Refinery consultants specializing in conceptual designs, feasibility studies, economic studies, linear programming, linear program validation, linear program model development, linear program training, feedstock evaluation, blend stock evaluation.

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Job Title
Company

LP Modeling

What system(s) are you using?

For what purpose(s) do you use a LP? (e.g. planning, special studies, other)

What LP feature(s) or functionality in your model(s) are you least familiar with?

What LP feature(s) or functionality would you like to see improved or added?

Would a non-linear modeling tool be better for some uses?

How important do you consider:

Not Important

Very Important

M.I.P.

Time staging (i.e. multi-period)

Customer Support

Run-time

Property non-convergence

What other software tool(s) would you like to see acquired or updated to assist your job?

Work Process

What do you find most interesting about your job?
What aspect about your job gives you the most frustration?
If you had to pick one thing that hampers you in doing a better job, what would it be?
What would you like to see done to make your job easier or better?
Where do you see opportunities that could make your group more effective?

Consultants and Outsourcing

Technical training is needed for various reasons such as employee turnover and advances in technology. What is the most predominate reason your company does technical training?

Your company has a lot of technical data to maintain, e.g. crude assays, unit yields, component blending data, etc. Which of these requires the most maintenance effort?

Does your company outsource or use consultants for certain routine tasks or jobs?

Yes

If yes, what services do they provide?

If no, what services did your company last use a consultant for?

Do you prefer to have consultants work on-site, off-site or a mix?

Keeping in mind that we are talking about your business, please complete the following sentence. "I wish I could find somebody who could ......"