Section
1: Company Details
Basic info about your company and
contacts.
Section
2: Material / Component Receiving
In-bound controls and inspection procedures.
Section
3: Raw Material Preparation
Control of material quality and performance is critical for all downstream
processes - how well is your material ground, mixed and batched for
production?
Section
4: Molds & Fixtures
Storage, inspection and calibration are key elements of a healthy mold &
fixture program.
Section
5: Molding Operations
Take a comprehensive look at machine set-ups, molding cycles and controls,
operating practices, production flow and quality control issues.
Section
6: Molding
Equipment Maintenance
Are your maintenance personnel fire-fighters or predictors? Take a general
look at how organized your maintenance program is.
Section
7: Finishing Operations
As varied as the number of products that can be made by rotomolding but should
have a general sense of order & flow.
Section
8: Shipping Prep. & Shipping
Final contact with the product - does your operation work to order or a
finished goods warehouse?
Section
9: Production Planning & Data
A key element of the operation - are you collecting the right data and using
it the right way?
Section
10: Training Systems
Do you have a range of key basic training programs in place?
Section
11: Engineering / Quoting
How close are your engineering staff to the molding process?
Section
12: Customer Follow-Up & Complaint Handling
Often painful but should be a very useful process to learn and correct issues.
Section
13: Overall
'Lean' Assessment
A 21 point overview of the operation
