Risks

The smaller press is booked when the job is due

Risk	A job finds its smallest press taken. It then waits and ships late, or goes back to a large press.
Early sign	Small molds still start in large presses, or wait more than a shift for their press.
Mitigation	Book the smallest press first, then the next size up, and never hold back a job that is due.
Impact	The saving falls toward the low end of our range, about $2,900 per year.

Risk	The small jobs move, but the large presses stand idle for those hours because no large job is waiting.
Early sign	The large presses stand idle more hours per week, and late orders do not fall.
Mitigation	Each week, tell whoever quotes new work which large presses now have spare hours.
Impact	About $11,600 per year, the press-hour part of what the problem costs.

Illustrative sample. The plant, the walk and the footage are synthetic. Figures from our analysis are estimates made with AI, not guarantees.