Build the operating system before filling the floor.
SharpSigma supports greenfield facility launches, brownfield retooling/expansion and focused production-system changes where line design, layout, flow, equipment, capacity, quality and launch readiness have to work together.
Demand → Flow → Equipment → Control → Ramp
Translate product mix, demand and process requirements into a production system that can be commissioned and managed.
Requirements & capacity
Demand, mix, takt, cycle assumptions, staffing, equipment, utilities and critical quality constraints.
Line & layout logic
Production-line design, process sequence, value flow, material movement, inspection/test points, buffers and operator/equipment interfaces.
Launch readiness
Equipment qualification, process controls, operational documentation/standard work, staffing/training, run-at-rate and issue closure.
Change the operation without losing control of the current one.
Brownfield work has different constraints: existing equipment, installed utilities, live production, legacy controls, space restrictions and transition risk.
- Retooling and equipment replacement
- Capacity expansion and bottleneck removal
- Layout/flow improvement
- Line relocation or product-transfer readiness
- Commissioning, validation and ramp planning
Engineering → Equipment → Process → Quality → Ramp
Facility work becomes reliable when those decisions are made as one system rather than as isolated workstreams.
Specify the equipment around the process.
SharpSigma can support URS/technical requirements, equipment evaluation, acceptance criteria, process qualification, test/inspection integration and automation interfaces.
- Equipment specification and selection support
- FAT/SAT or equivalent acceptance planning where applicable
- Cycle/capacity verification
- Process validation and control planning
- Industrial automation and MES/test integration
A production system you can launch.
Capacity model, process map, layout/flow concept, equipment requirements, readiness plan, validation matrix, launch tracker, risk register and handover documentation.
See Industrial Automation →Launching, expanding or retooling production?
Start with demand, product/process scope, facility constraints and the date the operation has to work.