Expanded Profit Driven Reliability Models

The Expanded Profit Driven Reliability model includes all of the functionality of the Basic Profit Driven Reliability Model expanded to represent an entire manufacturing system or supply chain complete with buffers, operating logic, and supply chain logic.  You can contact me to provide you with a price.  The price¹  of an Expanded Reliability Model is based on the number of in-process buffers, operating areas, and process complexity. 

Pricing for Expanded Profit Driven Reliability Model

Basic Profit Driven Reliability Model ($995): This price includes one operating area plus setting up the user interface.

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Adding In-process buffers (Tanks): Add $300 for each in-process storage tank or buffer.  Buffers require both an upstream and downstream operating area.  Consequently, adding a buffer requires adding another operating area, see below.

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Adding Additional Operating areas:  Add $500 for each additional operating area (either in parallel or series). 

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Adding Process complexity:  Process complexity includes adding special operations logic such as blending rules, operating rules for multi-component processes, supply chain logic for raw material acquisition or product distribution, etc.  You need to contact me for pricing.  

As an example, a small refinery with total of 13 operating areas (two crude units, one coker, one reformer, one FCC, three de-sulfurization units, a hydrogen plant, a sulfur recovery unit, and three light-end recovery/stabilization units) and eight in-process buffers would have been

                            $995 + $500 x 12 + $300 x 8 = $9395.

In this example, the refinery had more than eight tanks; however, they only had eight buffers.  Multiple tanks worked together to provide a common buffer between operating areas.

Pricing for the Expanded Reliability Model includes access to on-line training and e-mail support for general questions related to the use of the model.  It does not include site-specific user support, nor does it include training users in basic reliability concepts. 

Obtaining a complete Profit Driven Reliability Model of your manufacturing system is simple.  You just need to send me a sketch of your system.  The sketch should only show the following

All buffers and operating areas should be labeled with a name.  The name should not exceed 16 characters, including blank spaces.

Obtaining a complete Profit Driven Reliability Model of your supply chain may require additional information such as  

¹ All pricing is subject to change without notice and does not include travel costs nor does it include travel time outside of the continental US.