Entry into the department before shift time:
Report to officer/ HOD and reliever.
With HOD and reliever discuss:- Special requirement/ instruction/target, last 2 shift issues, another 3 shifts schedule and additional task if any.
Take quick round with the reliever in the entire area:-During round try to touch each and every people and have some specific question may be which are most critical to last 2 shifts issues/area etc.
Charge will be taken during round physically area:-Any abnormality observed need to be objected; also information should go to HOD. Abnormality should cleared by the doer before leaving the work place.
Come to planning board well advanced (before shift start) and see the schedule status on the board updated and people reporting in the shift on time.
Stand at the entry point and ensure:-
Everybody reports on time at work place and charge handover happening at work place only.
Operator handover running machine to the reliever.
Ensure each and every individual should know the shift plan and what to deliver in the shift before going to work place. It should be predefined and changes can be only re-communicated.
Again discuss in depth with all concerns (reliever, HOD, department planner, miscellaneous responsible persons) for schedule, investigation and CAPA to incident if any, productivity, quality issues, documents and department works to perform in the shift, this is the understanding for pre and post 3 shifts.
Report to the concern workplace:
Instruct off line/ concern people to make arrangement of blend /SFG and any other materials for coming two shift operations.
Make responsible off line/concern people to close quality issues, perform quality activity and other miscellaneous activities (like BMR, Training & other arrangements).
Batch manufacturing/Manufacturing:
During area round ensure:-
People, quality systems, machine, accessories, documents, materials and all other things are in place. Ensure things are in their designed place and vice versa.
Interact with Supervisor and understand that they know shift target for output and quality.
Ask few casuals that they should know what they are doing and our requirement. Ensure training record of casual if any.
Perform critical challenge test and in process checks. Ensure no machine functioning parameters/facility by passed. Talk the same with line people simultaneously.
Check the line documents entries (BMR, Log books and any formats). Cross verify with vigilance that correct document, product and manpower used.
Ensure and discuss with people that if any special precaution(like staggering during breaks, sensitive product, new product, new market, off line activity, special/critical product, new manpower, machine issues etc.
Get pending work from previous shift; get it done from them only.
Go through the BMR, blend and machine and ensure correct dose and material used.
Evaluate and challenge the working of manpower for correctness and if required retrain them.
Ensure no human intervention at any places and correct procedure being followed.
Check people should know the batch completion time, SFG quantity, batch yield will give etc.
Must be consider for the following:
After completion of round in department report finding to the HOD.
No documentation NCs and manipulation on dose and process.
Keep required MP on the line.
Focus the improvements project like Yield, Quality, safety, Cost saving and Man hour reduction.
All report must be completed like Shift report, DPR etc.
Safety, hygiene, discipline, and ISO requirements followed in the department.
Ensure everybody in shift follow their responsibility.
Spend some time for innovation and initiatives in the department.
Spend time to train the people.
Spend time on other department activities like procurement, change parts, other department issues, meeting, and discussion.
Ensure people should report and taking permission for each non routine jobs.
Do not allow else to the job not who are not assigned and not recorded.
Spend some time for personal talks with people about him and family.
Ensure activities are on- line.
Supervisor should on the line every time. For any help he should talk to supporting team allocated on the line or shift in charge.
Face abnormality and talk to HOD immediately.
Ensure and pass communications in such way that nobody should miss of partial communications shall not be transferred to other shift people.
Ensure special precaution in night shift so that people should not sleepy.
Ensure MP allocated for every activity (Like operational lines, wash area, change parts, PM staging, HK etc.) and the same recorded in the logbook.
Shift end review with individual for quality output and other data.
Be ready to give time to next shift reliever and to take round with him.
To follow the procedures pertaining to the environmental management system.
To support in implementation new procedure related to environment management system.
To report any observation / non-conformance related to the environment management system
To follow and maintain 5s in workplace.

Sr Technical Assistant for Manufacturing (Granulation area)