I've just graduated school and started working as a process engineer for an injection molding company. They have a lot of jobs that have small shot sizes on large machines, often a screw stroke of 10 mm or less on a machine with a max stroke of 200+ mm. All sorts of materials (PEI, ABS, Long glass fiber urethane [isoplast], lots of filled nylons). Almost all Toshiba machines, some old hydraulics and some newer electrics.

Any tips for developing robust processes in these scenarios, other than telling them to purchase a smaller barrel/screw?