The wonderful team of process safety engineers “across the pond” in the UK have published an EXCELLENT and MUST READ guide on how a business can develop their process safety LEADING indicators. This is a MUST READ for those PS Leaders who are looking for ideas on what and how to measure PSM/RMP Leading Indicators. The guide methodically teaches the reader how to go about identifying and establishing these KPI’s.
This guidance is aimed at senior managers and safety professionals that wish to develop performance indicators to give improved assurance that major hazard risks are under control.
It is presumed that companies using this guide already have appropriate safety management systems, so the emphasis is on checking whether their risk controls are effective and operating as intended. Too many organizations rely heavily on failure data to monitor performance, so improvements or changes are only determined after something has gone wrong. Early warning of dangerous deterioration within critical systems provides an opportunity to avoid major incidents. Knowing that process risks are effectively controlled has a clear link with business efficiency, as several indicators can be used to show plant availability and optimized operating conditions. While aimed mainly at major hazard organizations, the generic model for establishing a performance measurement system described in this guide will also apply to other enterprises requiring a high level of assurance that systems and procedures continue to operate as intended.
Six steps to performance measurement
Step 1: Establish the organizational arrangements to implement indicators
Step 2: Decide on the scope of the indicators
Step 3: Identify the risk control systems and decide on the outcomes’
Step 4: Identify critical elements of each risk control system
Step 5: Establish data collection and reporting system’
Step 6: Review
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