Value Through Collaboration

"PIP expands your network so that you can collaborate to solve engineering problems. PIP facilitates collaboration. It is a vital, central part of what PIP provides to the industry."

"The PIP organization encompasses multiple industries, so you get viewpoints from different perspectives. The more you participate, the more people you will meet. Building a network is very valuable to you in industry."

"When I started attending the PIP meetings, I suddenly had people that I could call when I had a technical question. Having so many contacts expanded my knowledge which benefited my company."

"From the moment I started, I felt PIP was a very safe place. If you don't have a lot of expertise yourself or at your company, you meet people at PIP who have a lot of experience and knowledge. It's like tapping into a living encyclopedia."

"At PIP meetings, operators talk about their systems and how things function. It’s helpful to hear people’s stories as you talk through practices and develop guidelines. It also helps to understand what is happening in the industry and what we're all working towards."

"You get to see the consensus process while publishing a PIP Practice. By participating in meetings, you learn the reasons why some companies do some things differently. As a result, I no longer have to follow the Practice because I understand the Practice, and I can own how my company utilizes the Practice."

"What I’ve learned at PIP is there's a lot of good ideas out there. There are also a lot of not so good ideas out there. Participating in PIP helped me learn to question ideas."