Shift Handover
A structured handover instead of 5 minutes at the door.
👥 PEOPLE & KNOWLEDGE
The late shift reports problems to the early shift, and the early shift stumbles into the same mistakes anyway - because the handover was "5 minutes at the door".
5-10
minutes per handover
1st hr
critical ramp-up phase
24/7
status transparent
What you document: a standardized handover checklist per line - order status, special conditions, problems, tool condition - plus a visual condition check (machine, material stock, cleaning) and the question of where to report and whom to inform.
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The trigger - how do you recognize it?
- Recurring problems appear in the first hour of the new shift
- Damage and anomalies are not communicated between shifts
- There is a handover book that is half-maintained - or not at all
- On order changes, the next shift loses time because it does not know the status
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How it works with GIRI
QR code at the shift start point (handover board, control station). A structured instruction: what to check, what to document, what to hand over. Photo documentation of unusual conditions, links to open fault tickets.
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The value
- Less knowledge loss between shifts
- Faster shift start - the next shift knows immediately where things stand
- Recurring ramp-up problems disappear
- Damage is discovered earlier, not only after several shifts
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Typical users
- 3-shift operations
- Continuous production (chemicals, food)
- Highly automated lines with operator teams
- Logistics centers running 24/7
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What you want to avoid
- Treating the handover as a pure communication exercise - structure it with a visual instruction
- Making it too long - 5-10 minutes is the operational maximum
- Documenting only problems - "everything is running fine" is important information too
KPI figures are industry benchmarks (SwipeGuide), not a GIRI guarantee.
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