WAYS TO

O REDUCE
E YOUR
OV
VERALL CA
ALIBRATIO
ON COSTS
S

anket Purcha
Use of a Bla ase Order

Much of the hidden costts of getting calibrations done

d involve your internaal costs of geenerating a p
purchase
order(PO). Many
M custommers estimatee their annual need and d cut a sing gle PO and allow the ca alibration
d monitor the workflow, sa
coordinator to control and aving much off the internal costs. Simplle equipment lists can
be furnished to Essco rath
her than gene
erating costly purchase ord
ders.

Switch to On
nsite Service
e

Some custommers can redu uce their overall costs by switching to oonsite service uipment. The repeated
e of their equ
shipping and delivery costts can be avo
oided with a single
s travel fe
ee. More impportantly, you don’t need se
econdary
equipment to
o support yourr operation be
ecause the eqquipment turn naround is in minutes, not days.

e Equipment
Retiring Idle

Look to retiree equipment that

t you no lo
onger use. Maany companiees have shelvves of equipm ment awaitingg work for
contracts theey may never see again. Retire
R the equipment and yyou can either retain it for possible future use or
sell it on the
e used equipm nto revenue. Apply “Not in
ment market to turn idle equipment in n Calibration System”
stickers or loc
ck up to preve
ent use.

Provide Use
eful Guidance
e on What Ne
eeds Calibra
ation

Provide guidance to yourr equipment users

u by usin eria for what needs to be calibrated. N
ng clear crite Not every
measuremen nt instrument needs calibraation, but rath
her depends o on its use. Re
eview the worrding in the aapplicable
quality standards and form mulate your own
o guidance, such as “a on, incoming and final
all equipmentt in productio
inspection”. You
Y can place e “no calibration required” stickers on eqquipment that don’t meet yyour criteria.

ools as “Calibrate before

Designate to e Use”

Infrequently used
u equipment can be deesignated as “calibrate be While this may not work in a
efore use.” W all areas,
work tools tha heduled to go out once the demand for tthem is realizzed.
at can be sch

Implement a “Calibrate Upon

U Issue” program

Infrequently used equipm

ment, like thre
ead plugs, ca an have a se eal applied that need onlyy be broken w when the
equipment iss used. You can issue th he equipment then and a apply a new calibration la abel with a d
due date
determined from the date of issue, nott the date of original
o works well forr equipment that shifts
calibrration. This w
due to use, not
n time.

er, costly equipment with

Replace olde h new equipm
ment

Some firms spend

s ort older equipment that re
large sums to suppo equires more frequent repa
airs and/or ca
alibration.
Newer, more
e stable equipment may redduce your ma aintenance coosts.

es for equipm
Extend cycle ment with de
emonstrated stability and
d low risk

Many cycles are chosen arbitrarily

a with
h little consideration of the
e use, environ
nment, or riskks associated d with the
use of the eq
quipment. Con nsider extend
ding cycles of equipment th hat has demo onstrated relia
ability, has few
w moving
sceptibility to breakage and can be che
parts, low sus ecked easily fo
or proper opeeration.

ation Laborattory
Essco Calibra 10/12/2011 Te
echnical Note
e No. 20