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IDCS – Reduce giveaway and generate cost savings

Harnessing the data from every single pack you produce and by taking corrective action, IDCS will typically pay for itself within a matter of weeks.

The Ishida Data Capture System can help you attack giveaway in three ways.

Firstly, it gives you a clear picture of how well a line is complying with weights and measures legislation. This enables you to adjust target weights to be as close to nominal weights as possible, without risking too many (or too extreme) underweight packs being produced.

The above display, for example, shows how sample weight has varied over the last half hour. It is clear that average weight has stayed well above nominal weight (300g), and suggests that target weight could be safely and profitably lowered.

Secondly, it gives you precise information as to how much product you are giving away through overfill, as in the following report:

Thirdly, it enables you to use such information to motivate shop floor staff by displaying it (on a large screen, for example) near each packing line. In combination with an incentive scheme, such a display can prompt people to action.

For further information on reducing giveaway with the Ishida Data Capture System, please contact us.