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Pythia Industries
Sample Plant
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Going well

Set up a mold-maintenance program

This week

  1. All the worst molds now carry counters, and each gets a quick check before every day shift. Their stops fell to 4 this week.

  2. The check ran before every day shift once it started, and wiping and greasing a mold prevents the flash and drag marks that stop presses.

  3. We watched the day shift start on camera and read the ERP downtime log for the worst molds. The check ran every day once it started, and those molds stopped presses less often.

  4. Stops on the worst molds fell to the goal in the daily check's first week, too soon to call it met.

    Since last week: The brackets missing last week arrived, so all the worst molds are now counted, and the daily check has begun.

  5. Keep running the check before every day shift, including the first one of the week.

    Who owns it: Tool room lead (Ray Okafor)

Week by week

  1. Week 1
  2. Week 2
  3. Week 3
  4. Week 4
  5. Week 5
  6. Week 6
  7. Week 7
  8. Week 8

Approved

41 days ago

Going well

4 of 6 weeks

Worth

$55K / yr

  1. Week 3Approved
  2. Week 3Past stop and scrap records are being matched to the mold behind each one, to find the molds that stop presses most.
  3. Week 4Matching past records to molds stalled, with nothing matched on any day this week.
  4. Week 5Every stop and scrap record now has its mold, and a small group of molds caused most stops and bad parts from wear.
  5. Week 6Most of the worst molds now carry a counter, and each count goes straight to that mold's record in the ERP.
  6. Week 7This reportAll the worst molds now carry counters, and each gets a quick check before every day shift.
  7. Week 8The daily mold check was skipped three days in a row this week.

Improvement: Set up a mold-maintenance program