Program Planning and Scheduling

Design Systems offers our customers a dedicated Planning and Scheduling Team, led by a Project Management Professional, to successfully drive your next project to completion. Whether it is a major capital investment or a small weekend changeover, planning ahead of time is essential. The Design Systems team will develop the following project requirements:

• Identify All Key Product Launch Personnel
• Establish Readiness Criteria
• Establish a Check and Balance Mechanism to Track and Report Progress and Issues Resolution
• Facilitate Issue Ownership and Countermeasure Development
• Validate Launch Readiness
• Identify Process Improvement opportunities

Clean, concise report generation is a key factor for management review. Report outputs include behind in progress reports, schedule of values, exceptions, forecast, performance, change management, and budget.

Program Master Planning

Preliminary Facility Engineering: Program Plan

Program Cost: Schedule Of Values

Program Execution

Right Location Right Equipment Right Schedule Right Price Meet Production Goals

Process / Facility Interfaces Building Definition Process Definition Establish Early Pricing (i.e., GMP)

Quality Construction Built On-Time Built In-Budget Safe Execution Fast-Track

Performance Verification Equipment Checkout Operator Training Production Readiness Logistics Readiness Pre-Production Operation Facility Equipment Turnover Process Equipment Turnover Preventative Maintenance Planning Production Launch

Program Schedule

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Coordination And Phasing Layouts

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Cash Flow: Planned Vs. Actual

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Manpower and Trades Projections

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Launch Readiness Tools

Define Product Requirements

Define Station Requirements

Track & Report Progress

Communicate with Launch Readiness Wall

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Process Quality Engineering Tools

Design For Manufacture (DFM)
Design For Assembly (DFA)

Six Sigma

Failure Mode & Effects Analysis

Mistake & Error Proofing

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Layout Planning and Development

Site Layout

Functional Plant Block Layout

Detailed Plant System Layout

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Manufacturing and Industrial Gallery