Decide about investments
Investment decision making about new materials and/or energy conversion networks is a cross-functional and -industry effort of R&D, engineering, procurement, and finance departments
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The cubeSphere software platform helps derive consistent business cases and CO2 impact analyses, compare multiple alternatives and scenarios, and collect and assess decision relevant data.
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It further supports you identify important content, collect proof and validity of input, and assess information quality.
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In addition, we internally collect data, information and process models to facilitate business case setup and thus reduce effort and costs.
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Based on our expertise and conceptual background, we can guide you through the development process, support model setup and moderate across functions.
Make early stage decisions
Most of costs and environmental impact are determined at the beginning of research and development projects when uncertainty is highest:
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markets for new products may not even exist,
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competing technologies are developed in parallel
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data are "best guesses" rather than proven information
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you are far away from knowing how the industry size process is going to look like and to perform
Uncertain information should not prevent you from following a structured decision making approach that helps you understand
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if your your idea is beneficial
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which targets to realize
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what you know, and most importantly, what you don't know
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and how investments can be focused to cost efficiently resolve uncertainty
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In addition, covering the complete development process with one consistent model, framework, and decision basis helps you realize your ideas fast and successfully.
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We can support you aligning R&D to the cubeSphere uncertainty resolution process.
Analyze process networks
New process technologies do often not only impact the process itself, but also the surrounding supply and disposal networks, and in some cases the innovation lies in setting up a completely new value chain.
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The cubeSphere framework allows for modeling and analyzing complete process networks from raw materials extraction through disposal of products into nature, including recycling. It therefore allows cradle-to-grave and CO2 scoping and value chain assessments (acc. GHG) - with the possibility to analyze single process steps deeper - if required.
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We provide a growing number of process models including relevant input data to significantly reduce modeling effort.
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We can further support you setting up the required infrastructure and for using company internal Information and support knowledge gathering.
Integrate energy and
materials production
Materials and energy production processes should be considered together: Material production requires energy, while materials are being converted into energy at the same time. Why not optimizing both together and see how green energy and materials production (Power-to-X) can be integrated into a new sustainable setup?
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The cubeSphere allows for modelling large scale energy and materials integration and thus efficient process model development.
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Concept and software platform applicability are not limited to chemical and energy supply networks. They can also be applied to biotechnological and other production process scenarios.
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