Hiring the Right Consultant
Peter R. Lantos
Follow these suggestions for identifying and validating a consultant, as well as for making the most effective use of the consultant’s expertise.
Management and Supervisory
Learn by Wandering Around
Ross Topliff
Walking, listening, and learning are three easy steps that promote good communication and can yield high dividends.
4 Steps to Managing Complex Development Programs
James B. Ayers
Construct a raodmap approach for successful completion of a complex project.
Prepare a Top-Notch Scope of Work
Stephen W. Maas
This comprehensive overview of what needs to go into a well-defined scope of work will be useful to chemical engineers who are new to project engineering and project management.
What to Look for in a Quality Management Consultant
Clyde Pearch
Experiences of chemical distributors offer guidance
What's Your Decision Style?
James D. Weith
Understanding how you and those around you make decisions is a first step in improving interpersonal relationships and team efficiencies.
Communicating the Cost of Product and Process Development
John Anderson
Decision-makers often require cost estimates for products and processes at the earliest stages of development — when many cost-determining factors remain uncertain. Identifying variables that impact cost estimates, and putting them in context, will...
Accurately Estimate Production Costs
In a multiproduct chemical complex, determining production costs is no simple matter. Here's a logical method that can help.
Sparking Creativity
James D. Weith
Try some of these strategies to light your creative fires and to fan their flames.
Limiting Shift-Work Fatigue in Process Control
Brad A. Walker, Karen D. Smith, Milena D. Kekich
Disrupting normal sleep/wake cycles causes fatigue and reduces alertness. Here are some preventive measures that can improve the performance of employees in 24-h operations.
Evaluating Toll Manufacturers
Osman Aboul-Nasr
This alternative production approach can offer significant time and capital cost savings. The key is to choose a qualified toller.
Preliminary and Final Scopes of Engineering
Glen Rosentrater
Use this project template to adress large capital projects in the CPI.
Control Commissioning Costs
D. P. Lal
This procedure for commissioning a large chemical complex can help reduce the time required and minimize expenses.
Evaluating the Economics of Energy-Saving Projects
Douglas C. White
Caught in the Act
Jody Urquhart
To acknowledge people in a meaningful way, catch them doing good things and recognize their efforts.
Match the Effort to the R&D Investment
Kelly Ibsen
Using a phased engineering approach to guide R&D projects will improve efficiency and avoid costly experimental excursions.
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