Doing More with Less

The reality of the global economy forces facilities to consider ways to increase productivity and maximize efficiency. Employees are often encouraged to do more with less, with subsequent performance evaluations based on their ability to deliver. Process safety professionals can be uniquely challenged in this situation since the events they seek to prevent may never have happened. This session seeks papers that describe methods for maintaining excellence in process safety in a challenging economic environment. Of particular interest are stories related to integrating process safety into process design and daily operations to maximize productivity and avoiding a regulatory compliance only process safety culture.