About the Waste Application

A waste event occurs when a product is rejected or lost in a processing stream. A waste event is calculated against a location and production unit. Waste events can be associated with a production-based event or time-based event. A production event can be associated with one or more waste events. Each waste event has a calculated amount of waste and the following factors are associated with it:

• Fault: the error in the processing stream or equipment that led to generation of waste
• Reason: the reason for the fault
• Action: the corrective action taken to fix the fault

Using the Waste application an operator or supervisor to create records for a waste event and associate it with a production event.