Business Value We Deliver
In large-scale industrial operations, leaders face a fundamental paradox:
The more complex their assets become, the less control they have over them.
Decisions are made under pressure, with incomplete information, across siloed teams. The result? Suboptimal outcomes, eroded margins, and reactive firefighting — not strategic leadership.
At Knar Global LLC, we don't sell software. We restore decision control.
We help organizations navigate complexity not by simplifying reality, but by structuring it — so leaders can see clearly, decide confidently, and act coherently.
Our work delivers value at four levels of industrial maturity:
From Fragmentation to Integration
Most decisions fail not because of bad data, but because knowledge is scattered across systems, departments, and individuals.
We integrate technical, operational, financial, and risk domains into a single computational framework — a Digital Decision System that reflects the full picture. This eliminates the gap between what engineers know, what operators see, and what finance measures.
Value Delivered:
One source of truth. No more conflicting narratives.
Reference Example: A Global Refining Company
Situation
A major refiner struggled with misalignment between maintenance planning and commercial strategy. Maintenance teams scheduled outages based on equipment age, while commercial teams negotiated sales contracts based on market forecasts — with no coordination.
Solution
After implementing an Integrated Decision Support System (IDSS), the company linked turnaround scenarios to crude slate flexibility, product demand cycles, and export terminal availability.
Outcome
For the first time, both teams operated from the same model. The result: a 20% reduction in unplanned overlaps between units and alignment of restarts with high-margin pricing windows, unlocking $15M in additional EBITDA annually.
From Intuition to Evidence
Experience is valuable — until it collides with a novel scenario.
We replace guesswork with structured intelligence: formal models that simulate thousands of futures, quantify trade-offs, and trace how equipment behavior impacts business outcomes. These are not static dashboards. They are living systems that evolve with the asset and learn from every decision.
Value Delivered:
Confidence in high-stakes choices — even when conditions are uncertain.
Reference Example: An Integrated Energy Producer
Situation
An upstream operator faced recurring production losses due to compressor failures. Each incident was treated in isolation — repairs were made, but the root causes were never fully understood.
Solution
Knar co-architected a Digital Asset using causal logic (PDEL®) to map failure modes across mechanical, human, and organizational layers. The model simulated degradation paths and quantified the financial impact of each intervention.
Outcome
Leaders could now compare options: "Should we upgrade the seal or improve crew training?" — with answers grounded in evidence. Within 18 months, unplanned downtime dropped by 35%, and the team shifted from reactive fixes to proactive reliability planning.
From Reaction to Prevention
Most organizations manage failure after it happens. We design systems that prevent recurrence.
By modeling causal chains — from physical degradation to organizational weakness — we identify root causes, not symptoms. And because our approach is open and auditable, it earns trust across all levels of the organization.
Value Delivered:
Resilience by design. Fewer surprises. Lower total cost of ownership.
Reference Example: A Major Pipeline Operator
Situation
A pipeline network experienced repeated valve-related incidents. Investigations were inconsistent, actions were poorly tracked, and lessons weren't shared across regions.
Solution
Knar helped institutionalize a formal Root Cause Analysis system — embedding it into corporate standards. The platform captured every investigation, mapped causal chains, and required verification of corrective actions before closure.
Outcome
Over two years, the number of chronic failures fell by 60%. More importantly, junior engineers gained access to a living repository of organizational knowledge — reducing dependency on retiring experts. What began as a tool became a cultural shift: safety and reliability were no longer managed by exception, but by system.
From Isolation to Orchestration
Turnarounds, production shifts, capital investments — these are rarely isolated events.
We enable enterprise-wide coordination, where decisions across units are synchronized to maximize aggregate uptime, align with market windows, and optimize resource use. What was once a collection of independent plans becomes a portfolio strategy.
Value Delivered:
Organic growth through smarter execution — without new CAPEX.
Reference Example: A Multi-Site Manufacturing Network
Situation
A manufacturer of industrial components faced recurring bottlenecks during plant upgrades. Each site optimized its own schedule, leading to labor shortages, contractor conflicts, and missed delivery deadlines.
Solution
Knar deployed a networked IDSS that linked digital models of three key facilities. The system simulated combined outage scenarios, factoring in crew availability, spare parts logistics, and customer delivery commitments.
Outcome
Leaders used the model to stagger turnarounds and balance workload. The outcome: a 30% improvement in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and the ability to take on premium orders previously deemed too risky. Growth wasn't driven by new capacity — it came from better orchestration of existing assets.
Our Approach: Co-Architecting Capability
We do not deliver off-the-shelf solutions.
We walk with mature organizations to co-architect their next level of operational maturity.
Our role is not to tell you what to decide.
It is to ensure that when you do decide, you do so with:
A complete view of the system
A clear understanding of the consequences
The ability to test alternatives before committing
Because true value isn't created by technology.
It's created by empowered leaders making better decisions — consistently, at scale, under complexity.