How can conversions, modifications and upgrades create value for the owner? ETH Innovation Meeting, 2 October 2014
Dr Shaun West
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Conversions, modifications and upgrades are about creating value Can we identify the opportunity? Can we create a solution? Can we deliver the solution?
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But first why conversions, modifications and upgrades? • Wide definition that does not suggest a solution • Focuses on owner/operator processes • Allows the solution to deliver value
Upgrades can be suboptimal…
Remember Vista?
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Addressing outcomes, how do Caterpillar consider this? What customers really want… What is traditionally delivered… What(our(customers(really(want…( What(we(tradi@onally(do(for(customers…( Outcomes -‐ Better efficiency -‐ Improved r evenues -‐ Reduced costs -‐ Mitigation of r isk -‐ Improved safety -‐ …
sell equipment, parts and technical services hours
is to achieve the outcomes and improve the bottom line results
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Source: Cameron Ferguson, Caterpillar
The customer value proposition as a useful framework
Have we become complacent with identifying customer value? Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
Where are the value pools commonly found in power plants?
Top line Compliance and risk management
Bottom line
• More availability à + revenue • Higher reliability à + revenue • Reduced maintenance à + revenue
• Environmental à fines and reputation • Health and safety à fines and reputation
• Increased availability à costs • Increased efficiency à costs • Reduced maintenance à costs
How does the owner and/or operator value each topic? Is there a payback rule? CAPEX vs OPEX? Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
Owner/operator – why, who and what do they buy?
What are the triggers? Changes in regulation
Who are the buyers?
Changes in markets
Operational site?
Problem plant area Technology
Performance engineer? HQ project (as per new units)
Life extension
What do they buy? Full value when the system is addressed Need short payback Plant life extension
The results of CMUs are outcomes! Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
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The life-‐cycle of the equipment helps you to identify potential owner/operator needs
How much of the spend can be captured? What outcomes are needed at each stage? Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
What can be learnt from the life-‐cycle How the owner/operator is using their plant
Total owner spend
Total market value OEM share of spend
When to inject new technology
Timing of owner spend
Impact of availability
The life cycle is key to helping the owner/operator make the right decision Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
CASE 1
STRUKTON RAIL
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Experiences in Holland and Australia -‐ Expectations set by the context of the home market -‐ Dutch rail has driven cost out … so what happened in Australia?
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Rail is a bottleneck for the mine • 12 train movements per day • Each iron ore train moves 1M AUD • The rail system limits the number of movements
The customer is willing to pay (well) for increased rail capacity Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
The value proposition was very different to the cost-‐driven home market • Maximise revenue potential
• Increase rail capacity
• Minimise unplanned maintenance
• Undertake preventative maintenance
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Model (simply) the mine owner’s willingness to pay Assumptions • 350 operational days • 1M AUD value of one train load • 750k AUD extraction cost per train load • 250k AUD charge margin per add train • Can increase capacity by 1 train/day
Willingness to pay • 43M AUD (50/50 value share) • 87M AUD on 1 yr payback
Outcome • 350x250k = 87.5M AUD/yr Check: reasonable for the effort?
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CASE 2
VANDERLANDE
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Systems thinking • Few airport operators • OEM is a system integrator … what advantages does a system integrator have?
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Lack of know how prevents operators from being efficient • Vanderlande design, install, commission operate, maintain, support systems • Some owners operate only one airport Vanderlande Services solutions • Value proposition for each market segment
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By undertaking system O&M they understand the owner’s pain better Service Innovation | Dr Shaun West
The customer needs a system that delivers bags quickly • Maximise passenger throughput • Minimised investment
• Advice on where to dock planes
• Improve thoughput when busy • Limited spares/easier maintenance
• Selective de-‐bottlenecking • Coordinated maintenance • Limited spares stock
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Model (simply) the owner’s value creation Assumptions • 1M USD cost of new system • 2 A380s together create delays • 100k USD to modify capacity • 200 flights per year • 5 USD tariff per passenger
Willingness to pay • 1M USD for new system (8.3USD/person) • 5 USD per passenger • Suggest 2 USD per passenger as the target
Outcome • 100k /(400x200)=1.25c/person Check: reasonable for the effort?
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CASE 3
ALSTOM AND THE 13MXL
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Why move to the MXL upgrade • Alstom holds LTSAs on 90% of the fleet • It is able to drive the upgrade to all owners … what can Alstom do that other OEMs cannot do?
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Two very different power markets served by one standard product • GT13E2 is a standard product • Owners operate in very different markets
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What is achieved when cost is driven out? • Lower cost of maintenance • Higher availability
• Reduce firing temperature
• Frequent maintenance
• Reduce the maintenance requirements
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What is achieved when cost is driven out? Assumptions • 24k hour inspections à 48k • 50% less majors • 1.5M USD investment • 3.0M USD per inspection
Willingness to pay • 1.5M USD with one unit • NPV for both approx equal • Improvement >2x with 2 units
Outcome • 1.5M USD saving over 48k OH • Plus +7 days availability/year Check: is there owner value?
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What can be achieved when owners want more • Increased capacity • Improved efficiency
• Increase firing temperature
• Limited capacity of the unit • Dropping in merit order
• Increase capacity • Increase efficiency
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Increasing unit capacity and efficiency Assumptions • 700USD/kW cost new plant • 25USD clean spark spread • 6,000h generation per year • 20MW additional capacity
Willingness to pay • 10.5M USD new unit cost • 7M USD 50/50 share 4 years • 3.5M USD 1 year margin
Outcome • 3.5M USD pa gross margin • Plus lower fuel consumption Check: reasonable for the effort?
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LESSONS LEARNT
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Lessons learnt from the case studies
Understand owner’s operations Understand what the owner values Find a solution to their pains and gains Measure the value you have delivered
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Understand the value creation and find a way to deliver more
Lessons from the cases that are often forgotten in daily business Discuss and measure the pains and gains with the ‘right’ people
Find out what the customer values (based on job to be done)
Identify value
Create value
Deliver value
Design a solution to maximise the gains and minimise the pains
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(Figure based on Anderson, 2009)
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