Win the Shift, Win the Month

Do your operators know their target for today? Do they know if they are on track to hit that target? 

Help your operators win their shift. When your operators consistently win their shift, you will win your week, month, and quarter.  

Plan to Win

 Your favorite sports teams don't win by accident. Before each game they create a plan, usually with contingencies if play goes off-track. During the game they execute the plan, and adjust play as they go.  

• Plan: At the start of the shift, set a target, and create a simple plan.
• Adjust: During the shift, track progress in real time. If your operators fall behind, intervene to help them get back on track.
• Debrief: After the shift, identify what worked well, and what should be done differently tomorrow.

Consistently Win the Shift by setting a target, adjusting course if your team falls behind, and deciding what to do differently next time 

Show Your Operators When They Are Winning

When you track production in real time, you can instantly see if your operators are on-track (and intervene when they're not). More importantly, you can let them see if they are on track to win their shift. 

An extremely effective plant floor scoreboard is TAED (Target, Actual, Efficiency, Down Time):  

• Target: Real-time count of good parts that should have been manufactured.
• Actual: Real-time count of good parts that actually were manufactured.
• Efficiency: Ratio of actual good parts to target good parts.
• Down Time: For most companies down time is the largest loss.

 By comparing Target to Actual, your operators can pace production in real time. They know they are winning the shift when Efficiency is 100% or higher:

With a TAED scoreboard such as the XL Productivity Appliance? an efficiency of 100% means you are "winning the shift".

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