Auditing Your Extrusion Coating or Cast Film Line, 1998 Polymers, Laminations & Coatings Conference Proceedings
Equipment audits like IRS audits are designed to be negative; however, much more rewarding as you gain the monetary savings or profits, not give them away. As in IRS audits, plant or equipment audits should be kept confidential and discussed only with those affected. The purpose of conducting these audits is to improve the areas that the audit is directed toward, not to embarrass individuals or point out shortcoming to higher authorities. These audit results should go only to the lowest person with the authority to correct the problem areas identified. In most audits I have been involved in, the results are shared after problems are corrected. This paper outlines a methodology to conduct an audit of an extrusion coating/laminating line to identity “what is and what could be.”
Auditing Your Extrusion Coating or Cast Film Line, 1998 Polymers, Laminations & Coatings Conference