Business Cases

Perry, Pam, ed. The Bottom Line How to Build a Business Case for ISO 14001. Boca Raton, Fla. CRC Press-St. Lucie Press, 1999. - Based on the experiences and data of companies that have implemented ISO 14001. 

Arthur de Little, SenterNovem (2006) Full study presented to platform for chain efficiency (PKE). Building a business case on process intensification Belloni A (2006) Process 13 64-65... 

Campbell, C., "Legal Issues Associated with Pharmacogenomics," In Tadmor, B. and M.H. Tulloch (eds.), The Business Case for Pharmacogenomics, 2nd ed., Wobum, MA AdvanceTech Monitor, pp. 8-23 (2001). 

The business case This provides initial requirements, defining the business problem or opportunity that this project addresses. It typically includes a high-level list of numbered functional and nonfunctional requirements2 (lb), the business reasons and risks for the project (la), the scope of the project in terms of things definitely included or excluded, linked clearly to a business model in terms of business objectives, actions or use cases, and user roles that must be supported (la), known requirements on the architecture, design, and implementation (lc), and constraints on project budget and schedules (Id). 

H2 power and transport systems commercially available infrastructure business case realised. 

Garud, R., Kumaraswamy, A., Malhotra, M. 2003. Infosys architecture of a scalable corporation. Stern School of Business Case, New York University. 

Providing business cases based on real examples to encourage industry ... 

Graduate, Postdoctoral Green Chemistry Business Case Studies, including contact with Campus Business Clubs Cornell University Tyler McQuade... 

Business School Education Business Case studies, Chemistry Business School Collaborations Green Chemistry Institute Kathryn Parent... 

For further calculation and assessment of business cases the performance of the operating or auxiliary material and the know-how of the supplier are now decisive factors, too. 

In the business case of painting disposal costs may reach EUR 0.5/kg and the process efficiency (coating percentage of used paint) may be around 60% of the paint input. This assumption leads to the production of 40% waste related to the input of paint2. Based on the input of 100,000 kg/year in the theoretical example disposal costs of EUR 20,000/yr (40,000 kg a EUR 0.5) occur. An increase of 10% process efficiency means 66% instead of 60% paint used and consequently 34,000 kg waste instead of 40,000 kg. 

In this business case there are two suppliers who provide the lubricants to the Mexican sugar mills. The lubricant is delivered to the sugar mill and collected and recycled by the service providers. The machines in the sugar mill are operated by the user. The basis of payment is the amount of sugar cane milled therefore the unit of charge is based on the function of the used lubricants (Fig. 7). 

In the following table all described cases are summarised. It is clearly shown that in most cases the user is responsible for the application plant and only in the case of Safechem/Pero the supplier cooperation owns, manages and accommodates the plant. The substance is often owned by the supplier, only in 2 cases the ownership changes from supplier to user. The recycling or disposal equipment is managed and owned by the supplier in each of the analysed business cases. Finally, there is clear evidence of economic and environmental benefits gained in all cases where users and suppliers are satisfied with the proposed Chemical Leasing model (Fig. 11). 

Business case Sub- stance Application plant Disposal plant Unit of charge... 

Assessment studies show that several geological formations could be used for UGS, of which one location (Ninotsminda) has already been positively identified as termed feasible. While the needs for storage capacity should continue to be analysed and clearly defined, the priority is (now) to provide data required to make a business case for the prospective sites. However, until further business cases are being developed companies with relevant expertise in UGS should be technically and financially involved. 

The growing use of more complex PAT (vs. the historically used simple univariate sensors such as pressure, temperature, pH, etc.) within manufacturing industries is driven by the increased capabilities of these systems to provide scientific and engineering controls. Increasingly complex chemical and physical analyses can be performed in, on, or immediately at the process stream. Drivers to implement PA include the opportunity for live feedback and process control, cycle time reduction, laboratory test replacement as well as safety mitigation. All of these drivers can potentially have a very immediate impact on the bottom line, since product quality and yield may be increased and labor cost reduced. If these benefits can be exploited by a process analytical application then the business case is typically readily available. 

Calculate optimum production network and transition business case under conditions... 

Synthesis - drawing together information to build a business case. 

This presentation will typically be 10 to 20 slides in length and may be on a laptop computer and /or hard copy (it is preferable to have hard copies to hand in any case to exchange with the counterparty). This will serve the purpose of making contemporaneous notes of answers to questions on the relevant slide and to make up the take-home message. This assists both teams as the message is concise, structured and to the point. Both sides can present and, if desired, meet-up later to expand on points of interest and they can fix a meeting then and there for later at the conference, or for another date and venue. A full presentation with technical data and back-up publications can be reserved for this subsequent meeting. Less skilled practitioners unfortunately do not stick to this formula and tend to try and present their full company history and business case in 15 minutes which neither does justice to the opportunity... 

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