Introduction:

For these last two months I have been working at a company that manufactures mattresses.

While there I have been tasked with observing the different manufacturing sections and making recommendations on how each section can be improved.

I have so far studied two sections in the company: the Quilting and Tapedge section.

My reports may include a fair amount of mattress-speak so feel free to contact me if you need any clarifications.

But a mattress is primarily composed of its: core, top and surrounding.

The mattresses’ core can be made of steel, foam, or a mixture of the two depending on the type of mattress.

The top and surrounding are a mixture of foam and fabric, and are known as the panel and border respectively.

(1) For my first study, I studied a section in the manufacturing plant known as the Quilting section.

The Quilting machine produces the border and panel of a mattress by combining foam and fabric and imprinting a pattern onto the mixture of both.

Over a 3 day period, I studied the activities, which form part of operating the machine, and made recommendations on what improvements could be made to help improve production.

(2) For my second study I looked into another part of the plant known as the Tapedge section.

A tapedge machine applies a layer of tape in between the panel and border of the mattress so that the entire mattress can be held together.

I detailed all the activities associated with the operating of the machine over a four-day period and made my recommendations on how improvements could be made.