Operational Excellence – Lessons Learned from Golf

It’s March – finally.  The Winter darkness has noticeably given way to longer hours of daylight.  The cold and the snows are abating.  The crocuses and early spring flowers are in bloom.  It’s a pleasure to waken to the birds chirping.  And a person can feel that Spring is just around the corner. That is,…

Operational Excellence & Challenges Faced in a CO2 Removal System

In 2010, Engro Fertilizers commissioned the world’s largest single-train ammonia-urea complex capable of producing 3835 tpd prilled urea. This Plant is equipped with aMDEA Based CO2 Removal System to make the process more clean and energy efficient. This paper presents operating experience of BASF aMDEA in a CO2 removal system of this new Ammonia Plant….

Continuous Improvement Assessments: The Rally-Point of the Journey

Continuous Improvement Assessments: The Rally-Point of the Journey

So, you are thinking about embarking upon a Continuous Improvement (CI) Journey at your company.  Or, more than likely, you are going to be RE-embarking upon a CI Journey at your company. But where do you start?  At the beginning, of course… “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao…