ULTRAMAX® (UMAX®) 7.1 Optimization Studies: Standard Implementation
Plan for New Users
Advanced
Process Management™ ©1990-2008
Ultramax Corporation (UMC),
StudyImplementationPlan.doc 8/20/08
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Description Application
to production / manufacturing for one process (economies of scale for
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Customer time (man‑days) |
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Pre-work |
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Questionnaire: Preliminary evaluation of Scope, discussion (free service) |
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Customer self-training (one participant) (any
number possible) |
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Planning,
Training review, Setup |
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Introduction:
Visit process operations; review
Questionnaire facts, data gathering. Training
Q&A review. |
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1 (on site) |
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Formulate
Optimization Plan – five people team (2 hrs. management participation) |
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1 (on site) |
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Write
Optimization Plan report,
management approval |
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Start
Operations with Sequential (Empirical) Optimization (SEO) |
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Collect operating data
under current operating procedures to establish a data collection method, and also to end up with data for about 10 runs at Baseline
performance to calculate future improvements.
Participant occupied about 15 min per cycle. |
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Start
optimization cycles with on-site guidance, usually one week. |
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5 (on site) |
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Write Startup
Report |
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1 (off-site) |
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Participant
capable to continue on its own, with remote support |
TOTALS |
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Customer
Completion of Optimization Study |
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Participant continues
optimization cycles for as long desired or converging around the optimum,
with remote technical support. Assume
three more weeks, but highly variable. Can continue for Dynamic
Optimization as important measured conditions change. |
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Write Final Review
Report |
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1 (on-site) 1 (off-site) |
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Participant
capable to make new applications on its own, technical remote support
available |
TOTALS |
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Integration: Optional Automatic data
exchange with Process Control System; to implement on-going, on-line dynamic
optimization (as conditions change), implemented after Planning or after
completion of the Study. Includes four
annual reviews. Add approximately
(highly dependent on situation) |
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