Startup

  • Improve the ease of operation and maintenance through Early Equipment Management; work with the customer to impact the final design and function of the production line

  • Document knowledge from equipment manufacturers during installs to create standard operating procedures

  • Facilitate communication between the operators and technicians to optimize the functionality of machine centers

  • Document centerlines and establish matchmarks to optimize changeovers and ensure alignment to basic conditions

  • Perform time studies on equipment and eliminate sources of downtime

  • Train operators on new machine centers using the orientation, safety, operation, changeover, shutdown, and cleaning documents created

  • Ensure the equipment meets the requirements of site acceptance tests

Daily Operations

  • Create standard operating procedures that optimize daily tasks

  • Utilize checklists to ensure correct order of operations and facilitate startup, operation, changeover, and shutdown procedures

  • Train operators on the theory of operation to increase throughput

  • Conduct time studies on machine centers to identify and eliminate sources of downtime

  • Establish preventative maintenance practices to minimize unplanned downtime events

  • Audit lines to ensure efficient access to wear parts, raw materials, and cleaning supplies

  • Utilize planned downtime events to audit machine centers and perform cleaning, inspection, and lubrication tasks

  • Identify wear parts and failure points to prepare troubleshooting guides

Training

  • Work with existing subject matter experts to create standard operating procedures that optimize line performance

  • Train operators through use of created materials

  • "Train the trainer" to ensure the creation of future subject matter experts