Ideas from the floor, written for the floor.
Practical notes on hot end operations, digitalization, changeovers, and what we see working (and not) across container glass plants worldwide.
Operational excellence that survives a bad shift
Most OpEx programs die the first time production is behind and tempers are short. Here's how to design one that doesn't.
OEE in a glass plant: what to actually measure — and what not to
OEE is abused almost as often as it is useful. Here's how we decompose it for container glass, and the three traps we see most often in practice.
Forehearth optimization: a practical guide for plant managers
Forehearth is the dullest system on the hot end and the one that most decides your defect rate. Here's what we look at, in what order, and what good looks like.
First-hour yield: the KPI most glass plants do not measure
First-hour yield is the difference between a changeover you can be proud of and one that looks good on a report. Here's how to measure and improve it.
Retiring the last spreadsheet: a pragmatic path to glass plant digitalization
Most digital transformations fail at the spreadsheet handover. Here is what works — role-based dashboards, existing data, no rip-and-replace, measured in months not years.
Sub-six-hour job change in container glass: what it actually takes
SMED adapted for container glass — how to get from 14–18 hour changeovers to a choreographed six-hour dance without sacrificing first-hour yield.
A practical hot end optimization checklist for container glass plants
The diagnostic we actually run when we walk onto a forming floor — forming, forehearth, line coordination, and the data questions that expose root causes.
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