VPI IMMINGHAM POWER STATION
Continuous Improvement AMIS Journey
AMIS in the Power Industry
In 2014, MCP was tasked with conducting an AMIS (Asset Maintenance Improvement System) assessment at VPI Immingham Power Station, covering both the maintenance and operations functions, in order to identify gaps and opportunities, upon which the subsequent improvement journey would be based.
The assessment identified that the business was operating in an extremely reactive mode, at all levels of the organisation, and was lacking many of the fundamental building blocks of both asset care and operations best practice.
However, these findings needed to be considered within the prevailing business context at the time. Despite being 10 years old, the business effectively became a start-up operation once again, following the sale to Vitol. The separation from Philips had removed many of the basic management processes, which impacted both business performance and organisation. In addition, whilst a reactive approach was acceptable under the previous ownership and operating regime, the commercial demands of the business and a cost focus that had never been placed upon the site previously, made it necessary to apply a more considered, structured and proactive approach to the management of the site.
The Solution
In 2014 and each year thereafter, MCP conducted the AMIS assessment at VPI Immingham. AMIS uses a team-based, self-assessment approach to evaluate the site’s current status of:
Maintenance
Use of CMMS
Spare parts management
Use of Technology
Reliability
Organisation Effectiveness
AMIS Assessment Scores
Improvements in Maintenance and Operations
From the results of the assessment, MCP worked with the site team to develop and implement improvement plans to address the shortcomings in order of priority, thereby helping the site improve the overall state of its maintenance and operations functions towards the target of achieving “World-Class” status.
This table and graph illustrate how the AMIS Assessment scores improved year on year. Achievement of “World-Class” status is based on the Maintenance portion of the assessment and requires a score of 75% or better. At the time of the assessment at the end of 2018, the overall Maintenance score was 79% and Operations scored 82%, giving an overall site score of 81% in a 40:60 ratio.