Testimonials

  • "I bet you never thought you’d hear something about SAP as being easy!  Well...it’s finally here.  Thanks to the cross functional team that has worked on it diligently alongside the Paulsboro team, and brought it to DCR for use.  PaSTA is a front end program to SAP and eliminates the need for logging into SAP for notification writing.  The “Go Live” date for PaSTA (Planning and Scheduling Tool Assistant) is anticipated for Friday, April 11th.  To access, click on the PaSTA icon that will appear in the Common Apps folder once we are “live”. 

PaSTA is very intuitive and you’ll find writing a notification has become a breeze and you will actually be part of effectively risk assessing the notification/work order.

Attached is a detailed, step by step procedure, that should assist ALL operators in writing a work notification with ease.  After your first few notifications you’ll toss the procedure aside and… you should be able to write a detailed notification in three minutes or less.

Other benefits with PaSTA:

  •  Password to access SAP for notifications….no longer needed !   When logged into the DCR network you have automatic access 
  • Encourages notifications to be written at the plant area, unit or specific equipment.  No more notifications hidden or lost in SAP land!
  • Facilitates easily finding duplicate notifications
  • Quick long text viewing prior to starting notification creation
  • Easily captures Safety, Permit and Environmental considerations
  • Restricts “Maintenance Activity Types” to the ones used by DCR
  • Priorities are enforced for Regulatory Compliance issues
  • Notifications are directed to correct Reviewers and Approvers
  • In general, Pasta enables Initiator to create quality Notifications

NOTE: If you order operating supplies from the warehouse you will still need to maintain your password by logging into the traditional SAP PM Module every 30 days."

Esteban Gonzalez, Operations Training Coordinator, Delaware City Refinery

  • Our PRO efforts have resulted in the following fleet-wide improvements in their system: a 30% improvement in their Equipment Forced Outage Rate (EFOR) a 7-8% average improvement in availability a cumulative reduction in O&M costs of 25% at the same time.
  • Our 18 plant fleet EFOR had dropped over a 3 year period from 4.5% to 1.9%, a 42% improvement! They directly attribute the performance to new accountabilities, work cultures and tools created by the PRO effort.
  • TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) has seen a significant shift in plant culture away from reactive work to proactive and corrective maintenance activities are significantly reduced. PM compliance rose from 60% to 95%, sponsored work is down to just 22% and their EFOR rate has improved by 40% to illustrate just a few key indicators. In addition, their avoided costs from the findings of the PdM team are exceeding $5 million US dollars, and improvements continue…
  • We have seen across the entire fleet of plants that their PM compliance and schedule compliance are approaching world-class levels in just the second year after engaging with P&ROSolutions. At the same time, our emergency call-outs continue to drop as their transition to a more orderly organization takes place. Performance is improving and Optimized levels of Reliability are within sight. As a final note, it has only taken 16 fiscal quarters, but their scheduled work is now at nearly 90% vs. a mere 10% before the switch to P&ROSolutions.