What is Action Plans?

In the manufacturing improvement process, an action plan is a detailed strategy to achieve improvement goals. It serves as a guide, offering a clear timeline and specific steps, including tasks, responsibilities, and completion timeframes.

Why use Factbird Action Plans?

Seamless Transition from Paper to Digital Replace your paper-based PDCA processes with digital Action Plans to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.

Follow-ups, Reminders, and Escalations Never forget to follow up on an issue with automatic reminders for responsible parties at the right time. Simplify the escalation process through the organization and ensure that every problem gets a long-term solution with the required follow-ups

Leverage existing production data Easily link Action Plans to downtime or quality issues in Factbird. You can also attach relevant documentation, photos, and files to actions

Knowledge Retention In an era of decreasing employee retention rates, our solution helps in documenting critical shopfloor knowledge, aiding in the quicker onboarding of new staff and preserving essential expertise within the enterprise

Prerequisites

• You need to have the Action Plans module enabled - ask your Factbird contact
• You need to have the Organization module enabled and configured. Ask you Factbird contact for an introduction

Getting Started

1. Find the Action Plans module in the sidebar menu. If you cannot see it, contact sales.

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2. Choose the location you want to work in

• Action Plans are tied to a location. This is often a line or a group of lines where you are currently having your daily board meetings.
• Press the location selector and select the location you wish to create an action plan on