Our combined pallet section shows why the turned cartons need extra support. The proposed answer is a sheet between layers, but purchasing cannot identify a regular source for the specified sheet. I want a sheet-free alternative kept in the comparison before the tooling is selected.
Compare each complete arrangement using the same packed carton and order mix. The sheet-free candidate still needs its own support and tool-withdrawal check; removing the sheet alone does not establish a workable pattern.
Did anyone specify that sheet from an actual product, or is it an ideal material someone drew? We had to settle that before our own comparison stopped drifting.
I'd give the supplier enquiry a sensible decision point, not let it hold the whole exercise indefinitely. But price the extra pallet movements on the straight option too. It has its own inconvenience.
Elliot, packaging named a material specification but no supply product. Lin, dispatch is costing actual orders. Hana, partial builds are included. We agreed to decide after those returned checks, rather than keep extending the sheet search.
Any substitute should go back to packaging and tooling as a changed candidate. A similar-looking sheet could change both support and the way it is handled.
Packaging will assess an available alternative. Tooling says its handling method also changes with that sheet. We have not put its lower material price straight into the original proposal.
The packer, with a separate stack at the station. Dispatch included replenishment and the extra movement in the labour comparison. It is not covered by the original robot cycle time.
Packaging accepted its support for our packed carton and assessed builds. Tooling confirmed withdrawal with the proposed fingers. The available-sheet alternative still has an unfinished feed arrangement.
More pallets on our larger orders, but less intervention on short orders. Dispatch says the total work is manageable and has included the freight difference.
Then you have a complete candidate to decide on. Do not let an unfinished higher-count option keep its nominal cycle time while leaving its operator work blank.
We selected the straight arrangement. Extra pallet cost remains visible; sheet option is shelved, not quietly approved for later. Thanks, Elliot, for asking whether the first sheet was something anybody could actually buy.