Store floor management: Effective management in production and manufacturing

What is store floor management?

• Definition.
• Features.
• Advantages and disadvantages of store floor management.
• Core components of store floor management (leading, communicating on site, visualizing key figures, solving problems).

Component 1 of the SFM: Leadership

• Hansei: The need for self-reflection.
  • Create a positive error culture as a manager.
  • Solution finding and communication.
• Genchi Genbutsu & Gemba: Managing employees on site.
• Daily Management.

Component 2 of the SFM: Communicating on site

• Finding the right communication as a manager - verbal and non-verbal.
• Motivating communication.
• Ask questions.
• As a manager, how do I communicate with senior management?
• Conflict resolution & cooperation.

Component 3 of the SFM: Visualization

• Which key figures are used?
• The store floor board.
• Visualization of target state vs. actual state.
• How do I visualize which processes are taking place?
• Presentation: What problems are there and how are they solved?

Component 4 of the SFM: Problem solving

• What problem-solving strategies are there?
• What is W.E. Deming's PDCA cycle?
• Leading through the phases of the cycle as a manager.