An optimal coal pile design takes into account the site-specific (and often conflicting) needs of a new power plant early in its design — rather than using whatever land is available after the plant ...

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With the advent of higher gas and oil prices, solid fuel is making a comeback. Solid fuel plants must overcome several obstacles, however, including higher capital costs, longer construction periods ...

Lean manufacturers have a leg up on speeding products to market, reducing costs and keeping customers happy. In this overview, I’ll share how to engineer, set up and manage the project for a lean ...

Define the steps your organization must take into account when planning a facility reconfiguration or expansion. Understand key considerations for the expansion. Identify constraints so that your ...

If your company is experiencing healthy growth of revenues and profits, you may be attending IWF 2018 to purchase new process machinery. In that case you should be completing a study that justifies ...

Facility layout optimization and design represent critical facets in the efficient management of manufacturing and service operations. At its core, the discipline focuses on arranging facilities, ...

We quite often get calls, or find ourselves in a conversation where somebody is inevitably asking, “What’s the leanest way to lay out my factory”? This is always a delicate subject because it is ...