EFI Automatic Trim Waste Reporting
Every Monday, WebRun opens EFI, reviews every press run completed the prior week, compares actual trim waste and scrap against the job's estimate, and logs a report to Google Sheets with the variance and any run flagged for coming in over.
How do I track trim waste against estimate for every press run?
WebRun compares estimated and actual trim waste for every press run completed the prior week. Each Monday it reads the figures from EFI, calculates the variance for each job, and logs a report to Google Sheets with any run flagged that exceeded its estimate, so waste trends surface before they eat into margin.
- Waste overages surface weekly instead of at month-end close
- Every run's variance against estimate is logged automatically
- Trends by press or substrate become visible without manual pivoting
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What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.efi.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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EFI - pull trim waste for completed runs
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WebRun opens EFI to pull trim waste for completed runs. - Open EFI's job costing or production reporting and review runs completed last week
- Capture the estimated waste percentage and the actual waste or scrap percentage for each run
- Note the press, substrate, and job number for every run captured
Done when Every run completed last week has its estimated and actual waste captured.
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Google Sheets - log the waste report
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WebRun opens Google Sheets to log the waste report. - Open the waste tracking sheet and append a row per run
- Record the job, press, estimated waste, actual waste, and the variance between them
- Flag any run whose actual waste exceeds estimate by more than your set threshold
Done when The sheet holds last week's runs with variance calculated and overages flagged.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Does it change job costing or the original estimate?
No. WebRun only reads completed run data from EFI and reports it. It never edits a job's cost or its original waste estimate.
How does it decide a run is over?
It flags any run whose actual waste percentage exceeds the job's original estimate by more than the threshold you set, so small, normal variances aren't flagged.
Can I see waste trends by press or operator?
Yes. Since every run is logged with its press and job number, you can filter or pivot the sheet by press, substrate, or time period.
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