Evidence
Read together, they point to settings that drift on a few molds, which one short check can confirm.
On the walk
Scrap bins at three presses
04:10, 09:10 and 16:30At three presses the scrap bin was over half full of rejected parts. Other bins held far less.
Checked by us on a still of the film
Settings sheets changed by hand
09:25 and 16:45Two of those presses had settings sheets changed by hand. Settings may differ from shift to shift.
Checked by us on a still of the film
Plant records
Scrap by mold
Six of about 140 molds make 38 percent of all scrap. The scrap sits on a few molds.
The ERP scrap record, twelve months
Scrap rate of the plant
About 5 percent of the resin issued did not ship as good parts. It sizes what those molds scrap.
The ERP scrap record, twelve months