Why You Need a Management
of Change (MOC) Process
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Supporting data reveals that as
much as 22% of reliability problems
faced in manufacturing are caused
by uncontrolled changes.
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As a result, more emphasis has been
placed on holistically understanding
change control needs including
changes to procedures, process
steps and administration.
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This is what we have
come to know today as
Management of Change (MOC).
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There are at least four good
reasons for implementing
a systematic MOC process.
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1. Management of Change
Prevents Accidents
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Organizations without systematic
MOC processes often end up with
sub-optimized risk management
systems which don’t proactively
recognize perils.
Unless changes are properly
evaluated, an organization will not
be able to fully understand how
best to treat associated risks.
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2. Management of Change
Increases Asset Reliability
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Without MOC, uncontrolled
changes often lead to:
• Improper operation of assets,
a leading cause of failures
• Inadequate operating and
maintenance procedures,
reducing overall lifecycle
of assets
• Poor employee involvement,
which suppresses the sense
of ownership required to
continuously improve reliability
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3. Management of Change
Ensures Traceability of
Changes
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A growing number of standards applicable
to every major industry today require that
changes are transparent and traceable.
OSHA 1910.1192, for example, clearly
sanctions the implementation of MOC
as a means to evaluate and trace change.
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4. A Management of Change Process
Ensures Evaluation of
Alternatives
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Quite often changes are made which
negatively affect an organization.
If nothing else, a MOC process will
slow down or stop the execution of
unnecessary changes.
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Every business, regardless of
legal requirements, needs to
control potential losses.
And Management of Change,
appropriately applied, is an
excellent, cost-effective loss
prevention process.
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