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. Continuous monitoring and assurance at every stage of production. Incoming, in-process and final quality checks, quality plans, conditional approval, device and calibration management — fully 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 the reality of plastics: 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, framed 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 dynamic 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
Concrete gains that show up in plastics operations when set up right.
- Prevent defective material from entering production at the outset and avoid quality loss.
- Increase service quality and traceability by standardizing quality processes.
- Assure measurement accuracy and regulatory compliance with calibration tracking.
- Cut costs by turning a reactive approach into proactive quality management.
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Related pages
Full details of the Quality module, the Plastics sector page and other Plastics solutions.
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