Before you begin
- Create Shifts
- Dashboards and Production Monitoring
How it works
Follow the arrows from left to right. Each stage prepares the information the next stage needs.
- 01Recommended
Review current Shift
Review active Work Orders, WIP, holds, downtime, material risks, and quality issues.
provides the information needed for - 02Recommended
Record WIP and issues
Record the information the next Shift needs to act safely.
provides the information needed for - 03Recommended
Handover
Confirm ownership of unresolved actions.
provides the information needed for - 04Recommended
Next Shift accepts
Use the handover record with dashboards rather than relying on verbal memory.
provides the information needed for - 05Recommended
Continue production
This stage contributes to the outcome: Maintain continuity when production responsibility moves from one Shift to another.
Why this connection matters: Handover information should be specific to records and Lines.
Step-by-step in Forge
Navigation: Manufacturing → Shifts & Labor → Shift Handovers
- Open Shift Handovers: Open Shifts & Labor and select Shift Handovers.
- Create a handover: Select Create Shift Handover and choose the outgoing and incoming Shift details.
- Record current conditions: Add active Work Orders, WIP, holds, downtime, material risk, and quality issues.
- Assign unresolved actions: Select the owner and due action for every open item.
- Save and acknowledge: Save the handover and have the incoming Shift review or acknowledge it.
Watch the task
Watch: Shift Operations and Handovers
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Rules to remember
- Handover information should be specific to records and Lines.
- Open quality, maintenance, and material blockers must be visible.
- A new Shift should not restart work that is already in progress.
Ready when
- WIP and blocked units are identified.
- Open actions have clear next steps.
- The next Shift can continue without reconstructing the previous Shift.