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Sources of Waste, Inefficiency
and Cost
- Close accounting shows a loss of
90 gpy of high value paint from prep. Can some of
the $1,000 to $5,000 a year of wasted paint be applied
to parts instead of being lost?
- A small but significant volume
of thinner is being used for non-paint cleanup tasks
(such as gear maintenance cleaning and removing labels
from drums). Are these appropriate uses for thinner?
What products should be used instead?
- Cleanup is the largest loss. Can
this process be improved?
- Spills and losses of solvents are
fairly low. How can we be sure to continue this?
Plant operations for this example:
paint preparation | part
preparation | paint
application | paint
curing | paint
cleanup | assembly,
inspection & shipping
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