Predictable Asset Performance
Making reliability part of everyday asset desicions
In asset-intensive environments, downtime, safety risks and compliance issues have direct business impact. Yet reliability is often difficult to scale when it depends too much on scarce expertise, individual decisions or reactive problem solving.
Asset performance becomes predictable when reliability is built into the way assets are managed, maintained and improved. Not as a separate program, but as part of daily work.
How it shows up in practice
Predictable Asset Performance connects Asset & Maintenance Management and Turnaround Management into one coherent way of working. It strengthens availability, integrity and long-term performance by making reliability easier to plan, steer and improve over time.
In practice, we partner up to:
- Build and implement asset management frameworks, governance and standardized processes, so teams can improve independently over time.
- Reduce downtime and risk by embedding integrity approaches into the way the organization works.
- Improve maintenance productivity through better planning, optimized processes and structured execution.
- Strengthen control through clear KPIs, performance routines and fact-based decision making.
- Improve turnaround management by tightening scope, planning and execution windows, so critical work is completed safely, fully and predictably.
Together, this creates a more controlled way of managing assets. Reliability becomes part of daily operations, maintenance and turnaround execution, not something that depends on reactive decisions or individual expertise.
From our work in the field
BASF
In a large petrochemical organization, asset management was fragmented across teams and sites. PDM developed and implemented a division-wide asset management framework with standardized processes, templates and IT support. This enabled teams to execute structural improvements independently and consistently across the organization.
Sanofi Geel
In a highly regulated production environment, predictable asset performance during turnarounds is critical for continuity and compliance. PDM optimized a turnaround by reducing the maintenance window from 3 to 2 days, while completing 100% of the scope, compared with 60% before, with 6 technicians instead of 10. This strengthened control over execution and reduced operational risk during critical asset interventions.
OCI Nitrogen
To reduce the risk of unplanned shutdowns, OCI Nitrogen wanted to move from periodic inspections to a risk-driven approach. PDM designed and implemented a Risk-Based Inspection process embedded into the organization. This improved asset integrity management and reduced the risk of unexpected shutdowns.
Shell Nederland Chemie
Low maintenance productivity limited the affordability of planned work. PDM optimized processes and introduced KPI-based steering, resulting in improved Hands-on Tool Time and maintenance productivity. This led to a 33% increase in the Earned vs. Burned Ratio.
Attero
In an asset-intensive waste-to-energy plant, unplanned stops and asset integrity risks directly impact availability and cost. During the turnaround of Lines 3 and 4, PDM performed a thorough turnaround analysis to identify improvement potential and practical opportunities. This resulted in a clear improvement plan aimed at improved asset integrity, fewer unplanned stops and lower turnaround costs.
Asset & Maintenance Management
Reliable assets depend on maintenance that is planned, structured and well controlled. Our Maintenance Management expertise strengthens the way maintenance work is organized and executed, improving productivity, reducing downtime and creating more control over daily performance through clear processes, planning, KPIs and performance routines.
Turnaround Management
Turnarounds are critical moments for asset-intensive organizations. They bring together production needs, maintenance, inspections, safety requirements, cost control and long-term asset performance. Our Turnaround Management expertise helps create the structure, preparation and control needed to execute these events safely, fully and predictably, while reducing disruption and strengthening reliability for the future.
Talk to our experts
Discuss your asset performance challenge with Bart or Jos. They will be happy to guide you the right way forward.
Insights & client stories
How industrial organizations strengthen performance in practice
