3 Definitive Ways To Reduce Manufacturing Waste
Posted on: 7 July 2016
Fabrication companies play a vital role in manufacturing the individual parts needed to construct many of the products available for purchase on the market today. With more and more consumers shifting their focus to sustainable manufacturing, it's essential that your fabrication company is taking the time to examine ways in which waste can be reduced during the fabrication process in order to stay competitive.
Here are three definitive ways you can reduce manufacturing waste during fabrication in the future.
1. Limit Overproduction
One of the easiest ways to reduce the amount of waste your fabrication company generates during each product run is to limit overproduction. It's common for fabricators to plan on producing more parts than ordered by a customer to account for errors during the fabrication process or material deformities that could compromise the quality of the finished part.
By limiting your overproduction runs to just a few extra parts, you will eliminate a lot of the waste associated with generating excessive numbers of additional parts during each fabrication cycle.
2. Limit The Number Of Transports
Transporting raw materials and finished parts can result in wasted man hours, gasoline, and other resources. In order to ensure that you are limiting your fabrication company's wastefulness, you need to have a plan in place for each cycle you complete.
Take the time to plan out the shipping and transportation needs of each fabrication project in advance, then have the items you will need delivered to a single location. This type of pre-planning can eliminate multiple transports of the same goods, which can contribute to pollution and the wasting of finite resources (like the fossil fuels used to make gasoline).
Limiting the number of times materials and products are transported between warehouses, your fabrication shop, and the customer can help you significantly lower the negative impact your fabrication company has the environment.
3. Limit Operator-Caused Defects
Taking some extra time at the beginning of a fabrication cycle to ensure that all employees who will be involved in the fabrication process are familiar with the design and specifications can help you reduce waste in your shop.
Proper education and awareness can reduce the number of parts that are thrown out during each fabrication cycle due to employee misunderstandings or operator errors. Fewer defective parts can help to significantly reduce the overall amount of waste produced by your fabrication company.
Minimizing the production of waste inside your fabrication shop doesn't have to be difficult. By restricting overproduction, restricting transportation, and limiting operator-caused defects, you will be able to reduce the amount of waste that is created during each fabrication cycle your shop completes in the future.
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