allscott
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In the manufacturing environments I have worked in machines were always run at their maximum speed. The max speed was based on whatever the limiting factor of the machine and particular product being run was, ie: bad parts, not enough cooling, motors maxed out, machine is going to jump out of the floor etc...... If we ran out of raw materials or orders, the machine stopped.
The place I am working at now has another idea. The production supervisors like to figure out either how much raw material they have or how much they have for orders and base there linespeed on that so the machines run constantly. I am strongly opposed to this line of thinking.
What do you guys do / think?
The place I am working at now has another idea. The production supervisors like to figure out either how much raw material they have or how much they have for orders and base there linespeed on that so the machines run constantly. I am strongly opposed to this line of thinking.
What do you guys do / think?