Plastics
Blow molding: resin, cavities, and what the run really made
A blow molder prices a bottle from a gram weight and a cavity count. The line then runs heavy, drops cavities, and regrinds the difference into a number nobody tied to the order.
Good bottles, heavy bottles, and regrind are three different results. Only one of them was sold.
What the open run has to show
- Gram weight and resin lot on the open run.
- Cavities that were actually up, not the cavities on the standard.
- Regrind kept separate from virgin resin issued to the order.
That is the same kind of gap as seeing the work while it is still open and quoting from a current cost.
The week the record is late
Sales accepted a pack count from the standard. The line shipped the count and consumed more resin than the cost sheet. The gap waits for the month-end resin account.
Count the bottles and the resin before the shipment is history. MFGMAX Beverage and Food holds that record. Accounting can stay where it is. Other systems can connect. What moves, and when, is shown before you commit.
Mark the week on Problems and Solutions, or read how integrations stay with the platform instead of replacing it.
Questions
What should stay on the open run?
Gram weight and resin lot on the open run. Cavities that were actually up, not the cavities on the standard. Regrind kept separate from virgin resin issued to the order.
When should the run be compared with the quote?
While it is still open. A count after invoicing explains a loss. It does not give the material or the hours back.
What does MFGMAX connect this to?
Count the bottles and the resin before the shipment is history.