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Pythia Industries
Sample Plant
Back to A press sat idle while its first parts waited at the lab

Quality control lab. Aug 24 to Aug 25. ERP quality records.

Each day's longest wait for the lab to approve first parts

What it shows: The ERP shows when each press made its first parts, when they reached the lab and when the lab approved them.

Why it proves the point: Press 18 waited over five times as long as press 23 did on Aug 24, mostly with its parts sitting at the lab.

From the plant's ERPERP quality records
StepPress 23 on Aug 24Press 18 on Aug 25
First parts made9:40 am8:10 am
Reached the lab9:50 am8:30 am
Approved10:10 am10:50 am
Press stopped for30 minutes2 hours 40 minutes