Paper Mill Performance and “The Earplug Theory, TAPPICon25

What is good paper mill performance and what can be measured besides production levels, machine efficiency, product quality, profitability, and meeting safety standards? Are there opportunities to enhance productivity and help achieve every goal without applying technical or costly solutions? Do productivity methods or procedures exist which are not studied in business school or taught in a university with a paper, forest products, or engineering program?

“The Ear Plug Theory” explains how discovering few or no discarded earplugs between the operating floor and mill parking lot often relates with the best operating and safest mills.

A light, entertaining, and non-technical discussion will present how good mill cleanliness and housekeeping is an important step toward achieving the best mill performance metrics. Where this non-technical management principle has been observed to show a good correlation between mill or process cleanliness, and optimum productivity, this presentation will include real examples to generate thoughts and discussions leading to positive and measurable results.

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