You are an Industrial, an Investor in Food Industry and …

… You have a project, here is my mission:

FEASIBILITY:

• Functional studies
• Dimensioning
• Mass and energy balances

PRELIMINARY DRAFT:

• Technical solutions, Process
• Budget estimate
• Provisional schedule

STUDIES OF THE PROJECT:

• Detailed technical specifications
• Diagrams, P&ID
• Building layout, implantation of equipment
• Fluid requirements, energy
• Functional Analysis
• “Command Control” Specifications

... You are in the implementation phase, here is my mission:

PURCHASING:

• Developing technical specifications
• Provider consultations and analysis of bids
• Supplier choices assistance
• Redaction of contracts

REALISATION :

• Coordination of Works and Supplies
• Monitoring of progress schedule
• Coordination meetings

RECEPTION & QUALIFICATION:

• Controls and receptions of works and equipments
• Commissioning, SAT (Site Acceptance Tests)
• Qualifications

The advantages of using a consultant:

Specialized expertise:

• Access to a specialized expertise, not available within the company.

Objectivity:

• Get an objective view of a complex situation that involves several departments within the company.
• In the analysis of a problem and the definition of practical solutions, even the most qualified person within the company risks to be influenced by personal implications, habits and his ways of seeing things.
• Because he is independent of the company, the consultant can be impartial in situations where that would be difficult for people inside the company.

Credibility:

• A manager may know exactly what he wants and what decision to take, but to prefer to refer to a consultant to get the necessary support in the realization of his project.

Workload:

• Often, a company lacks of available executives to manage a study or an internal project.