The customer magazine of Andritz Pulp & Paper Issue 1— 2004
The customer magazine of Andritz Pulp & Paper Issue 1— 2004
The customer magazine of Andritz Pulp & Paper Issue 1— 2004
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Portucel<br />
Unique team OPEns the way<br />
for millwide reliability<br />
ASIP - Assist ^ encia e Serviços para a<br />
Indústria do Papel, ACE, a specialpurpose<br />
corporation owned by<br />
<strong>Andritz</strong>, Siemens, ATM, and Portucel,<br />
is responsible for the millwide maintenance<br />
at Portucel's Setubal mill in<br />
Portugal.<br />
This is part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Andritz</strong>'s service<br />
concept called Overall Production<br />
Efficiency (OPE ® ) where the goal is to<br />
increase the production <strong>of</strong> a process<br />
line, or entire mill, by leveraging the<br />
overall maintenance activities.<br />
In the case <strong>of</strong> Setubal, the goal was<br />
not just to reduce maintenance costs,<br />
according to Henrique Figueira, <strong>Pulp</strong> and<br />
Energy Production Manager. "Our first<br />
priority was to increase the availability<br />
<strong>of</strong> the installed equipment, through better<br />
maintenance approaches and state-<strong>of</strong>the-art<br />
procedures. We are not interested<br />
in saving money if, for instance, the availability<br />
<strong>of</strong> the equipment decreases. We<br />
want to keep availability at a high level, at<br />
the minimum cost."<br />
Seppo Sandberg, Site Manager for<br />
ASIP and also an <strong>Andritz</strong> employee,<br />
supports the logic to this approach.<br />
"Maintenance cost per tonne <strong>of</strong> pulp<br />
is a key performance indicator,"<br />
Sandberg explains. "Each month we<br />
report on the total maintenance cost per<br />
tonne <strong>of</strong> pulp produced. ASIP's compensation<br />
is based upon achieving key<br />
performance criteria (production, quality,<br />
raw material consumption, safety,<br />
etc.) for each process area and overall.<br />
"As the Site Manager, I have two<br />
simple targets. <strong>The</strong> first is <strong>customer</strong><br />
satisfaction. Without <strong>customer</strong> satisfaction,<br />
the second target is not achievable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second target is a positive<br />
financial result for my company."<br />
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<strong>The</strong> drive for more production<br />
Figueira says that the short-term goal is<br />
not only to significantly reduce maintenance<br />
costs, but to increase production for<br />
the same level <strong>of</strong> maintenance spending.<br />
This will reduce maintenance cost/tonne.<br />
<strong>The</strong> benchmark cost before ASIP began<br />
was 35 euros per tonne. Today's target<br />
is 27 euros per tonne. "<strong>The</strong> drive is for<br />
more production at a higher equipment<br />
availability," Figueira says.<br />
"Our first attempt at outsourcing local<br />
maintenance began about eight years<br />
ago in the woodyard area," Figueira<br />
says. "We also did this for the effluent<br />
treatment plant, but only small local<br />
companies were involved at that time."<br />
Left: Henrique<br />
Figueira, <strong>Pulp</strong> and<br />
Energy Production<br />
Manager for Setubal.<br />
"We want to keep<br />
equipment availability<br />
at a high level, at the<br />
minimum cost."<br />
Right: Seppo<br />
Sandberg (right), Site<br />
Manager for <strong>Andritz</strong>'s<br />
OPE ® team at Setubal,<br />
confers with a pulp<br />
production supervisor<br />
in front <strong>of</strong> the continuous<br />
digester.