NOVA MACHINA

Improve Decision-Making

Industry Research

Manufacturing is a dynamic environment with changing technological, economic, political, legal, competitive, and labor conditions. Synthesis of intelligence can rapidly lose relevance due to the evolution of the environment and of the strategic questions. At NOVA MACHINA, we use our impartiality and technical and commercial expertise to conduct primary and secondary research studies for clients to support them in addressing their most important opportunities and challenges. Our services produce one-time synthesis, or they can be integrated into clients' intelligence  programs to support strategic management.

Identify Paths to Success

Feasibility Studies

Emergent manufacturing technologies have the potential to add tremendous value to an enterprise. They can also come with significant cost and risk that negate the added value. The cost and risk are reduced and managed with an understanding of the specific ways that these technologies add value, the requirements for employing them, and the options for meeting the requirements. At NOVA MACHINA, we use our extensive engineering and business experience to conduct feasibility assessments for clients to determine the risk-adjusted value of integrating new manufacturing technologies. We examine factors internal and external to our clients to define business objectives and design bases, and to develop options for deploying technology.

Develop Innovative Products

Product Engineering

Emergent manufacturing technologies are revolutionary or disruptive innovations, causing revamps of existing product design and optimization methods. This changes engineering assumptions, design guidelines, and the application of standards. At NOVA MACHINA, we use our engineering knowledge of  new manufacturing technologies to create verified, technical data packages for clients' products. The data packages contain specifications for the critical factors identified in the quality function deployment. These factors may be related to the design, material, process, and their interaction. We commit product samples to rigorous testing to verify or certify that the technical data packages will meet specifications, standards, and regulations.

Design Production Methods

Process Engineering

Emergent manufacturing technologies are new processes, or they require transformations of existing ones. These technologies change existing engineering axioms and precepts for plant design, often resulting in processes flows, equipment configurations, and plant layouts different than before. At NOVA MACHINA, we apply our process engineering expertise and knowledge of new technologies to design production plants that employ or produce emergent technologies. We provide clients with process engineering services for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of production lines or plants. We also provide them with project management and engineering support services for the detailed-engineering design, procurement, and construction stages.

Acquire Resources for Success

Supply Chain Design

​Supply chains associated with emergent manufacturing technologies are naturally nascent. New resources and competencies needed to succeed are difficult to identify and acquire given their tacitness, complexity, and specificity. At NOVA MACHINA, we use our technical and commercial experience and knowledge to design, assemble, and manage the portfolio of suppliers of property- and knowledge-based resources. We identify and qualify suppliers, determine the structures of supplier relationships, and design management systems to ensure that the collective resources enable clients to benefit from the technology while meeting demand, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Achieve Goals Efficiently and Consistently

Operations Excellence

Adaptability is a requirement of contemporary manufacturing facilities due to  changes in demand, supply, technology, and regulations. This is compounded for plants and supply chains associated with emergent manufacturing technologies. This change gives rise to inefficiencies that must be addressed through continuous improvement programs. At  NOVA MACHINA, we use our engineering and manufacturing expertise to optimize the performance of facilities and supply chains using new technologies. We conduct studies to eliminate waste and decrease variability. We develop testing and calibration protocols to maintain the supply chain under statistical control. We also conduct reliability studies of critical equipment to determine needed redundancies and preventive maintenance schedules.