Find the stage that is waiting
Look at the product batch, available containers and filling output together. Is filling waiting for the product, the packaging or a machine to restart? Start with the stage that needs attention.
04 / Production, processing and packaging
A batch can be ready while filling waits for bottles. Containers can be ready while the product is still being processed. Follow both sides, from raw materials to packed goods, to see what was made and where work is waiting.
How this part connects
Product processing and packaging manufacture run side by side. They meet at filling, then the goods are sealed, packed and prepared for dispatch. The full process shows how bottles, buckets and caps are made, as well as packaging bought from suppliers.
Illustrative process.
Look at the product batch, available containers and filling output together. Is filling waiting for the product, the packaging or a machine to restart? Start with the stage that needs attention.
Compare the material sent to a job with the good output, rejected items and scrap. For bottle production, follow the plastic resin through preforms to finished bottles. Use matching units when comparing quantities.
Keep the batch, quality checks and packing records together. When a question comes back from stores or distribution, trace the finished goods to the work that produced them.
Released product joins containers at filling.
Bottles go to filling. Preforms belong only to this PET bottle path.
Buckets go to filling on a separate path.
Closures join the filled containers at sealing / capping.
Bought-in containers join filling; labels and cartons join labelling and packing.
Product and container manufacture meet at filling, then move towards distribution.
Illustrative manufacturing flow. Product inputs pass through processing and quality checks before release for filling. Packaging is made alongside the product, ready for the two to meet.
PET resin passes through injection moulding to make preforms. A preform is the moulded starting shape that is later blown into a bottle. Stretch blow moulding turns those preforms into finished bottles. Buckets and caps follow separate injection-moulding paths.
Injection-moulding machines or presses and blow-moulding machines use moulds as tooling: the mould gives the item its shape. It is not a separate machine.
Product and containers meet at filling. Closures join at sealing or capping, followed by labelling and packing. Bought-in containers, closures, labels and cartons remain an additional supply.
Compare materials supplied with good output, rejects and scrap using matching units. This explains yield: the usable output from the material supplied. Review quality checks, machine runs, energy use and downtime to understand where work is waiting.
Across departments
See what stores supplied for the product and its packaging, including bought-in containers, closures, labels and cartons.
Explore this partLook at electricity use and power cuts alongside machine runs, container output and finished goods.
Explore this partFollow the finished goods from release to the load leaving the gate.
Explore this partBring a question your team needs to answer. We will walk through the work and the records with you.