Shop floor management

Concept

A routine for steering production where the work happens: visual boards, short daily meetings, performance indicators and structured follow-up of problems, so teams and managers react to deviations the same day.

Descrição

Shop floor management steers production at the place where the work happens. Teams and managers use visual boards, short daily meetings and a small set of indicators, often for safety, quality, delivery and cost. Deviations are made visible at once, and open problems get an owner and a date.

The routine works in layers. The team reviews its own board first, and what it cannot solve moves up to the next level, from team to area to plant. Managers also walk the floor to see the process themselves, which links shop floor management to gemba walks. Done well, it shortens the time between a problem appearing and a decision being made.

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-11