Building Your Distillery — Conceptual Development & 项目计划

If you’ve read our blog series “如何建立一个酿酒厂,你可能有一个很好的, high-level overview of the steps it takes to escalate your project from simple napkin sketches to refined spirits production. 但是今天, let’s dive into the details and importance of conceptual development and planning, and how understanding your goals early on will set you up for success down the road.

项目目标 & kpi

We want to begin planning our new facility by setting goals and “defining” success. The first question to ask yourself (if you haven’t already) is: “Why?”

问自己“为什么??” seems like such a silly question at first, but it’s the base that you build everything from. Think of it as a mission statement. Maybe you want to simply increase production of a certain product – or, multiple products. You may desire a greater emphasis on an enjoyable tourist experience. Maybe you have a certain level of LEED certification you wish to obtain. 如果你不能回答“为什么??,” the project will lack direction at its core and suffer in the end.

As you develop your goals, the enthusiasm and energy surrounding your project can’t help but grow! Everyone is excited to be involved in the creation of something new! 哦吼! While this energy is great for the team, it can become a detriment to your project. A lot of teams will get ideas and say, “Well, you know it’d be cool if we had….或者“既然我们在做这件事。, we might as well…” and when this happens, it’s important to pull in the reins, 退一步, 深呼吸. 这一切还可行吗? Do these new ideas fall in line with our original goals? The importance of defining what you aren’t going to do is just important as what you are going to do.

Another important reason to define what you’re going to do is to help measure the project’s health and overall success through the use of Key Performance Indicators, 或kpi. Quantitative data such as preliminary production & 分布估计, 里程碑计划日期, 或ROM预算, 都能帮上忙吗, but following the 3M Principle (Meaningful, 可衡量的, and Manageable) should help shape your project’s specific kpi.

最初的设计工作

While honing and refining your high-level project goals, it’s important to begin developing your process design. 澳门足彩app’s John Rezsonya, AIA, talks about this a bit in 他的文章, but it’s worth emphasizing these ideas in this space as well. The goals you set from a production standpoint will lend their hand in helping you determine what equipment is needed to get your process design kicked off and to initiate preliminary 工艺流程图 (PFD) development.

Considerations for 控制 and interfacing with your equipment should be given thought at this stage as well – if you plan on automating your process, there are complexities that need to be carefully considered before you can develop your plant architecture in detail.

And while it may not be the sexiest thing in your plant, don’t neglect your utility design – from water and steam supply, 压缩空气, to natural gas or even thermal oil, they all play a part in running your process and cannot be overlooked.

当pfd开始成形, you will start to have a better understanding of the space all this equipment will be taking up. Preliminary layout drawings will help take your PFD and place each piece in its place, as well as help put a number to the square footage your building is going to require. You don’t want to be in a position where you’re trying to pack ten pounds of distilling equipment into a five-pound building!

Taking these steps in conceptual development will help paint the picture of what success on your project looks like and will pave the road for detailed design as you continue to work through the needs of your process, as well as setting guidelines to manage the project against.

The philosophy of beginning with the end in mind will serve paramount in getting your 酒厂 running within your constraints while still leaving you satisfied and raising a glass in honor of the end result.

For more information, contact 澳门足彩app’s 啤酒、葡萄酒 & 烈酒事业部负责人 安东尼•白.