Preparation
Situation
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.
Issues. At present, the principal designer is the only one who masters the conceptual design stage. Training all designers in this stage has not been successful. Since the expertise required is largely unique, hiring is not an option.
Ambition
Objective. Reduce the key-man risk in the stage of conceptual design.
Benefits. More designers master the stage of conceptual design and onboarding them in this stage takes less time.
Analysis. Worth pursuing.
Assessment of plant redesign
Identify
Required capabilities to produce a conceptual design:
- Deliver design service:
- Estimate the required effort [implicit].
- Determine the process flow [implicit].
- Appraise customer traits [explicit].
- Analyse the impact of a concept [explicit].
- Display commercial acumen [tacit and innate].
Compare
Ranking of required capabilities:
- Reputation:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
- Stakeholder needs:
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyse the impact of a concept.
- Display commercial acumen.
Appraise
Maturity of required capabilities:
- Individual:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyse the impact of a concept.
- Display commercial acumen.
Advice for plant redesign
Route
Directions for competency development of required capabilities:
- Apply focus:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyse the impact of a concept.
- Display commercial acumen.
Unite
Formation of unique capabilities from required capabilities:
- Produce a winning conceptual design:
- Estimate the required effort.
- Determine the process flow.
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyse the impact of a concept.
- Display commercial acumen.
Secure
Organizational design:
- System. Include as instructions in the standard operating procedure:
- Appraise customer traits.
- Analyse the impact of a concept.
- 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 having the capabilities mentioned in the preconditions of the standard operating procedure.
- Skills. Train the designers who meet all preconditions in executing the standard operating procedure.