Premises

Smaller press idle when needed	A smaller press is idle when the job is due. On the visit, two smaller presses stood idle while a small mold ran in a large press. One visit does not show how often that holds. If this is wrong: the job has nowhere smaller to go, and fewer hours are freed.
Orders for the freed hours	Orders fill 70 percent of the large-press hours that are freed. A freed press hour is money only when an order fills it. About one order in seven shipped late, so orders do wait for presses. If this is wrong: the large presses stand idle for those hours, and only the electricity is saved, about $300 per year.
Same parts from a smaller press	A mold makes the same parts in its smallest press. A tag is a press the job log shows the mold has already run in, so its settings exist. If this is wrong: scrap rises on the first run in the smaller press, and the tag moves up one size.