In this process, you carry out project processing for the construction of a power station.

A typical production method for the construction of a power station is Make-to-Order Production, which involves considerable risks with regard to technical solutions, costs and dates.

This process is characterized by the following:

• When the order is placed, there is a comprehensive quotation phase.
• The power station is characterized by its complexity and one-off nature. This leads to a large portion of order-specific project and engineering activities. To depict the functional and spatial product structure, we require various methods from Engineering Data Management during the entire life cycle.
• The order lead time (from the quotation to the processing of the warranty) lasts several years. Long lead times require corresponding control mechanisms for individual activities and results. The success of the project is to be ensured through integrated planning, monitoring and controlling of the capacities, materials, costs and dates. You also need to plan and monitor the down payments and payments.
• The expenses required to convert the customer requests into the final product are very high. The task is made even more difficult by constant changes. The flexibility and speed with which an enterprise can react to these changes during the project are fundamental competitive factors. Engineering Change Management can be used as a crucial component, for example, with respect to product liability.

During the project, you need to integrate the various business processes and approaches into the different phases of the value creation process. We detail the project management functions at the corresponding points in the process. However, we have summarized central functions, such as PS Cash Management.

Responsibility for the overall processing of the project is taken by IDES Canada. This consists of planning, engineering, procurement and construction of the power station.

IDES Canada has the know-how required to build the power station. This know-how is managed in the SAP System using PDM functions. This means that knowledge and experience are stored in master data, such as the standard WBS, standard networks and technical locations.

IDES Canada receives a request for quotation (RFQ) from North Energy Ltd / Calgary regarding the construction of a power station.

This is followed by an extensive quotation phase before the order is placed. The activities, resources and costs available for internal project planning, as well as the assessment of vendor quotations, ensures that you can select a quotation that is attractive from both a technical and economic perspective. There is a comprehensive basic engineering phase. Project-specific documents (specifications) are created, which describe the functional requirements of the power station. When the order is placed, these documents provide the basis for a more detailed description in the technical departments.

The project-specific data determined during quotations processing are checked against the incoming order, and then revised and refined as required. When the results of the technical inspection are ready, you report back to Basic Engineering, thereby releasing the project for additional processing in the specialist departments. You also create a project-specific cash budget planning.

Based on the specifications of Basic Engineering, we describe in detail the individual components of the power station, split by specialist area. On the basis of these specifications, you produce or procure the components.

The location at which the power station is to be constructed, corresponds to the construction site to which the power station parts and the tools are to be delivered. Assembly and commissioning take place at the construction site.

All of the cost centers involved in the project confirm their work. These confirmations are made using time sheets (CATS).

The detailed recording of components, the issuing of orders, and the control of deliveries and activities allows you to retain a clear cost overview so that the planned values from the cost estimate are not exceeded.