Problem explained
On long jobs, one person stands at each press to trim and pack every part.
How it works today
The plant molds plastic parts on injection presses, and a long job runs the same part for days.
Each cycle the press drops a part, still joined to the leftover plastic that fed the mold.
One operator stands at that press, trims the leftover plastic off each part and packs it.
Between two parts that person waits, and the next press has its own person doing the same.
What we saw
- On the visit we saw this at three presses on long jobs, and each person waited between parts.
- Plant staff told us on the visit that the long jobs "always have a person".
- We did not see how the time splits between hand work and waiting.
What it costs
Fixing this could save about $55,400 per year of operator time, by our estimate.