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DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE PROCESS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES 2021/2022
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PHASE II
(2018 – 2021)
T hroughout 2020 and continuing into This comprised an assessment of the capability, PCM partners over the past two years. For
2021, the Process Construction &
Maintenance (PCM) sector faced unique challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these circumstances, the Productivity Council (PC) has progressively accelerated the adoption and implementation of futuristic productivity improvement initiatives for the industry. At present, the PC consists of 7 key Working Groups (WG) with more than 12 focus groups, each with its distinctive facet such as Certification, Pilot Projects, Mechanization, Centre of Excellence, Workers’ Capability, Capital Projects, and Cohorting.
Following the launch of the Productivity Certification Framework (PCF) in 2019, the Certification WG proceeded to conduct its first pilot certification exercise with its PCM partners.
availability, and tool adoption rate of the participating companies. The results of which was analysed by the PC benchmarking team to produce a report on the performance analysis with other PCM partners and sites, improvement opportunities, and recommendations. A second pilot exercise was conducted earlier this year from January to May, with a third-party Audit Body engaged to validate the submission by the PCM partners. Moving forward, the PC will continue to encourage the adoption of the PCF by the Plant Owners and PCM contractors and increase the participation rate of the certification exercises.
Under the Pilot Project WG, the training arm of the PC has trained more than 430 industry members for the Plant Owners and
Productivity Certification initiatives such as Activity Analysis level 2 (site-based) and level 3 (workshop), rigorous assessments are put in place to ensure that participants are equipped with the skills to perform productivity data collection and analysis to monitor and measure productivity levels in real-time. In the next phase, the PC training arm will shift focus towards conducting Work Face Planning training.
In parallel, the Pilot Project WG is also developing the world’s first Craft-based Productivity Standards (CPS) for the 9 core trades; Scaffolding, Pipe Fitting, Welding, Insulation, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil Works, and Painting and Blasting. Benchmarked against international standards
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