Evidence
Read together, our visit and the plant's records show paid waiting time that one person at two presses could fill.
On our visit
One person at a large press
05:50One person trimmed off the leftover plastic that fed the mold, then packed each part.
Checked by eye on a frame of our video
Waiting between two parts
07:45Between parts, the person stood and waited. That time could serve a second press.
Checked by eye on a frame of our video
Three presses, one person each
05:50, 07:45 and 15:20We counted three presses on long jobs with one person each: two large and one small.
Counted by eye on frames of our video
Staff remark on long jobs
06:10 to 06:19Plant staff told us that long jobs "always have a person".
Said by plant staff during our visit
Plant records
Jobs of a week or more
Six presses ran jobs of a week or more, for about 2,500 press hours per year each.
The ERP job log, twelve months
Overtime worked by operators
Operators worked about 180 overtime hours per week. The freed hours could replace some of it.
Payroll, twelve months