lessons Learned February 2020, Mark Rigdon How to increase organizational focus during an STO through Dynamic Risk Management. PM Optimization: Challenge and Transform Your PM Strategy 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. T.A. Cook recognzied as a Hidden Champion 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. Challenging the status quo May 2018, Mark Rigdon, Manager T.A. Cook How companies can lay the foundation to improve operational excellence Effective TAs demand real-time situational awareness 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. Create your most effective maintenance strategy with the help of RCM 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. Manage scope to meet or beat your budget 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. The role of operations in shutdown and startup best practices 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. A Structured, Holistic Approach to an Optimal Asset Management Strategy 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 Help Your First Line Maintenance Supervisor Improve Productivity 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 The face of maintenance - Why humans are here to stay July 2017, Flow Control, Mike Johnston, T.A. Cook Senior Consultant Predictive technologies are important, but people will never go out of style The importance of Planned Maintenance Optimization June 2017, Energy Now / Mike Johnston, Senior Consultant at T.A. Cook Why the Pl...