Energy project management work process

Alejandro Alcalde Rasch is a principal at McKinsey from the Dusseldorf office. He is a member of the global energy and materials sector and has worked in several different process industries, with an emphasis on chemicals and steel. His areas of expertise are in operations, where he has led several site services, maintenance, and manufacturing projects, and in marketing and sales. He holds a Dipl.-Kfm. and a PhD in business administration and management from the University of Duisburg. 

Most economic studies of chemical processes show the projected performance of the process with respect to some parameter like return on investment, profit on sales, or net present value at some future year. These studies are appropriate for project evaluation by management, and may include cost components related to capital, energy, utilities, raw materials, labor, overhead, working capital, and so on. 

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