Open questions
| Top jobs by press hours | - Which five jobs ran the most press hours in the last twelve months, and the cycle time of each.
- It sizes the figure: each second off the cycle on these jobs is worth about $23,100 per year, by our estimate.
- Who can answer: Scheduling.
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| Jobs needing customer approval | - Which of those jobs make parts whose process a customer has approved.
- A shorter cycle on those parts waits for the customer's sign-off, so the trials start on the others.
- Who can answer: The quality manager.
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| Orders waiting for a press | - Whether an order has waited for a press in the last twelve months, and on which presses.
- A freed press hour is money only when an order fills it.
- We count 70 percent of freed hours as filled.
- Who can answer: Scheduling.
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