Project management at Saltigo
Project management at Saltigo: four steps to success
We use holistic, target-oriented project management to effectively carry out customer projects.
Our project management system is proven and flexible
Saltigo specializes in custom manufacturing. We rely on our wholistic project management (WPM) to ensure that our customers' needs are met. This system has been optimized and fine-tuned over the years and has been proven to be very successful. In particular the creation of dedicated project teams has been proven to be extremely valuable, in order to always have the right team formed for your product.
- The teams are led by chemists, engineers or technicians with many years of production experience.
- Along with their interdisciplinary colleagues from all departments, such as process development, engineering, marketing, procurement, HSEQ and production, they are a team responsible for managing each project.
- These project teams remain accountable throughout the entire project lifecycle to ensure that expert knowledge is continuously developed and preserved in the customer's best interest.
Our four phases of project management
The Saltigo project management framework is based on a four-phase model. It consists of the following sub-processes
- Inquiry and project evaluation
- Development and process development
- Initial production, facility set-up and pilot production
- Regular production, continuous improvement and innovation
Saltigo is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 (quality management), DIN EN ISO 50001 (energy management) and DIN EN ISO 14001 (environmental management). In addition, our analytical laboratory is certified according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025. An internationally recognized certification company audits us regularly. The certificates are available for download.
Our process developers generate product samples for evaluation and validation of the process. We implement our customers' analytical methods or develop our own methods as required. At the end of this phase, we submit a binding offer to our customers.
At the time of facility design and set-up for the initial production phase, we ensure that all aspects of occupational safety and environmental protection are fulfilled. This is a basic requirement for our operations. Therefore, we align in detail with all relevant internal experts such as engineering, process development and the operations management team.
Sustainability plays an essential role during the process development. This includes for example to
- avoid or reduce the amount of waste water and solid waste,
- reduce specified energy consumption,
- assess alternative processes.
After the pilotation phase, the regular production phase begins. In this phase, the manufacturing process is further evaluated & optimized in a continuous improvement process (CIP). Following this quality management principle, we are typically pursuing the following goals:
- minimize waste streams,
- improve solvent recycling rates and
- increase process throughput per unit time.
