Scope and Objectives

To identify "Best in Class" business processes within petrochemical companies, which, when implemented, will lead member companies to exceptional performance as perceived by their customers.

To conduct benchmarking studies of important business processes in petrochemical companies.

To create a cooperative environment where full understanding of the performance and enablers of "best in class" business processes can be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.

To use the efficiency of the consortium to obtain process performance data and related best practices from inside and outside the petrochemical industry.

To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate process improvement and the achievement of improved accuracy, timeliness and efficiency.

Membership Requirements

The scope of CPIB™ membership includes individual regular employees who work for petrochemical companies.

Company membership will be considered with respect to compliance with CPIB™ mission, goals and operating guidelines, as well as, qualification of the organization within the scope of membership.

Participation in specific efforts will be optional and open only to members with costs shared by the participants.

Companies in the consulting industry and others likely to resell the data are not considered for membership.

Benefits of Membership

Studies:

CPIB™ will identify and present to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking studies on various topics addressing issues of importance to the petrochemical industry.

There are two types of Benchmarking studies provided:

• Consortium studies are offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
  
• Single company sponsored studies addressing the interest of one member company can be offered to other selected members for no fee.

The association will also support petrochemical benchmarking efforts:

• Research - Access public and private databases.


• Identify study participants - Top companies inside and outside the petrochemical industry.


• Collect data - Manage response collection with the participants as a third party.


• Lead site visits - Structured with best participants.
  

Roundtables:

Interest group roundtables can be organized throughout the year. Members will pay a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable discussions that address specific petrochemical industry processes.

Cost:

Currently, membership and meetings in CPIB™ are FREE!
Costs of studies are shared by the participants.

Participants include:

Amoco
Chevron
Conoco
Dow Chemical
Dupont
Enron
Imperial Oil
Kerr-McGee Corporation
Litton Industries, Inc.
Mobil Oil
Motorola
Mutual Life of Canada
Nova Corporation of Alberta
Occidental - Chemical Division
Occidental - Oil and Gas Division
Phillips Petroleum Company
Rhone Poulenc
Syncrude

 

Topics for future studies may include:

Activity Based Costing
Billing
Building Alliance Relationships
Concurrent Engineering
Concurrent Maintenance
Cost Reduction Strategies
Cycle Time Reduction
Decentralization
Engineering
Facility Management
Field Maintenance Practices
Fleet Management
Knowledge Management
Incentives
Internal Customer Satisfaction
Inventory Management
Logistics
Material Management
Outsourcing
Plant Equipment
Plant Shutdown
Procurement And Supply Chain
R & D
Regulatory Compliance
Reliability
Reverse Engineering
Staffing
Strategy Development
Supplier Management
Supplier Qualification
Transportation Management
Vendor Relations
Warehousing
Waste Management

To become a member of CPIB™

On-Line application