
4. Industrial processes
4.1 General description
The term "industrial process" covers a wide variety of industrial sectors. In the broadest sense, a process is used to manufacture a product or provide a service. A refinery, for example, produces refined petroleum products; a power plant produces electricity; an airplane transports goods or people. A computer can also be assimilated to a process, since it provides a scientific calculation or management service. These few examples illustrate the very broad notion of industrial processes. Conceptually, an industrial process is a complex installation that assumes a high-level functional objective (production of goods or services). To achieve these high-level functional objectives, the process calls on a set of interconnected or interacting systems, as shown...
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...Websites
INERIS (French National Institute for the Industrial Environment and Risks)
ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency)
CEPR (European Center for Risk Prevention)
...Standards and norms
- Maintenance – Maintenance terminology - NF EN 13306 - 2018
- Value management – Vocabulary – Terms and definitions - NF EN 1325 - 2014
- Value-based management – Functional expression of needs and functional specifications – Requirements for expressing and validating the need to be met in the process of acquiring or obtaining a product - NF EN 16271 - 2013
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Regulations
Decree no. 2001-1016 of the Labor Code instituting the employer's obligation (article L. 4121-2 modified by law no. 2016-1088 of August 8, 2016 – article 5
Circular of May 10, 2010 summarizing the methodological rules applicable to hazard studies
Article L. 511-1 concerning provisions (amended by order no. 2011-91 of January 20, 2011 – article 6)
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques (INERIS) : https://www.ineris.fr/fr
Institute for Risk Management (IMDR) : https://www.imdr.eu/
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