Introduction

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) originally published Guidelines for Process Safety in Outsourced Manufacturing Operations in 2000. However, 25 years later, the number of process safety accidents and resulting fatalities in outsourced manufacturing projects (OMPs) remains unacceptable. Incidents such as the Optima Belle explosion highlight the importance of updating this book to include developments in process safety including Risk Based Process Safety, process safety metrics, and process safety leadership. Outsourced manufacturing, in which a contract manufacturing organization provides manufacturing services for a client, has existed since humans first started developing specialized skills. Clients and CMs have many reasons for participating in OMPs. Process safety leadership is the professional drive to build a culture that ensures safety, carries out risk management, and maintains the integrity of safeguards to achieve zero incident performance. This introduction also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.