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Training
is the most important part in establishing a factory. We can
conduct training here at our facility here in the USA but most prefer
us to come to their factory to also assist in setting up their factory
prior to training them and their employees. Training in your
factory will allow you get first hand experience using your equipment,
your molds and your raw materials. It also allows your
employees
to be trained first-hand by a professional vs you having to go home and
train them. We take training very seriously and after setting
up
new factories for over 25 years and training individuals who are
unfamiliar with these products, we know the step-by-step approach to
make it easy to comprehend.
After the factory is set up, the first step is factory safety and
safety in handling the raw materials. You’ll learn
the
proper mold break-in procedures, setting up molds for achieving the end
result, formulas & techniques that are included on the Formulas page and detailing
the finished products. In a classroom environment, we’ll use
a Chalk Board
to write down and discuss each formula prior to going in to the factory
to perform the task. We always make sure every individual
masters
each step before moving on to the next.
Some bathrooms and kitchens require using multiple molds and in some
cases there may be more than one mold that will make the product you
need. For example, to make a vanity top, there are modular
molds,
all purpose molds, floating, under mount, drop-in and vessel
bowls. You may have a stand alone tub, a typical bathtub
installation of various sizes and a bathtub installation with a tub
deck. We’ll explain which molds are needed for any
applications
and many times you may have more one than mold to do the job. In these
cases we’ll explain why one mold may be more advantages than
another to produce exactly what the customer needs.
There are many formulas and variations of formulas. Not every
factory intends on producing all of them but we will go over each one
so you will know how to do them, the raw materials needed in each case,
and discuss costing and pricing of each of them.
Prior to your molds and equipment arriving your factory we will have
discussed raw material suppliers with you so they can be in-house prior
to setting up the factory. Raw materials can vary from
supplier
to supplier around the world so we may request buying small quantities
from more than one supplier to test their performance. We will spend
the first couple of days testing and adjusting formulas based on the
performance of each one of them. We’ll also
consider
logistics and pricing to decide which is the best choice for
you.
Our goal is to leave each factory with the knowledge to fully take
ownership of their factory and run with it, producing the most
exquisite products their market has ever seen, on the very first
day. There will be no costly and time consuming
trial-and-error
methods or need to re-invent the wheel.
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