Plastics

The plastics industry is usually characterized by injection-molding machines, extrusion machines, blow-molding machines, presses and/or rotational-molding machines — each one with their own unique method of taking raw plastic (sheets, pellets, powders), adding heat and/or pressure to form a pre-defined shape. These machines, methods and molds can be very complex.

Plastic molds can be very expensive and certain molds can only be used on specific machines, adding a secondary constraint to the manufacturing process. Changeover (switching from one mold to another) can take a long time (e.g. 8 - 10 hours) so that optimizing setup time is typical of the challenges faced by plastic manufacturers.

apply rules like "This mold can only be used on these 3 machines" and when one machine is using it, TS knows it is not available for any other machine. minimize changeovers and machine setups by scheduling orders with the same configurations to run consecutively, while also ensuring that orders are still scheduled to finish on time. automatically balance the work load on the lines within a work center to minimize idle time, reduce setup time and utilize equipment and operators efficiently without losing sight of your order deadlines. reduce the time it takes to create a schedule and allows you to respond quickly to changes. react quickly to machine down-time.

Plastics manufacturers have turned to Taylor products to help them solve these intricate, mission-critical planning and scheduling problems. Taylor software products have been designed in cooperation with customers like you to solve vexing planning and scheduling problems not addressed by traditional ERP Systems.