AmaraBrown0948 · 21 May 2025, 15:09 UTC
Would you propose the next insert if somebody else had made all the earlier ones? I ask because it's easier to count the next bit of work honestly when you aren't trying to rescue your own last few weeks.
9 pointsProbably not. That's uncomfortable.
-2 pointsFair enough. Put the next order on paper from bags arriving to trays leaving, with your preparation in the hours. You don't have to decide the fate of the whole idea before you can refuse one poor next step.
6 pointsPreparation wasn't in our comparison. Only time at the robot.
17 pointsCould you use your actual preparation notes to add it back? Rough hours with their source would be more useful than another guess. Some old time may be impossible to recover.
8 pointsI have job cards for the inserts. Enough to show the scale, at least.
17 pointsWho makes the next insert when you are away?
11 pointsThat's worth answering before the next trial. I once helped redesign a station around one very accommodating technician, then realised we'd made their helpfulness part of the equipment specification. Nobody had budgeted a second person who knew all the adjustments.
6 pointsNobody else currently. Supervisor agrees we should pause new pouch variants.
4 pointsWe kept a single repetitive order after a trial like this and dropped the mixed work. Worked better for us, but only after another operator could set it up without the original programmer hovering. Does one of your orders deserve that smaller trial?
14 pointsAnd what happens to the manual packing space while you decide? The operators still need somewhere sensible to do the orders you've paused.
2 pointsManual bench restored. One repeat pouch stays under review. No more inserts authorised meanwhile.
12 pointsLet the packers help choose what to test on that repeat order. They've probably seen the difficult bags you spend time persuading into position.
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