Reducing scrap through structured processes
To protect the environment and mitigate climate change, Phoenix Mecano strives to reduce its energy consumption and increase the proportion of renewable energy it uses for electricity, heating and mobility. In production activities, natural resources are used carefully to minimise the impact on
the environment.
Thanks to systematic process optimisation, Phoenix Mecano is laying the groundwork for lower scrap rates and resource-efficient production.
Production scrap and defects can never be completely avoided. However, they provide valuable insights into how to optimise processes. Phoenix Mecano systematically records rejects and production defects in order to identify their causes and continuously reduce scrap rates. This not only cuts costs, but also helps to conserve resources and protect the environment.
Reducing production defects is a complex process involving numerous factors: from ensuring the quality of raw materials and coordinating the materials to be processed through to staff training and monitoring of lead times, as well as room temperature, humidity and dust levels. Communication between all those involved in the process is also key, as is workplace lighting.
A clearly structured, consistently defined process chain is essential. Weaknesses can only be reliably identified and effectively addressed when every step is transparently and precisely defined. In enclosures production, for example, it makes a difference whether enclosures are stored temporarily after washing or powder-coated straight away.
Thanks to consistent process optimisation, the expansion of best-practice sharing and further harmonisation of problem-solving methods, Phoenix Mecano will continue to reduce its scrap rates in the coming years.
