Root Cause / Cause Analysis
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to perform Root Cause / Cause Analysis services for significant events that have occurred at your facility. In addition, WD performs independent reviews and provides oversight and mentoring of the development and implementation of effective actions at your facility to aid in ensuring performance problems and gaps are identified before they result in a loss of production, regulatory compliance issues or personnel injuries.
Root Cause / Cause Analysis services include:
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Corrective Action Program (CAP) development and Implementation
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Root Cause Analysis Team support
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Independent Reviews of Cause Analysis
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Major equipment failures investigations
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Severe personnel injury/fatality investigations
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Training and Mentoring leaders in Performance Improvement and CAP
Assessments / Inspection Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to assist clients in performing assessments/inspections at your facility; we also perform independent reviews of assessments/inspections as requested. In addition, WD develop assessment programs to enable clients in identifying performance gaps and operational vulnerabilities at your facility.
Assessments / Inspection Support services include:
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CAP Program Effectiveness Assessments
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Training Program Assessments
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Safety Program Assessments
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NRC IP 95001/95002/95003 Support
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NERC Assessment support
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NERC Cold Weather Assessments
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Vegetation management safety event analysis
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Plant Operational Performance & Material Condition Assessments
Performance Improvement Mentoring and Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced personnel to help clients become more effective in solving problems ranging from targeting fixes for specific problems to overall integrated organizational improvements.
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Performance Improvement / Mentoring and Support services include:
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Development and implementation of continuous improvement activities
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Support for analysis and resolution of performance gaps
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Performance Assessment Mentoring and Support
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Analysis of Safety Culture issues
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Organizational Effectiveness Assessments
ABOUT US
Committed to Excellence
Who We Are
WD Associates was founded in 1993 by a group of highly experienced training, engineering, and operations professionals with a mission to provide the power industry with high quality solutions, personnel to solve problems, and educating professionals at their facilities. The focus of the company is to consistently deliver exceptional customer service and to retain the highest quality employees. Our mission is helping clients to develop and implement sustainable solutions that solve problems, increase productivity, and improve performance.
What We Do
We are a continuous improvement company that helps our clients solve problems and improve operations. Our approach considers the four inter-related elements of business systems in high hazard industries: Facilities, Processes, Training, and Human Performance. WD Associates provides services ranging from targeting fixes for specific problems to integrated organizational improvements.
Our Philosophy
Successful implementation of the following philosophy ensures that our clients receive the best possible service and support, and has enabled us to become recognized as a provider of high quality services:
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Exceed our employees’ expectations: Employees are our only asset. Our fundamental philosophy is to treat our employees fairly and honestly, and foster long-term employee relationships. High levels of employee satisfaction promote exceptional performance, which in turn ensures that we meet or exceed our clients’ expectations.
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Exceed our clients’ expectations: We exceed our clients’ expectations by delivering exceptional services. Our customers are accustomed to being treated with honesty and respect, and receiving the best possible service. We have numerous clients who consider WD Associates as the supplier of choice for the products and services we provide.
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Maintain a competitive overhead structure: WD runs our business in a competitive manner with a low overhead structure. This allows us to provide services at a competitive cost to our clients and ensures our continued ability to deliver high quality services to our client for the long-term.
We are proud of our reputation and look forward to meeting your challenges! We will be happy to provide a list of references that can attest to the quality of our work and our level of accountability.