The high cost of doing nothing

摘要

Most plastics processors associate costs with doing things — replacing tooling, cleaning, molds, et cetera. But actually, the highest costs come from doing nothing. How so? Well, doing nothing means that repair work comes in the form of unscheduled events, which experts claim cost four to five times as much as scheduled work. In a reactive maintenance strategy, molds only get worked on when they squeak, leak, break, or make bad parts.