The office · Knowledge at the machine

What the second shift knows.

A machinist tapping through a step-by-step setup checklist on a panel-mounted tablet at a machining centre, a First Stop consultant watching with a notebook

On the call, we would ask

  • When a machine faults on the second shift, who does the operator call, and do they answer?
  • Where are the procedures: a binder, a shared drive, one person's memory?
  • What did the last person who left take with them?
  • Which questions get asked at the machine every week?