Process Economics and Management (CHE 423) Assignment 2

- Industrial Operations and Assessments (20 marks)

You are part of the chemical engineering operations team of a manufacturing
company, and the Director of the company has instructed you and your team to
carry out a thorough assessment of key operations within the company from a
sustainability standpoint.
In a group of 3 chemical engineers:
1. Nominate any manufacturing company of your choice, identify the
upstream and downstream operations and rationalize the requirements
for these operations. The company can be based in Malaysia, Australia or
global (20%).
2. Identify 9 major operations/activities within the company and categorise
under social, economic and environmental operations (three for each).
(20%)
3. Assess each of these operations in relation to sustainability requirement
(25%).
4. Suggest mechanisms to improve the social, environmental and economic
aspects of the company as identified in 2 above (20%).
5. Produce an assessment of your teams effort including the percentage
contribution of each member (5%).
Note
Writing skills, referencing and formatting will take 10%.
Referencing - Chicago style.
Format: 5pages maximum including cover page; references; and tables and
figures (if included). 1.5 line spacing. 12 point font. 2cm margins.
Deadline: Wednesday 30
th
October, 2013 @ 5PM