WEBINAR
Institutionalizing Manufacturing Excellence in a Digital Era
In this on-demand webinar, we discussed how to navigate the challenges of workforce turnover and scarce Subject Matter Experts and how to preserve undocumented, equipment-specific knowledge.
Director of Operations at Voovio
Name:
Francis Montemurro
Job Title:
Director of Operations at Voovio
Speaker Bio:
Fran spent over 30 years in manufacturing management with DuPont. He was plant manager at multiple DuPont’s Safety and Protection, Performance Materials, and Chemicals & Specialties manufacturing sites. He successfully managed high hazard chemical continuous and batch operations, and his teams were awarded the inaugural E.I. DuPont Safety Excellence Medal for remarkable injury-free performance, zero process safety events, and product distribution incidents, as well as the E.I. DuPont Engineering Excellence Award for delivering step-change improvements in business performance through an organizational transformation. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fran received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He has served in several leadership roles in industry associations and civic organizations.
Director of Operations at Voovio
Name:
Clint Jeffus
Job Title:
Director of Operations at Voovio
Speaker Bio:
Clint spent 19 years in the chemical industry. For the last 9 years he was with BASF where he held roles in Operations Management at the McIntosh, AL site and Asset Management at the Geismar, LA site. Prior to BASF, he spent 6 years with Total Petrochemicals in Operations at the Carville, LA site and within the Corporate Strategy group in Houston. He held early career roles in Operations with Nan Ya Plastics (division of Formosa) in South Carolina as well as the former ISP Elastomers site (currently Lion Elastomers) in Port Neches, TX. His educational background includes a BS in Chemical Engineering from The University of Missisippi (Ole Miss) and an MBA from Louisiana State University.
This webinar, hosted by the CRU for the Refinery Community takes a deep dive into the transition of the workforce over the last 5-10 years and with it the growing need to capture and transfer knowledge of SMEs retiring. You will learn how to retain and preserve undocumented, equipment-specific knowledge and lock in best practices in operations and maintenance.
Key takeaways of the webinar:
- Fran gave insights on the changing workforce over the last years and the impact it has on the industry.
- We discussed causes for abnormal events and the importance of procedure clarity.
- Clint shared how Enhanced Reality helps to capture knowledge and minimise the knowledge gap.
- Sharing several case studies we showed real examples of how leading companies are using our digital knowledge capture platform.
To see the whole webinar for yourself, you can watch the video below:
