Improve plant redesign: Preparation

Describe

Organization. Redesign for renovation or expansion of a plant covers three stages. In the pre-sales stage, one designer is assigned internally to make a conceptual design. If the customer (i.e., the owner of the plant) shows interest, a small team of designers makes a basic design in the sales stage. If the customer accepts the basic design and places an order, a larger team of designers makes a detailed design in the fulfilment stage.

Redesign offers room for innovation. An investment in renovation or expansion is relatively limited and the customer can then take more risk than with new build, which is much more expensive. An innovation that works well in renovation or expansion can then be introduced as proven technology in new build. Deliberate innovation in renovation or expansion therefore provides a competitive advantage in new build.

Environmental factors. Competition with other companies.

Challenge. In practice, the principal designer is the only one who has mastered the pre-sales stage of redesign. Training designers in this stage is going too slow. Hiring is not an option since the expertise required is unique.

Formulate

Goal. Increase performance.

Objective. Reduce the dependency on the principal designer in the pre-sales stage of redesign.

Benefit. Larger revenue security.

Estimate

Worthwhile.

Improve plant redesign: Execution

Identify

Inventory

Budget the production of a conceptual plant design
- Retrieve the design production budget of a similar plant
- Reuse the design production budget of a similar plant
- Revise the design production budget for the plant in question
- Retain the design production budget for the plant in question
Derive requirements for the plant in question
- Appraise customer traits
- Infer trait-dependent requirements for the plant in question
Develop a design concept for the plant in question
- Create a concept
  - Create an apparatus
    - Create a conventional apparatus
    - Create an innovative apparatus
  - Create a flowline
  - Review an apparatus
  - Review a flowline
  - Update an apparatus
  - Update a flowline
  - Delete an apparatus
  - Delete a flowline
- Analyze properties of a concept
  - Collect properties of a concept
  - Presume properties of a concept
  - Derive properties of a concept
- Assess a concept
  - Explore a concept
  - Test a concept
    - Test the sensitivity of the performance of a concept
  - Evaluate a concept
    - Display commercial acumen when evaluating a concept

Analyze

Classify

Knowledge:
- Appraise customer traits
- Derive properties of a concept
- Test the sensitivity of the performance of a concept
Experience:
- Budget the production of a conceptual plant design
- Infer trait-dependent requirements for the plant in question
Intuition:
- Create an innovative apparatus
- Display commercial acumen when evaluating a concept

Compare

Reputation:
- Budget the production of a conceptual plant design
Stakeholder needs:
- Appraise customer traits
- Infer trait-dependent requirements for the plant in question
- Derive properties of a concept
- Test the sensitivity of the performance of a concept
- Display commercial acumen when evaluating a concept
Technology:
- Create an innovative apparatus

Assess

Equal advantage:
- Infer trait-dependent requirements for the plant in question
- Derive properties of a concept
- Test the sensitivity of the performance of a concept
Temporary advantage:
- Budget the production of a conceptual plant design
- Appraise customer traits
Unused advantage:
- Create an innovative apparatus
- Display commercial acumen when evaluating a concept

Make

Anchor

System. Include instructions in the standard operating procedure for:
- Derive requirements for the plant in question
  - Appraise customer traits
- Develop a design concept for the plant in question
  - Derive properties of a concept
  - Test the sensitivity of the performance of a concept
System. Elicit and include instructions in the standard operating procedure for:
- Budget the production of a conceptual plant design
- Derive requirements for the plant in question
  - Infer trait-dependent requirements for the plant in question
System. Circumscribe and/or illustrate and include preconditions in the standard operating procedure for:
- Develop a design concept for the plant in question
  - Creativity
- Evaluate a concept
  - Commercial acumen
Skills. Train the responsible manager in assessing designers on the capabilities mentioned in the preconditions of the standard operating procedure for:
- Develop a design concept for the plant in question
  - Creativity
- Evaluate a concept
  - Commercial acumen
Skills. Train designers who meet all preconditions in the standard operating procedure for:
- Develop a design concept for the plant in question
  - Creativity
- Evaluate a concept
  - Commercial acumen