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