{"id":63113,"date":"2020-10-08T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lantechweb.wpengine.com\/blog\/beyond-the-production-floor-wall-a-stretch-wrapping-oee-epic\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:32:20","slug":"beyond-the-production-floor-wall-a-stretch-wrapping-oee-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lantech.com\/r3\/en\/blog\/beyond-the-production-floor-wall-a-stretch-wrapping-oee-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Production Floor Wall – A Stretch Wrapping OEE Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No man’s land<\/h2>\n

One needn’t be a huge Game of Thrones fan to understand a casual reference to “beyond the wall.” In the show, once the rangers of the Night’s Watch go “beyond the wall,” they are on their own in a world characterized by chaos and brutality.<\/p>\n

How’s that relevant to stretch wrapping and operational equipment effectiveness (OEE)?<\/p>\n

Your pallets and product often face a world much like the rangers of the Night’s Watch!<\/p>\n

From the production floor….<\/h2>\n

Most companies have very rigorous production processes, quality criteria and primary packaging expectations. Manufacturers\u00a0have no higher priority than to make their products\u00a0as consistently and safely as possible.<\/p>\n

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Management science provides tools such as Lean and Six Sigma to guide the process. Accountability for production targets is shared by teams from the shop floor to management. Defects are tracked and formal programs support consistent OEE of production and primary packaging equipment.<\/p>\n

Standards, set-up sheets, formal quality specifications, efficient changeover and minimal downtime are common in factories which emphasize\u00a0OEE – defined by the great resource site\u00a0OEE.com<\/a>\u00a0as Availability X Performance X Quality.<\/p>\n

It’s a well oiled machine – figuratively and literally.<\/p>\n

to the warehouse….beyond the wall<\/h2>\n

In many factories there’s a physical barrier that defines the product manufacturing and primary packaging space. It’s natural. Cleanliness, regulatory requirements, safety and other factors indicate that there should be containment of the manufacturing space in many facilities.<\/p>\n

But the barrier is often more than physical. There’s a difference in the way operations are measured and viewed – a difference which is often subtle and\u00a0detrimental to a company’s profitability and commitment to high standards.<\/p>\n

It’s not so much that warehouse operations are ignored. They’re not. Fork trucks\u00a0undergo preventive maintenance, warehouse management systems (WMS) are important tools in many operations, and the products made inside the wall are routinely shipped to satisfy orders and meet deadlines.<\/p>\n

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Download our free guide to Lean Loading Dock Operations<\/h3>\n
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Rather the intensity of focus fades “beyond the wall.” Companies know that material handling operations are important, and capable teams of people work with equipment and systems to move products efficiently. But quality is measured differently. Rather than a perfect product\/package, beyond the wall there’s a simpler, survival, formula for quality. It’s usually something along the lines of:<\/p>\n