New Plant Layout - New Product Introduction
New Plant Layout - New Product Introduction
2 PagesClient The client is an innovator in the oil drilling industry for drill bits and the pipe strings that drive the bits thousands of feet to oil. To help counter the rising costs of drilling and exploration they envisioned a product that provides rig operators information about what is happening at the drill bit. With the product nearly developed, engineers and architects designed an 80,000 square foot building for the manufacture of the new drill pipe and remanufacture of bits returning from the field. This joint venture had to reach profitability quickly after coming on-line. Start up risks had to be reduced, and certainty was needed in the ramp up to reach planned capacity. To achieve success, the client had to be certain the selected equipment and layout would support the demand
