Plastics · Industry Solution
Quality for Plastics
In plastics production, mold life, cycle time and the regrind/recycling balance require functions to manage both the machine and the material side together. Quality control at every stage of production. Incoming, in-process and final quality checks, quality plans, conditional approval, and device and calibration management work integrated with the production, warehouse and purchasing modules.
Plastics context
Why Quality works differently in Plastics
In Plastics, plastics production center on sector-specific concepts such as injection-extrusion, mold management, raw-material/additive blend. In plastics production, mold life, cycle time and the regrind/recycling balance require functions to manage both the machine and the material side together.
Qera ERP's Quality module is set up around how the plastics sector works: Lowers scrap with dimension, color and shrinkage checks; reflects the regrind ratio in real consumption.
- When the recipe (raw material, masterbatch, additive ratios) and scrap aren't calculated clearly, the true product cost is unknown.
- When mold usage, life and maintenance aren't tracked, unplanned downtime and quality issues arise.
- When regrind/recycled material isn't tracked, the material balance and cost don't add up.
Capabilities
How Qera Quality works in Plastics
The core capabilities of the Quality module, described for the mold, cycle and raw-material blend needs of the plastics sector.
Staged quality control
Inspect quality at every stage from raw-material acceptance to shipment with incoming, in-process and final quality control tasks.
Quality control stock
Track products awaiting quality control, approved and rejected separately to keep warehouse inventory accurate.
Quality control plans
Create plans specific to a product and process; standardize which tests are applied, tolerance values and procedures.
Quality card and conditional approval
Create quality cards for detected issues including problem definition, cause, corrective action and owner; manage borderline cases with a conditional approval mechanism.
Device and calibration management
Define measuring devices and their categories; track calibration schedules and receive automatic alerts for devices nearing their due date.
Quality reports and analysis
Analyze incoming-in-process-final control results; combine quality data with production data to identify the station or shift source of an issue.
Outcomes
What it delivers for your Plastics business
What you see in plastics operations once it is set up properly.
- Defective material is separated at incoming inspection and does not enter production.
- Quality checks follow defined plans, and results are recorded and traceable.
- The calibration schedule is tracked, which keeps measuring devices accurate and compliant.
- Defects are caught at an early stage, which lowers rejection and rework costs.
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Related pages
Full details of the Quality module, the Plastics sector page and other Plastics solutions.
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