Scrap rate
What this is
The share of molded parts thrown out or ground up instead of shipped, across all presses.
Counted each week from the ERP scrap log, which records parts molded and parts scrapped.
Why it matters
Scrap is paid for twice, once to make the bad part and again to make the one that replaces it.
Last week
4.8%
The lowest week so far, with fewer parts lost to plastic squeezing out at the mold seam.
This week
5.0%
Back up, with the biggest spike on press 11, where damp plastic spoiled parts one night.
Over time
5.3%4.8%
Jun 1Jul 6Aug 10Sep 14