Jul 29
A power dip stopped many presses, and restarts were slow
Needs workThe power came back almost at once, but the presses restarted one at a time in no set order.
| What happened | A short power dip, likely from the grid during a heat wave, stopped many older presses. They restarted one by one in no set order, and each threw out its first parts. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Why it matters | Hours of press time lost to slow restarts, plus the first parts each press threw out. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Next step | Write a restart plan so the presses come back quickly after a power dip. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Maintenance lead | ||||||||||||||||||
| Evidence | How the presses came back one by one after the power dipThe ERP logs all 11 presses stopping at 3:10 pm, then restarting one at a time over more than an hour. The dip itself lasted a moment, so nearly all the lost time came from the slow restart. 11 older hydraulic presses, Jul 29, ERP downtime log
Several presses stop together as the lights flickerThe lights flicker for a moment and four presses all stop at once, then stay stopped with the lights back on. All four stop in the same second the lights flicker, so the power stopped them, not a fault on any one press. Presses 1 to 4, Jul 29, 3:10 pm, Camera 2 |
The rush clips were packed and ready to ship early
Going wellThey went straight from the press to packing and were boxed during the next day shift.
| What happened | A customer's rush order of clips went straight from the press to packing, so it is ready to ship early. It was boxed with about 2 days left before it is due. | ||||||||||||
| Why it matters | The rush order was boxed and ready to ship just over a day after it came in. | ||||||||||||
| How to keep it up | Keep sending rush orders straight to packing once they come off the press. | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Production planner | ||||||||||||
| Evidence | The rush clip order from the press to packingThe ERP shows when the rush order came in, when the press molded it and when it was packed. The clips were boxed under 10 hours after the last one was molded, with most of the 3 days still left. Press 3 to packing, Jul 28 to Jul 29, ERP job log
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