Solution for insufficient

Technical data during

project execution
By
Jayendra Ahire
Aditi Yerudkar
Problem Overview

 Aim: Plant for manufacturing 10 t/d of a specialty chemical

 Only one successful project is present located in China.
 Its capacity is 50 t/d.
 Some other company tried to do project but stopped halfway through
 Process expert hint towards serious Flaws in scale up.
 Technical consultant our company is same as of other company who tried
earlier
 Description of risks involved in project and possible solutions
Risk involved

 We require to collect data related to process and it require time which

increase estimated cost of project.
 We don’t have information about abandoned project by other company,
it may be deciding factor for our case too.
 Technological key-how present in Chinese company can be useless in our
case due to different set of policy, resources, geography or infrastructure of
industrial corridor.
 We have to know technical details. If we don’t have it, we should stop
project further.
 The Prominent scientist’s advice on this technology development and
implementation in project is key requirement.
 Define Problem
Problem Area Problem Solution
Chemical Engineering High Energy consumption, Service of Technical
Low efficiency of reactor consultant to enhance
engineering performance
Chemistry High waste, Low yield, High Find out alternative
cost catalyst process path which not
industrially used due to
inherent disadvantage.
Check process as it may fit
like lock and key model to
our business and technical
infrastructure
Resources, facility Supply of low cost raw Evaluation of product’s
materials, high cost of market cost and
product evaluation of different
catalyst and raw materials
Advice to Management

 We have to collect information of abandoned project case and Chinese

case to support our decision making.
 We have to go in research and development if it fits in project and
company’s interest.
 We stopped this project
 Find out alternative process path which not industrially used due to inherent
disadvantage and check their lock and key model to our business and
technical infrastructure.
Segregate problem according to
difficulty level
 In high difficulty level task we can took professional consultant with skilled
man power from abroad.it is not directly research and development of
project but exploring ways to sideway the difficulty faced.
 It involve technical, methodological and logical reasoning.
 Need consistent processes for managing ambiguous checkpoints
Getting Data from another division

 In case the company has well established research facility,assessment of

technical difficulties should carried out
 Make of list of key problem for scale-up of technology
Managing Scale by Managing Complexity

 Determine the maximum scale up of process

 If we can do 1tone/day production, evaluate its business value and
advantage.
 If it fits our criteria, evaluate timetable of supply chain timetable.
 It can give us opportunity to run the plant continually or increase number of
small plants.