Lean design process in piping

Abstract

As a starting point for the exploration of this thesis, the work focuses on organizational current practices in the organization 'Aibel' within piping during detail engineering phase for maintenance and modification project. The focus is mainly for development of integrative capabilities that raise the questions like what are the variables involved, who is in the design domain and how these variables connect in this specific domain. To address these questions the author asks how the operations are organized for maintenance and modification projects at Aibel, where they see the best potential from improvement of integrative capabilities, what are the current issues within the specific aspect (piping during detail engineering phase) and which initiatives can be proposed for future improvements of the aspect. The inherent information in the above proposed questions is with respect to identify and minimize the waste involved in various domains of interest. This study deals with the waste and key waste drivers and discussing them by applying lean design process in piping during detail engineering.