Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Ceramics Manufacturing
Fired production where shade and size vary by batch and sorting after firing decides what can be sold as what.
Ceramics come out of the kiln varying in shade and dimension, and are sorted into grades afterwards. The sort decides the revenue: the same firing produces first quality, seconds and rejects, and how much of each is a measure of process health that most plants review monthly rather than per kiln load.
What gets in the way
- Shade and size vary by batch and are sorted subjectively
- First-quality yield per firing is known late
- Batch identity is lost between kiln and warehouse, so top-ups mismatch
- Seconds are cleared irregularly rather than sold as a category
- Fuel consumption per firing is not attributed to output
What the software handles
- Batch identity carried from kiln through sorting to the warehouse
- Sort results recorded per firing, by grade
- Shade and calibre recorded so top-up orders can be matched
- Seconds priced and sold as a managed category
- Fuel consumption recorded against the firing
What changes
- First-quality yield visible per firing rather than per month
- Top-up orders matched to the original batch
- Seconds turned into planned revenue
- Fuel cost per unit of saleable output known
Software for your ceramics manufacturing business
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