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If you are, or want to be, involved in any facet of the manufacture or sale of baby diapers, sanitary napkins, adult incontinence or other absorbent products, please read through our pages and contact our Consultant, Philip Hardy, by phone, fax or e-mail.
Development Services
For disposable diaper manufacturers:
Diaper
Absorbent Core Modifications
Full
service and support includes:
1/ Diaper Laboratory
Testing to determine benchmark profile and performance
2/ Recommendations and specifications of machine and product modifications
3/ Full testing service during and after machine and material modifications
Improving
Profitability
We
have developed a new package for existing manufacturers called "Profit
Plus".
This includes:
1/ Full Laboratory Testing of your diapers/napkins
2/ Inspection of machine for optimum efficiency
3/ Review of diaper and machine design
4/ Recommendations for improvements and new product design
5/ Assistance with or carrying out of improvements
Please e-mail us for further information on this service package
Please click here to send mail Profit
Plus Service Package
Productivity
We
have been set up to assist all sizes of disposables manufacturers in becoming
and staying profitable.
The charts to the right show the amount of money that can be saved by
achieving high productivity and low machine waste in a baby diaper manufacturing
plant.
(The
productivity savings are based on a ratio of 1 to 3 between variable and
fixed costs)
Typical
Efficiency savings
From
the charts for a 3 shift operation we can see that an increased productivity
of 10,000 diapers per shift will earn nearly $175,000 per year,
and a reduction in machine waste of 2% will earn around $90,000
per year. A total of $265,000 every year!
To effect these sort of savings we will visit your company and review
and improve any or all of the items from the lists below. The general
scope and cost would be agreed between us prior to the visit.
Product
Design
1)
Absorbent core optimisation (Use of Hardy Integrity Tester, (HIT) device)
2) T-shape or I-shape, with or without elastication
3) Backsheet design and specification
4) Acquisition layer design.
Machine
Improvements
1)
Machine
upgrades for improved control, absorbency and efficiency.
2) Additional product features
3) Stacker changes or improvements
4) Packaging sealer review.
5) Machine replacement.
Production
Systems
1)
Audit and review of all production procedures
and processes
2) Reduction in waste and seconds levels due to improved controls.
3) Installation or improvement in computerised usage variance monitoring.
Quality
Systems
1) Installation or improvement
of Quality system.
2) Preparation for ISO certification.
2) Installation or improvement of laboratory testing facility.
3) Installation of pad integrity testing.
Staff
Training
1)
Review of job specifications and training schedules.
2) Installation or improvement of troubleshooting systems
3) Installation or improvement of preventative maintenance systems.
4) Training of management in production controls and operations.
Procedure
Look through the
list above and identify the areas where you feel that improvements can
be made in your Company. Send me the list and we can then discuss how
improvement can be most effectively achieved. I will combine phone, e-mail,
video link and possibly a short visit to your plant. Please mail me or
call me at the number shown in our Contacts
page.
Where machine improvements are required, I will provide you with a range of options using machine manufacturers or modifiers. I am not associated to any particular machine company and will source the most economical and efficient solution.
Disposables Consultancy Service
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Revised:
March 2010
Productivity
Savings
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Waste Savings Chart
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Efficient Manufacturing Chart
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