I am collecting some Benchmarks for plastic injection molding, for a project I'm working on.

Anyone willing to share their best performance for benchmarks?

Ext. PPM

Int. PPM

Int. Scrap

On Time Delivery Performance

Productivity

Unscheduled Downtime

Mold changeover times


I'll share the composite results, if we get enough answers.

Thanks. H Jilling

I am surprised there are no takers on this? With all the experts posting on this board, does no one have any good numbers they are willing to post..?

Let's open it to other industries as well. Does not have to be plastic only, but list the kind of process so we can sort it appropriately.

Thanks, Hjilling

I am collecting some Benchmarks for plastic injection molding, for a project I'm working on.

Anyone willing to share their best performance for benchmarks?

Ext. PPM

Int. PPM

Int. Scrap

On Time Delivery Performance

Productivity

Unscheduled Downtime

Mold changeover times


I'll share the composite results, if we get enough answers.

Thanks. H Jilling

I am surprised there are no takers on this? With all the experts posting on this board, does no one have any good numbers they are willing to post..?Let's open it to other industries as well. Does not have to be plastic only, but list the kind of process so we can sort it appropriately.Thanks, Hjilling

It does seem odd there are no takers. Your list looks like key business metrics, which we all should have at our fingertips...

There are tons of free, semi, free and very costly BM studies out there.

Several hours on google will bury you in free data.

http://www.plantemoran.com/NR/rdonlyres/CF825484-74E8-4DF3-836B-709AEFF608EC/0/article_modernplastics.pdf

Years ago we spent big bucks for a foundry benchmark report. Surprisingly we blew away almost ever measure in it. We ended up not getting too proud of ourselves, the best of a bad lot doesn't mean very much.

And the best in class result needs no report, somewhere some company is at 0 ppm defects, 0 die change time, obscene profitability, etc.

If I recall QS 9000 suggested comparing our metrics to benchmarks, that seems to have dropped out of TS16949, a missed opportunity I think.

It does seem odd there are no takers. Your list looks like key business metrics, which we all should have at our fingertips...

There are tons of free, semi, free and very costly BM studies out there.

Several hours on google will bury you in free data.

http://www.plantemoran.com/NR/rdonlyres/CF825484-74E8-4DF3-836B-709AEFF608EC/0/article_modernplastics.pdf



Yeah, I'm surprised too. There must be some companies on this board with some good numbers? I have some numbers from my clients that provided, but I wanted to broaden the population. I'll look at the link you sent me thanks.


If I recall QS 9000 suggested comparing our metrics to benchmarks, that seems to have dropped out of TS16949, a missed opportunity I think.

Actually, it is still there, but as a note in cl 8.4.1.

Ok, so far no posters. 73 reviews , but no posts. If you don't want to post, at least tell me why? Thanks, Hjilling

I would post if I could but I don't track/have access to that data in my company.

ext ppm 3000 per month
int ppm 3000
delivery > 97%

ext ppm 3000 per month
int ppm 3000
delivery > 97%


Why thank you. I had given up hoping anyone would post anything to that.

I am curious, that your internal and external PPM would both be 3000? Is that a unique coincidence?

Hello Hjilling !
I was busy. There are many sources.
Check first this, and post your quastion in that forum as weel. Or contact the editor of IMM.
http://www.immnet.com/community/benchmarking.html
The data was not filled up, for the last few years, but it is available.
His mail adress is available on this topic:
http://www.immnet.com/dcforum/DCForumID10/1.html
Jeff Sloan
jsloan@immnet.com
Editor
IMM
I"m shore that he will help.
BR
György

Hello Hjilling !
I was busy. There are many sources.
Check first this, and post your quastion in that forum as weel. Or contact the editor of IMM.
http://www.immnet.com/community/benchmarking.html
The data was not filled up, for the last few years, but it is available.
His mail adress is available on this topic:
http://www.immnet.com/dcforum/DCForumID10/1.html
Jeff Sloan
jsloan@immnet.com
Editor
IMM
I"m shore that he will help.
BR
György


Thank you, but I think the information is too old now to be relevant. Much has changed in the last 3 years. I have much info available from audits, but I was most interested in info as to the benchmarks of my fellow visitors to the Cove. Thanks.

Hello Hjiling !
So let's tighten the molding area. What are you interested in ? The IM industry covers a wide range. I'm interested in some segment of it.
Let see how we can classify
1)Type of moldigs
General molding propose
2K molding
IMD molding
Lens, display and other transparent
Thin wall molding
and the lis goes on
2) Molding machine you have in shoop
what year of purchese
hidraulic, all electric and so on
what branch: Nisse, Toyo, Sumitom,Engel, Fanuc, Krauss-Maffei and so on
3) Tooling
who is your tool supplier, first class or not
accuracy and tool validation process
4) Resin used and resin suppliers (ex. Pa or not, GE or noname, etc)
If you don't have all the above info, your benchmarkin effort may fail, or lead to wrong conclusions.
Just my opinion.
György

Hello Hjiling !
So let's tighten the molding area. What are you interested in ? The IM industry covers a wide range. I'm interested in some segment of it.
Let see how we can classify
1)Type of moldigs
General molding propose
2K molding
IMD molding
Lens, display and other transparent
Thin wall molding
and the lis goes on
2) Molding machine you have in shoop
what year of purchese
hidraulic, all electric and so on
what branch: Nisse, Toyo, Sumitom,Engel, Fanuc, Krauss-Maffei and so on
3) Tooling
who is your tool supplier, first class or not
accuracy and tool validation process
4) Resin used and resin suppliers (ex. Pa or not, GE or noname, etc)
If you don't have all the above info, your benchmarkin effort may fail, or lead to wrong conclusions.
Just my opinion.
György

My original question was in response to some discussions going on at the time, both on the Cove, and with clients. I had some benchmarks from some clients, and wanted to broaden it to include the Cove members. Yes, we could get extremely specific, but the actual intent was to determine general world-class benchmarks: PPM, Scrap, Productivity, along those lines. There are too many variables from company to company to attempt to do finely defined comparisons unless one were to go into formal deep research, which is far more specific than I intended.

Actually, I had even broadened the question to include other industries.

Why havent you posted your data Hjiling?

Why havent you posted your data Hjiling?

Fair question. But, you will notice, I am a consultant/auditor. I don't have any data of my own, because I don't run a plant.

However, I do have some very good world-class benchmarks of some of the clients I have worked with. I can't mention names (confidentiality agreements), but the data is excellent. It is an indication of what can be done, in ISO and TS, when one understands and implents this system well.

This "faulty" system, (as is being discussed in a different thread,) has enabled a number of clients to maintain 99.9-100% delivery, and 0-10ppm for many, many months. In at least two particular cases, where I have actual data, for 24 months plus, and counting. Although, there are a number of my clients who have gotten to that level, more or less.

The point is, this stuff works. It's not rocket science, but it's not easy either. But, with good guidance and training, and diligent work, it is doable and sustainable. That is what we need to draw from this.

(The original request for data was prompted because a Plastics Mgr. at one client was confident that he was pretty darn good. I wanted objective benchmarks to show him he still had a little left to learn. Needed to take him down a notch so he would listen).