Guest expert
Matthew Wright
Founder of FOREST and Specright, with 25+ years of packaging industry experience. Author, entrepreneur, and packaging education advocate.
The same rework keeps coming back, even after the last fix. In this conversation, Matthew Wright, founder of FOREST and Specright, looks at why recurring rework survives new procedures, and what to check before adding another control or more automation.
In this conversation
- Why does recurring rework survive the fix that was supposed to end it?
- What do operators know, and what are they allowed to decide, when a problem starts?
- How do you find the real bottleneck before buying automation?
- How do you know a change worked before you roll it out?
Who should watch
Production supervisors, operations managers, continuous improvement leads, quality leads and automation and controls engineers in food and beverage manufacturing who deal with rework that keeps coming back.
Topics covered
- Recurring rework on the shop floor
- The information operators need at the point of work
- When an operator should stop and escalate
- Temporary checks, sorting and containment steps
- Finding the real bottleneck before automation
- Testing a process change with a controlled trial
Course access
Buying the course gives lifetime access to all four videos, the ebook, and the selected 5 Whys and root cause analysis tools. The whole course is also included with the CPAI Premier, Premier Team and Premier Factory access plans.
Related reading
For the cost side, read The hidden cost of manufacturing waste and rework. This lesson covers controls and response on the floor. That article covers how to measure the cost of scrap and rework.
