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Production team leader

You run the shift on the floor: people, plan and problems. Your job is to make abnormalities visible within the hour, not at the end of the shift.

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Production operatorProduction supervisorProduction / plant manager

Routine

Daily

  • Tier 1 huddle (10 minutes, standing, at the board)
  • Check staffing against plan and re-allocate
  • Hour-by-hour board: record output and reason for any gap
  • Line clearance and first-piece sign-off at changeovers

Weekly

  • Kaizen idea review with the team
  • 5S audit of the area
  • Confirm standard work is followed (one station per day)

Monthly+

  • Update the cross-training matrix
  • Review takt and line balance against the new demand

Your kit, task by task

  • Start-of-shift huddle (Tier 1)Daily · Board / visual
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  • Staffing vs plan / absenteeismDaily · Template
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  • Hour-by-hour output trackingDaily · Board / visual
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  • Kaizen idea reviewWeekly · Template
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  • Skills / cross-training matrix updateMonthly · Document generator
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  • Line clearanceWhen it happens · Checklist
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  • Changeover / SMEDWhen it happens · Calculator
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  • Takt and line balanceWhen it happens · Calculator · Takt Time Calculator
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  • Standard work / SOP updateWhen it happens · Document generator
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KPIs you are measured on

Skills coverage

Share of critical tasks or stations with at least the target number of qualified people (often three).

Formula Coverage = Stations meeting target ÷ Critical stations × 100

Takt Time Calculator

Takt time

The pace of customer demand: available working time divided by units required in that time.

Formula Takt = Net available time ÷ Customer demand

Takt Time Calculator

Top pains and how to handle them

Firefighting all shift

Escalate by rule, not by mood: any hour below target by the agreed margin gets a reason and an owner on the board.

Too many boards, nobody reads them

One Tier 1 board: safety, quality, delivery, people, actions. If a metric has not triggered an action in a month, remove it.

Absence leaves stations uncovered

Aim for three trained people per critical station and plan training before the gap appears.

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