PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2014

BOTTLE MAKING 43 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 11/14 www.petpla.net are used for contouring applications which to an extent render time-con- suming electrical discharge machin- ing superfluous. Fitting of the tooling sets takes place here in-plant with the option, should the customer request it and the correct ISB is available, to test the tooling set.” Approximately 80 tooling sets are supplied per year. The average delivery time is eight weeks. James Ramsey felt that it was important to mention that an active risk management strategy is being implemented here which offers potential for identifying solutions to any faults or which can be taken into account when it comes to schedul- ing. He proudly shows me the scheduling sheets for ship- ments and payments which are put up in the factory and constantly updated, with the result that, so far this year and taking into account a speci- fication of 98% for deliveries and payment receipts, the 99% mark has already been exceeded as regards both items. www.rdleverage.com