Improve plant redesign: Preparation

Describe

Organization. Plant redesign comprises three stages. First, one of the designers is tasked with producing a conceptual design. Then, a small team prepares a basic design. Subsequently, a larger team produces a detailed design.

Environmental factors. Competition with other companies.

Challenge. The conceptual design stage offers room for innovation, which creates a competitive advantage in winning design orders. The principal designer is the only one who has mastered the conceptual design stage. Training designers in this stage is going slowly. Hiring is not an option since the expertise required is considered unique.

Formulate

Goal. Increase performance.

Objective. Reduce the dependency on the principal designer in the stage of conceptual design.

Benefits.

More innovation.
More revenue security.

Estimate

Worthwhile.

Improve plant redesign: Execution

Visualize

Identify

Delivery / Administration / Management / Planning:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
Delivery / Formulation of a problem:
- Appraise customer traits.
Delivery / Formulation of a solution:
- Analyze the impact of a concept solution.
- Display commercial acumen.

Analyze

Classify

As knowledge:
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyze the impact of a concept solution.
As experience:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
As intuition:
- Display commercial acumen.

Compare

By contribution to reputation:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
By contribution to stakeholder needs:
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyze the impact of a concept solution.
- Display commercial acumen.

Calculate

Single presence:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyze the impact of a concept solution.
- Display commercial acumen.

Realize

Anchor

System. Include as instructions in the standard operating procedure:
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyze the impact of a concept solution.
System. Elicit and include as instructions in the standard operating procedure:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
System. Circumscribe and/or illustrate and include as preconditions in the standard operating procedure:
- Display commercial acumen.
Skills. Train the responsible manager in assessing designers on the capabilities mentioned in the preconditions of the standard operating procedure.
Skills. Train the designers who meet all preconditions in the standard operating procedure.