SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A BOX AND CORRELATING A QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BOX TO AN OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF A PACKAGING LINE THAT MANIPULATES THE BOX DURING A PRODUCT PACKAGING PROCESS.

摘要

A method of tracking a box and correlating a quality characteristic of the box to an overall equipment effectiveness of a packaging line that manipulates the box during a product packaging process includes: at a first location, associating a unique identifier with a pre-erected form of the box, capturing at least one quality characteristic of the box, and storing the at least one quality characteristic and the associated unique identifier in a database; moving the pre-erected form of the box to a second location; at the second location, converting the pre-erected form of the box into an erected box, manipulating the erected box through the packaging line, and in an event where the erected box is involved in a disruption in the packaging line correlating the unique identifier of the associated erected box with the associated disruption and saving a record of the disruption and the unique identifier in a storage medium.