Gman2
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Wondering if I could get some opinions on this.
Here is the scenario:
Saw operator cutting a pile of steel piping.
Operator gets the steel from an unlabeled stack of "stock" material. Stock material is stacked alll over the shop unidentified due to the nature of the material just being considered as "stock". There is steel piping, structural steel beams (small ones for building small steel frames) and flat stock steel bars, all in the same state, nothing labeled.
Asked the saw operator how he knows he is using the right material, he states "becasue I measured it compaired with my BOM". Which he did, and this is how everyone does it.
I wrote up a finding for idenification initially and then had a discussion with management. They said there is no way to control part numebrs or ID on stock because it comes in in large bundles, which I could understand. So they store it where they can find room after its recieved in and then it is just unlabeld "stock" after that. All sizes and shapes are handled this way. and after they cut pieces off of it they dont mark the leftovers, just put it back into stock. But they are meausring it before using it for cutting or welding. And to be honest we have not had any problems with people using the wrong size material due to this that I have seen since I have been here (year).
After the operator cuts it he labels his pallet with a JOB# and ID which was all good.
We have no tracebility requirements for 99% of the stuff we make (its non auotomotive) and the 1% we do, we have an entire seperate process for, its a whole other standard we have to meet.
Think GIANT job shop environment on a grand scale and you will kind of get the idea of how we are.
Just wondering if we are going to be ok like this or are we on a slippery slope?
G
Here is the scenario:
Saw operator cutting a pile of steel piping.
Operator gets the steel from an unlabeled stack of "stock" material. Stock material is stacked alll over the shop unidentified due to the nature of the material just being considered as "stock". There is steel piping, structural steel beams (small ones for building small steel frames) and flat stock steel bars, all in the same state, nothing labeled.
Asked the saw operator how he knows he is using the right material, he states "becasue I measured it compaired with my BOM". Which he did, and this is how everyone does it.
I wrote up a finding for idenification initially and then had a discussion with management. They said there is no way to control part numebrs or ID on stock because it comes in in large bundles, which I could understand. So they store it where they can find room after its recieved in and then it is just unlabeld "stock" after that. All sizes and shapes are handled this way. and after they cut pieces off of it they dont mark the leftovers, just put it back into stock. But they are meausring it before using it for cutting or welding. And to be honest we have not had any problems with people using the wrong size material due to this that I have seen since I have been here (year).
After the operator cuts it he labels his pallet with a JOB# and ID which was all good.
We have no tracebility requirements for 99% of the stuff we make (its non auotomotive) and the 1% we do, we have an entire seperate process for, its a whole other standard we have to meet.
Think GIANT job shop environment on a grand scale and you will kind of get the idea of how we are.
Just wondering if we are going to be ok like this or are we on a slippery slope?
G
