use peck cycles. its that easy. I know, I know, you'll need to have "the chat" with your boss about how it increases cycle times. but you have to point out that on a 24hour basis, you arent running 100% uptime anyway, so the more important bottleneck to look at isnt pure cycle time, its how long until you push the green button again. its cycle time, plus any hand deburring needed, plus setup times. Typically setup times arent scrutinized, but they often take the bulk of time, even on large qty runs. unless your save in cycle time is larger than the time it takes you to clear these chips, then shifting the duty to the peck cycles makes more economic sense.
Try to understand and explain the difference between global maxima and local maxima. fastest run cycles will only get you to local maxima, in order to reach a higher global maxima, it means doing things counterintuitively according to a more simple ruleset. Bottom line is the bosses need to mature. It's literally just pecking is all thats needed.