Performance Excellence

Performance improvement…accelerated. Close gaps. Achieve results. Trusted insight and recommendations.

Operating in an increasingly complex business environment of economic cycles and regulatory changes is often difficult to navigate. High-cost, short-term solutions such as cutting costs, reducing headcount, and making major capital investments may not generate sustainable, long-term success.

Solomon’s Performance Excellence Process™ leverages unique data, proven processes, and expert guidance, to deliver insight and recommendations you can trust. We evaluate important drivers of your operational performance and identify “quick-hit” improvement opportunities and collaborate with you to improve business processes and work practices to sustain improvement.

South American Refiner Sets Ambitious Goal to Improve Energy Efficiency, Lower Costs & Reduce Carbon Emissions

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Supported by >30 years of performance improvement benchmarking data and >4,000 best practices, rely on our expertise.

Performance Excellence Process Deliverables:

Conduct data diagnostics to identify opportunities and focus the best practice assessment.
Evaluate existing behaviors, work processes, procedures, and practices that drive a site’s performance and operation.
Use results to accelerate the change process and create a framework for continuous improvement.
Initial results in 8–10 weeks, with typical benefit reaching 20–40% gap closure.
Blend technical and behavior changes needed to create sustainable results.
Support continuous improvement with health checks and special topic workshops.

Sustainability Performance Analysis

With evolving environmental regulations and the challenge to lower carbon emissions, you need to make the right business decisions to demonstrate progress, improve profitability and prepare for the long-run. Solomon’s Sustainability Performance Analysis expands on our proven Performance Excellence Process™ solution to evaluate the energy-related sustainability opportunities in your operations and recommend practical next steps.

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A Proven Approach to Performance Improvement

Solomon has the data, tools, and insight to evaluate your business quickly, without the ramp-up required by other firms. We create, tailor, and help you implement sustainable improvements to meet your needs in the most efficient time-period possible. Engagements often lead to dramatically reduced operating expenses, enhanced reliability, and improved profitability.

Peer Comparison

Utilize relevant benchmarking data
Compare performance against top industry performers
Consider configuration, complexity, and technology
Incorporate regional and geographical factors

Best Practices

Conduct a site Best Practice Assessment to identify focus areas and opportunities
Examine current work processes, procedures, and practices
Determine quick-hits and recommendations
Establish implementation priorities

Implementation

Receive training to create sustainable change
Create action plans through implementation teams
Track improvements and monitor progress
Rely on specialist assistance from industry subject matter experts

Health Checks

Establish targeted assessments and evaluations
Access specialized training and workshops lead by industry experts
Follow up with benchmarking analysis to verify improvement

Benefits

Our client engagements leverage:

The world’s largest database of real-world performance.
An inventory of >4,000 industry-proven best practices.
An intimate knowledge of efficient and effective work processes.
Consultants that average 25 years of industry knowledge and experience to ensure practical and actionable recommendations.

Solving Your Challenges

Our detailed analysis evaluates:

Energy management
Hydrocarbon loss
Carbon emissions
Organizational effectiveness
Planning and optimization
Operations and technical
Reliability and maintenance
Quality management

Why Partner with Us?

Solomon are the data experts
We know the data and where to look
Unique combination of business, operational, and sustainability expertise
We accelerate gap closure and benefits

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Gain Actionable Insight

Close Performance Gaps

Receive sustainable value-added results grounded in the best practices of industry top performers. We can help you identify opportunities and develop a roadmap of recommended initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and financial performance.

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