Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Procedure Review

STANLEY was interested in evaluating its Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) procedure at its Lincoln manufacturing facility as part of its continual improvement initiative. The ESD procedure is a safety protocal used to test and control electrostatic discharge when an associate enters the assembly floor. Garth Jack, Director of Quality and Regulatory Compliance, contacted the Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), part of the MEP National Network™, for help evaluating current ESD procedures and for assistance in identifying potential improvements.

Staff engineers from the Nebraska MEP visited the company's Lincoln, Nebraska facility and observed STANLEY’s existing ESD procedures.  The Nebraska MEP engineers spent a day observing and touring the manufacturing facility, with an eye focused on evaluating the existing ESD procedures and looking for potential improvement opportunities. The Nebraska MEP provided STANLEY a dozen recommendations that could lead to improvement of the existing ESD procedures, including a recommendation intended to obtain more consistent readings from the ESD personnel tester.