FACILITY: Folding Carton Plant
LOCATION: Midwest United States
Scrap material that could be sold mill-direct instead is being loaded onto local trucks, as per the plant’s processes. This prevents a percentage of the total scrap from being part of the mill-direct shipments, thus resulting in a lower overall return for scrap.
Working with the plant personnel and management on process improvements as part of Wilmington Paper – The Program™, the grading system used by the plant was improved to create a more specific system to identify material. Also, shipping procedures at the plant were evaluated and adjusted to maximize mill-direct shipments.
The plant increased its percentage of scrap material that shipped mill-direct, creating a significant monthly revenue enhancement.
The plant increased the percentage of mill-direct shipments from 15% of its materials at the beginning of the year to well over 50% by mid-year, allowing for a higher overall return for scrap material.