Fasteners
Fasteners: heat, lot, and the keg that shipped
Fastener work has to name the heat or lot in the keg. When the cert is in email and the process lots are on a traveler, the shipment goes out with a promise the file cannot keep.
The customer’s question is which heats are in the keg.
What the open lot has to show
- Heat or lot at receiving, with the certificate.
- Process steps and scrap on that lot.
- The keg tied to the lots that were packed.
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
A cert request arrives after the truck leaves. Two people rebuild the lot from travelers. The keg on the truck is the one they are least sure about.
Pack the lot identity with the keg, not after it. MFGMAX Heavy Metals holds that record. Accounting can stay where it is. Other systems can connect. What moves, and when, is shown before you commit. This does not replace a required material test, a weld procedure, or an environmental permit.
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Questions
What should stay on the open lot?
Heat or lot at receiving, with the certificate. Process steps and scrap on that lot. The keg tied to the lots that were packed.
When should the lot 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?
Pack the lot identity with the keg, not after it. This does not replace a required material test, a weld procedure, or an environmental permit.