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. In practice, 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.

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