CASE-140 · Engineering case

Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension

Operational product-development platform with released formulations and repeatable performance across selected meat-analogue formats.

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Why the Work Mattered

Purpose and Operating Need

Selected Lean FEL with experiment backlog at Medium / accelerated effort and Accelerated speed; sequenced as Wave 3.

Engineering Approach

Engineering Approach

Delivered platform scope included meat-analogue requirements, protein hydration, RBE/water premix, mixing, forming, cooking, protected cooling, texture and juiciness evaluation, scale-up, packaging, release specifications, and application-team handover. Records include a 0.1-4% use range, preferred 1-2% formulation window, and 85 degrees C pea/soy gel trials. Led delivery and release of the meat-analogue development capability through pilot tooling, scale-up methods, cooking/cooling controls, analytical verification, specifications, and application-team handover.

Outcome & Engineering Context

Outcome and Context

Delivered the meat-analogue application platform through accepted operational turnover and closeout.

Measures & Operating Detail

MeasureValueType & meaningAttribution & operating context
Forecast Variance to Budget62,000 USDScenario or Model Result
Forecast variance

Applies to: Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension

Portfolio project register — Budget less estimate at completion; distinct from the difference between budget and final actual cost.

RBE Use Range0.1 to 4 %Design Parameter
Formulation specification

Applies to: Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension

Meat-analogue applications — Recorded application use range.

Preferred RBE Formulation Window1 to 2 %Design Parameter
Preferred formulation

Applies to: Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension

Meat-analogue applications — Preferred formulation window within the recorded use range.

Pea and Soy Gel Trial Temperature85 °CDesign Parameter
Trial condition

Applies to: Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension

Pea and soy gel trials — Temperature in the recorded gel trials, not a universal process requirement.

Engineering scope and design basis

Food ingredients manufacturer Capital Project Engineer; owning workstream PG-B-02; authority VP Innovation.

2017-04-01 to 2019-02-28; budget $3,100,000; forecast variance (budget less EAC) $62,000.

Directed the translation of approved scope into procurement and supplier-data requirements, construction/configuration work packages, inspection and change records, mechanical completion and readiness evidence.

Used requirements-to-acceptance traceability, WBS and control schedule, cost/resource registers, agreements and acceptance records, baselines, risk/change controls, commissioning evidence, training, and G9 ownership transfer.

Released pilot equipment; ingredient and water control; sanitation and changeover; batch identity; time-temperature control; protected cooling; exposure-based environmental monitoring; hygienic packaging; package integrity; traceability; quarantine and release.

76 controlled project documents across nine lifecycle phases, 362 linked execution records, accepted G1-G9 gates, and final baseline PRJ-B-003-BL-OT-B01.

OPERATIONAL / CLOSED; 0.1-4% use range; preferred 1-2% formulation window; operational turnover completed

Operations received Meat-analogue application platform with accepted configuration, procedures, training, asset and maintenance records, residual-item disposition, and ownership.

Delivered Meat-analogue application platform, measured by 0.1-4% use range; preferred 1-2% formulation window; operational turnover completed, by executing Lean FEL with experiment backlog from concept through G9 closeout.

Actions, Methods & Controls

ACTIVITIES IN CONTEXT

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Roles & contributions
  • Operations Team

    Operating Participation

    Team Contribution

    Received the — Rice Bran Extract Meat-Analogue Platform Extension capability, procedures, training, records and operating ownership at turnover.

  • Project Ownership

    Full lifecycle project ownership

    Owned the full project lifecycle: capital planning and prioritization, need definition, feasibility and scope development, engineering and AFE justification, procurement and vendor coordination, construction sequencing and field oversight, commissioning, turnover, and post-startup support. Connected operating requirements with technical scope, funding decisions, execution readiness, and the needs of operations and maintenance.

Workstream context
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  • Result measures

    0.1-4% use range; preferred 1-2% formulation window; operational turnover completed

  • Participation and responsibility

    Food ingredients manufacturer Capital Project Engineer

  • Participation and responsibility

    Owning workstream PG-B-02

  • Participation and responsibility

    Authority VP Innovation.

  • Scale

    2017-04-01 to 2019-02-28

  • Scale

    Budget $3,100,000

  • Scale
  • Scale
  • Scale

    Forecast variance (budget less EAC) $62,000.

  • Case context

    Records include a 0.1-4% use range, preferred 1-2% formulation window, and 85 degrees C pea/soy gel trials.

  • Case context

    0.1-4% use range

  • Case context

    Preferred 1-2% formulation window

  • Case context

    Operational turnover completed Operational effect

  • Case context

    Delivered Meat-analogue application platform, measured by 0.1-4% use range

  • Case context

    Operational turnover completed, by executing Lean FEL with experiment backlog from concept through G9 closeout.

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