"We don't know what will be on the invoice in the end."
Open-ended hour budgets turn every approval into a discussion with the management board.
Approach · First packages
How do we start, without handing over a big mandate?
With a clearly defined first package at a fixed price agreed in advance. You see how I work. Then you decide whether and how to continue.
Smaller first packages often start the next day
Sound familiar?
External help would be useful, but getting started feels risky.
You do not know the consultant yet. The budget is tight. And your data is your most important asset.
"Before we show any documents, we need certainty."
Process data, drawings, patents: without confidentiality, nobody shows their technology.
"We need someone who starts now, not in three months."
The bottleneck is today. Long tenders cost the time you do not have.
First packages
Five ways to start small and concrete.
Each one is a clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance. Before you start, you know what you get and what it costs.
Design review before EPC award
I check basic data, interfaces and Balance of Plant before the plant contractor raises open points as a change order.
Clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance.
Pilot to first plant (DE)Plant walk-through, then a workshop on the main levers
I walk through the plant with you. Then we work out together where the biggest levers are.
Clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance.
Plant & material flow (DE)Three conceptual layout scenarios in four weeks
A sound basis for decisions by your management and your architects. It is not detailed design, which follows afterwards, with you or your planner.
Clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance.
Production topicsWorking in your project team, with client protection
I strengthen your team with manufacturing and ramp-up experience, with client protection and clearly defined work packages. Your client stays your client.
Clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance.
For planning firms (DE)An outside view in HAZOP and FMEA workshops
I bring an outside perspective to your workshops: asking questions, testing assumptions, facilitating. The analysis stays with your team.
Clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance.
Test rig & Balance of Plant (DE)Not sure which one fits?
We can settle it in 15 minutes.
You describe the situation, I suggest the right package.
Process
Five steps. The first takes ten seconds.
You decide how active to be: just information by email, a call back, or a short introduction straight away.
- 10 sec.
Enquiry
Enter an email address or phone number. That is all it takes.
- 15 min.
Introduction
You describe the situation, and I ask the questions your bottleneck raises.
- NDA
First meeting & NDA
Confidentiality first. Then a joint look at data, plans and plant.
- Fixed price
First package
A clearly defined package at a fixed price agreed in advance, not an open-ended hour budget.
- to SOP
Support
Remotely throughout, on site when it counts, until commissioning and start of series production (SOP).
Your risk, kept small
You take no open-ended risk, neither with money nor with your data.
01
NDA before any data is shared
We sign first, then I see documents.
02
Your intellectual property stays with you
We set this out in the NDA and the contract.
03
Billing by work package
No open-ended hour budget. Every package has a fixed price agreed in advance.
04
Smaller first packages often start the next day
Read in, think it through, prepare the site visit.
How it runs
Three examples, one for each target group.
Typical sequences as they occur in practice. They are examples, not commitments to particular dates.
Scale-up: design reviewExample
- Day 1
Call back requested, 15 minutes on the phone the same day.
- Day 2
NDA signed, documents received. I read in.
- Weeks 1-2
Check basic data, interfaces and Balance of Plant. Site visit.
- Week 3
A prioritised list of open points, before the plant contractor raises them as a change order.
Production: plant walk-throughExample
- Call
You describe the plant, the product and what is going wrong right now.
- NDA
Confidentiality settled, layout and key figures received in advance.
- On site
Walk-through of the plant, then a workshop with your team on the main levers.
- Afterwards
A short report on the levers and, if you wish, layout scenarios as the next step.
Planning firm: joining the teamExample
- Enquiry
Your project needs manufacturing depth at short notice, and your team is at capacity.
- Clarification
Client protection and work packages agreed in writing. You remain your client's contract partner.
- Joint work
I work in your project team: coordination, workshops, production concept.
- Close
Handover of results to your team. Billed by work package.
What the packages are not
The layout scenarios are conceptual, not detailed design. In HAZOP and FMEA I bring an external perspective, and your team owns the analysis. Explosion-protection assessments (ATEX) belong to specialist experts. I bring them in rather than pretend it is my field. And I do not replace an EPC contractor.
What you get
One clear step with one clear result.
Support for commissioning, on site at the decisive steps and including acceptance tests at the manufacturer, follows if you want it.
What does a first package cost?
Every first package is clearly defined and has a fixed price agreed in advance. You know the cost before you start, with no open-ended hour budget.
Do I have to continue afterwards?
No. The first package stands on its own. You decide after the result whether and how to continue.
What happens to our data and our IP?
We sign an NDA before any data is exchanged. Your intellectual property stays with you – we set this out in the NDA and the contract.
Do you actually have capacity?
My projects are planned so that short-notice assignments remain possible.
Let us get started
Which first package fits your situation?
For a smaller, clearly defined first package I can often start the next day: read in, think it through, prepare the site visit. From the start you talk to the engineer who also does the work.