GE and Vietnam: The top things that make me proud | GE Gas Power

The Dung Quat Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) facility is one of only two GE HRSG factories in the world. It became a GE facility with the 2017 acquisition of Doosan Engineering & Construction’s HRSG business and houses more than 300 skilled workers and 200 contractors who manufacture and supply HRSG parts for 9HA.02 projects throughout ASEAN.

Every day the Dung Quat team’s work is helping global customers boost power output while increasing domestic value by locally sourcing up to 50% of the facility’s direct input materials. Today, the plant is committed to increasing capacity by 40% and reducing cycle time by 25%. The facility is not only contributing to Vietnam’s power generation, but also working to support and develop local talent through partnerships with universities that provide education and training.

For Khoa Nguyen, LEAN manager, the Dung Quat facility is unique not only because it’s one of only two of its kind in the world, but because of its focus on innovative ways to improve the facility’s efficiency and output. Khoa reports that he starts every day by “walking around the plant using my ‘hunting tool’ to observe the way everything operates, observe any waste in our processes and think of new, innovative ideas.”

Khoa is also a member of the facility’s LEAN innovation think tank, a group that meets regularly to develop improvements to the facility’s operations. So far the Moonshine Shop has initiated more than 100 innovative ideas that are helping the Dung Quat facility operate more efficiently, with a 40% increase in profitability and a 25% reduction in production cycle time.