Pythia Industries

Sample Plant

Open questions

Rejects or leftover plastic
  • How much of the scrap on those molds is rejected parts, and how much is the leftover plastic of each shot.
  • Settings can remove rejected parts.
  • The leftover plastic of each shot is made at any settings.
  • Who can answer: The quality manager.
Scrap by shift
  • Whether the scrap on those molds differs from shift to shift.
  • A mold that scraps more on one shift points to the settings, not to the mold.
  • Who can answer: Each shift's supervisor.
Parts with approved settings
  • Which of those parts run at settings a customer has approved.
  • A change on such a part needs the customer's sign-off before parts ship.
  • Who can answer: The quality manager.

Illustrative sample. The plant, the walk and the footage are synthetic.