Dr. Rainer Hoff is currently engaged in quantitatively analyzing Management of Change (MOC) processes. Using well-established simulation techniques, one can build a model of any MOC process, run it thousands of times, and examine the resulting statistics to highlight bottlenecks, identify areas for improvement and most importantly quantify the improvements that will result from changes in the process.

This is far better than the costly and disruptive hit-and-miss process of constantly changing business processes in the plant. And, of course this is better than borrowing someone else's best in class MOC process, without fully understanding why it is deemed to be best in class.

The results of this work are to be published in a textbook in first quarter 2008. The working title is, "Management of Change Best Practices".

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MOC Best Practices Presentation
VPPPA Region IV Conference, Louisville, KY, April 10, 2008
In the 16 years since OSHA promulgated the Process Safety Management regulations, Management of Change "MOC" has received considerable attention. While plant owners are in compliance with the regulations, the act of complying hasn't necessarily been very efficient. Evidence includes: long cycle times, hiring temporary staff prior to turnarounds to "look after the paperwork", multiple reviews of the same thing etc. Dr. Hoff began a major research effort several years ago in order to define MOC best practices. This presentation provides some of his very interesting analysis on MOC process optimization.

MOC Best Practices Newsletter - Mar. 2008
Volume 2, Number 2
In this edition, Dr. Rainer Hoff shares his perspectives several important issues regarding the management of MOC's as corporate records. Key issues include: (i) Retention Periods, (ii) Electronic MOC Systems, (iii) File Formats, (iv) Planning for Obsolescence.

MOC Best Practices Newsletter - Jan. 2008
Volume 2, Number 1
In this edition, Dr. Rainer Hoff shares his perspectives on the importance of "MOC Data Content" plus the latest questions and issues from the field.

MOC Best Practices Newsletter - Dec. 2007
Volume 1, Number 2
In this edition, Dr. Rainer Hoff shares his perspectives on the importance of "MOC Lifecycles" plus the latest questions and issues from the field.

MOC Best Practices Newsletter - Nov. 2007
Volume 1, Number 1
In this first edition, Dr. Rainer Hoff shares his perspectives on current events in the industry and takes a position on "MOC Best Practices - Fact or Hype?" plus the latest questions and issues from the field.

MOC's As A Corporate Record
White Paper, March, 2008
This white paper discusses several important issues regarding the management of MOC's as corporate records. Key issues include: (i) Retention Periods, (ii) Electronic MOC Systems, (iii) File Formats, (iv) Planning for Obsolescence.

MOC Data Content
White Paper, January, 2008
In this white paper Dr. Rainer Hoff looks at MOC Data Content. An MOC has a minimum amount of information that is needed to satisfy regulators. But, an MOC should contain much more data, in order to make the change management process efficient.

MOC Lifecycles
White Paper, December, 2007
In this white paper Dr. Rainer Hoff introduces the importance of the MOC Lifecycle in the application of Best Practices. The author provides several examples for consideration including: Full-Permanent/Temporary, Short-Permanent/Temporary, Emergency, Urgent and Follow-up.

Management of Change (MOC) Best Practices
White Paper, May, 2007
This white paper introduces Dr. Rainer Hoff's research in the domain of establishing the best practice for Management of Change (MOC). The author has condensed data collected at numerous sites and reviewed dozens of existing MOC practices.

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