Predictive Maintenance Transformation & Life Cycle Cost Management
⚙️ Energy Producer – Refinery Turnaround Optimization
Challenge: A major energy producer faced rising refinery turnaround costs and declining contractor productivity. Expanding work scopes, poor planning, and delayed maintenance created site congestion, extended downtime, and reduced overall plant reliability.
Rapid Solution
Kria Advisors data analysis focused on
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Maintenance contractor productivity
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Warranties, Rework and Impact
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Total life cycle costs
The review exposed a “fix-only-if-broken” culture and unoptimized scheduling. Kria Advisors assisted the client implement live contractor scorecards, shifted repairs to off-peak periods, improved long-lead procurement, and launched life-cycle management for critical equipment.
The Energy Producer continues to maintain:
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Live Contractor Quality Score Card
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Planned repairs to non peak periods reducing congestion
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Optimized its long lead items ordering including spares
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Life cycle management for capital assets including sub assemblies
Result
The producer achieved a 12% reduction in annual turnaround costs and introduced category-based life-cycle cost management. Reliability and throughput improved measurably, creating sustainable operational and financial gains.