Solution Oriented Consulting for the Iron & Steel Industry - PILLWAX Industrial Solutions Consulting

Performance and Quality of steel production processes in the Steel Industry are a blend of the available technical equipment and the human resources of personnel. Other than in service oriented organizations, making steel involves heavy process equipment and technology that is part of the situations generally called problems and also part of the possible solutions. Consulting Services in this area and industry require understanding of the technology and production processes to effectively work on a solution.

The process equipment used in steel plants may show varying degrees of individuality as during the initial acquiring phase with plant engineering companies the technology offered by them underlies certain adaptations to fit the needs of the particular steelmaker or even a single plant in his organization. While operating this technology for production the steelmaker acquires knowledge in the handling of its acquired technology that again is individual to its plant and operation. So any consulting approach that stems from a cross-industry abstracted view and experience shows a significant probability to stay behind expectations.

That is why PILLWAX Industrial Solutions Consulting is focused particularly on working in a Solution Orientation that facilitates solutions that emerge in the particular organization or its plant within the boundary conditions of their technology. Especially through our experience of focused work in the Iron & Steel Industry, understanding of its plant equipment and of the production processes, completely different consulting processes are created that make a significant difference to any other and traditional consulting philosophy.

We combine more than 10 years of Plant Equipment, Engineering and Industrial Automation experience in the global Iron & Steel Industry with our solution oriented consulting approach that allows and enables particular solutions to the particular challenges of a Iron & Steel manufacturer or even a single plant of. With having a good network of specialists in the areas of Plant Equipment Engineering, Industrial Automation and Metallurgy expert knowledge is available to any consulting process when and if required. Focusing such that through each consulting project and process the missing knowledge, to arrive at a certain objective, is built within the steelmakers organization or plant.

This approach is widely different from the traditional ways of consulting services whereas it is usual for the consultant to gain the knowledge along a project with a type of knowledge transfer to the clients organization at the end. Transfer of knowledge however underlies its individual dynamics and requires itself a knowledge transfer process which is mostly shortcut by submitting externalised knowledge of the consultant in form of a study document that may make it highly improbable that the required information is passed across into the organization.

So we combine Solution Oriented Consulting with understanding of the Iron & Steel Production to form highly effective consulting processes in which we enable the participating organization, plant or unit, to create the solution and the new knowledge that it holds. When outside sources of knowledge are included in this process, then in such way that these make contributions that otherwise would not be available from within. Making the customers organization smarter along the way to the objective and allowing to shape their future by itself.

No outside consultant will ever be able to bring the amount of knowledge and expertise a single steel producing plant has acquired during their time of production, in their market and with their Process Technology. That is why PILLWAX Industrial Solutions Consulting is the pioneer in the field of Solution Orientation in Industrial Consulting and the each past project confirmed us the highly effective and sustained results of our consulting approach.

Here some areas of application in a Steel Manufacturers Organization that are completely covered by and a typical application of our consulting activities focused on the Iron & Steel Industry:

Modernization of a existing plant, be it with or without major capital expenditure into process equipment or technology. This may involve the finding of potentials, processes to arrive at selection of potentials for further development and companionship along a single modernization process.
Improvement processes to create new or different performance of Process Equipment, Unit or Plant within the customers understanding of what constitutes this term of "performance".
Companionship during projects with outer knowledge sources such as Engineering Companies or Process Technology Suppliers, from their early conceptual stages forward into startup phases and first production.