Upstream-Network.com is an interactive, web-based community of turnaround professionals sharing knowledge and having access to proprietary world-class processes and decision tools. Your operation asset or company should be a subscriber for you to gain access to the www.Upstream-Network.com portal.

Contact AP-Networks for USA +1-877-303-3581 or support@ap-networks.com or for Europe +31-20-4861185 and ask for a www.Upstream-Network.com license package. A package containing a license and pricing options will be sent to you.

The work processes, tools, job-aids, and other materials contained in the Upstream-Network.com have been developed by the professionals at AP-Networks. This material has been developed by our staff based on real-world experience in managing turnarounds and through the systematic research of the causes of success and failure in turnaround management. This hands-on experience, plus the research results, showed that most turnarounds were failing to meet their objectives and that most of the problems were due to poor planning and preparation and could have been prevented. The network has been especially designed to help turnaround teams learn from past experience and avoid common pitfalls.

The Upstream-Network.com has our proprietary world-class turnaround process and a suite of tools and job-aids specifically geared to help you and your team prepare for an upcoming turnaround. The material is user friendly, easy to use, and printable. Some key characteristics about the process are:

• A number of planning and execution stages, starting with Long Range Planning, and ending with the Post-Turnaround Phase.
• Decision gates at the end of each phase.
• Key deliverables for each decision gate.
• Examples, job aids, and tools.
• Job-aids and tools are scaleable to turnaround size and complexity Checklists.
• Turnaround team roles and responsibilities.
• Cross check with readiness tool

The Turnaround Readiness Pyramid is the only industry tool specifically tailored to measure turnaround readiness at any point in the planning and preparation process. Furthermore, the Turnaround Readiness Pyramid measures team alignment around the status of the 21 major planning components that are covered in detail.

The Turnaround Pyramid is interactive, and takes less than one hour to complete and view readiness results. It is also automatically scalable to turnaround size, complexity, and the timing of the evaluation (days prior to the start of the turnaround). The information on your turnaround is protected by a password that you choose making it impossible for others within your company to view the status of your turnaround without your permission (passing on the password).

The readiness information from the pyramid could be used to become valuable corporate knowledge and memory. For example:

• Team can use it to track progress and alignment over time.
• Company can use it to pinpoint systemic strengths and weaknesses to better target and leverage resources.

AP-Networks provides support ten hours a day, Monday through Friday and within 24 hours of any request. Simply call for USA +1-877-303-3581 or for Europe +31-20-4861185 to reach one of our experts.

The Upstream-Network.com server uses a variety of security mechanisms to ensure that only licensed subscribers are given access to the network servers. There is a firewall that protects the servers from outside access. Each connection you make to the network is encrypted so that outside users cannot view your information as it crosses the Internet. Data provided on individual turnarounds for readiness checks are only accessible by the specific users or turnaround team providing the data.

First consult the online help and frequently asked questions. If this does not help then you can click the technical support button and report the fault. You will receive an email response with a trouble tracking number. Our support staff will resolve your problem and inform you by email or call you within 24 hours.

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