Set allowed waste in metres, not by feel
Write allowed waste in metres: so many at the start of the roll, so many at the tail, so many at a splice. Do not write "reasonable waste". Defects past those metres still get recorded and dealt with. With no number, every shift's waste counts as reasonable.
Write allowed waste in metres: so many at the start of the roll, so many at the tail, so many at a splice. Do not write "reasonable waste". Defects past those metres still get recorded and dealt with. With no number, every shift's waste counts as reasonable.
Why call it this way
If the camera alarms in the first metres of the roll, that can be agreed waste, but the metres have to be printed on the ticket beforehand, for example 20 metres at the start. Whether it is 20 or 50 is set by the process for this job, not by the operator that day. Splices are counted on their own.
Side by side
| What you see | Call | Do not |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the agreed metres | Count it as allowed waste | Leave it unrecorded |
| Past the agreed metres | Treat it as a defect | Still call it normal waste |
| No metres on the ticket | Write them before the roll starts | Let each shift set its own |
Check at changeover or roll start
- Write start, tail, and splice metres on the job ticket.
- Alarms past those metres are handled as usual.
- Do not hide a running defect inside the waste allowance.
