Process Engineering and Operations Management
Design, engineering, optimisation, resourcing and maintenance, all characterised by sustainability and lean principles, to maximise expected outcomes.
Work in this area usually starts in one of two places: a process that does not exist yet, or one that exists and is not performing. The first is a design problem, the second a diagnosis problem, and they call for different work in the first few weeks even though they often end in the same place.
What connects them is that a process is judged on output, cost, safety and environmental performance at the same time. Improving one at the expense of the others is not an improvement, so the design and optimisation work below is done against all four rather than against throughput alone.
Process and operations design and engineering
We design your processes and operations from scratch to industry best standards. Where a process already exists, we can redesign or re-engineer it using our optimisation tools and techniques. Our designs are built to compete with international ones on output and efficiency, without compromising safety, health or environmental performance.
Process and operations optimisation
We audit processes and operations using standard industry tools, and where applicable model them numerically to optimise them. An optimised process has reduced or no wastage, lower operating costs, and maximised output and profit.
Resource planning
We plan, develop and deploy the resources a process needs, people included, so that capacity matches demand rather than trailing it. Capital and operational budgets are built for project work and for day-to-day running, which gives you a basis for resourcing decisions other than last month's spend.
Plant and equipment maintenance
We keep plant and equipment available, reliable and producing what they were specified to produce: throughput and product yields, consistent product quality, improved uptime, and compliance on safety and environment. Maintenance is planned and preventive, applied to processes, unit operations and their critical equipment on an inspect, plan, execute, review and act cycle.
Project and operations management
Management is a matter of organisation, functions, systems and procedures. We apply project management tools and techniques to live projects and to the day-to-day business alike: organising the business functions, understudying the systems, procedures and work methods already in use so that they can be standardised, and writing new ones where none exist.
Common questions
Can you work on a process that is already running?
Yes. Where a process already exists we audit it using standard industry tools and, where it applies, model it numerically before proposing changes, so a recommendation can be shown to hold before anything on site is altered.
Can the work be commissioned in phases?
Yes. We break an engagement into phases that fit your budget rather than presenting a single figure to accept or decline. You can commission a study, act on it, and come back for the next stage.
Do you work outside Takoradi?
Yes. We are based in Takoradi in the Western Region and work with start-ups, small and medium enterprises and established operators across Ghana.
Related services
Most engagements draw on more than one of our five themes. All of them can also be commissioned together, as an operations consulting engagement.
Talk to us about process engineering
Describe what you are running, building or trying to fix. We will come back with a scope and a phased fee.