At NSC on Monday, speaker Sam Smolik, SVP America Manufacturing and Refining Operations at LyondellBasell, offered some management advice he has learned over 40 years in the manufacturing business. He said he started at LyondellBasell when the company wasn’t in the best shape, but they have worked really hard to get where they are today.
“I believe in simplicity,” Smolik said. “When we think about our management system, we have to maintain our assets system.” He compared it to maintaining a car. He said to start on the road to success, they put the most money into their assets.