Zeta offers first-class services and tailor-made solutions to its customers' specific problems. Based on efficient concepts and with a strong focus on sustainability, Zeta  manages projects of varying size and complexity as a supplier of process technology, engineering or as a general planner.

In the following interview, Johannes Koch, Associate Director Business Line Engineering & Services, provides some valuable insights into Zeta's integrated approach.

Zeta offers first-class services and tailor-made solutions to its customers' specific problems. Based on efficient concepts and with a strong focus on sustainability, Zeta manages projects of varying size and complexity as a supplier of process technology, engineering or as a general planner. In the following interview, Johannes Koch, Associate Director Business Line Engineering & Services, provides some valuable insights into Zeta's integrated approach.

One of Zeta’s outstanding characteristics is the way the company combines its engineering force with its powers as project delivery partner. What is Zeta’s key to success in providing design & build solutions?

Johannes Koch: The pharma or biotech process plant has always been Zeta’s backbone and original focus. When we speak about integrated delivery, we tackle all aspects of such a plant across all project phases.   Having vast experience in a variety of delivery models, Zeta consults and supports as early as a CAPEX project may need to be set up, looking at various options with or without a feasibility study followed by the canonical engineering phases. Importantly, Zeta can then also fully deliver the process plant with all procurement activities, manufacturing in our inhouse shopfloors providing outstanding dynamic testing possibilities, transferring the plant to site, performing the installation works followed by SAT or CQV activities. Here, Zeta does not separate between an engineering team and a delivery team but stands for true end-to-end delivery with a one-team approach.

End-to-end across a wide range of activities certainly involves a vast variety of people in terms of experience and skillsets. This bears enormous potential but also poses challenges. How is Zeta dealing with those issues?

J. Koch: At Zeta, we do not just put specialists together, but we also clearly follow an integrated approach team-wise with the one-team strategy. We allocate the experts required to tackle the respective problem. The core team is carefully selected for each individual project or task at hand to remain constant for the whole project. Specifically, this translates to one core team ensuring project delivery throughout all phases of the project, from earliest development to operations.

Zeta attaches great emphasis to the fact that its approach as a solution provider is an integrated approach. Could you describe what this implies for the customer?

J. Koch: On a global picture, we define integrated support of projects totally end to end. In fact, we are able to offer integrated development far before a CAPEX project has been picturized, and after delivery of a capex project to continuously support in operations. Thereby, we are spanning the arc from laboratory, via the CAPEX project delivery, into operations – the full lifecycle of a plant.

Zeta has a proven track record of delivering the fastest paced projects according to the needs of its clients. To deliver CAPEX projects, it is crucial to select an execution strategy that minimizes the timeline and total costs of ownership. What are Zeta’s success factors to make this possible?

J. Koch: Our most important success factor are our people who form a vast pool of experts across the disciplines that ensure the in-house understanding of all aspects to define and deliver projects and create new solutions. With our "One Team" approach, we also eliminate the boundaries between different project partners. It is essential to ensure a constant exchange between project partners and our international teams and to learn from each other across countries, disciplines, and within local projects. A huge enabler of this advantage is our digital integrated engineering landscape. And last, but not least, our integrated project execution and project control strategies are a further key enabler of success.

If you are curious and want to know more - including about Zeta's digital strategies, operational support, and the path to the Golden Batch - access the full interview at https://www.zeta.com/en/newsroom/blog/detail/interview-johannes-koch-integrated-engineering.html

Contact:
Johannes Koch
Associate Director Business Line Engineering & Services
Johannes.Koch@zeta.com
+43 (1) 908 1000-5026

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