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2. Establish a set of rules and guidelines.
Work the plan: Do not expedite from the next production period
and do not start more parts than scheduled.
Do not start a job before materials are scheduled or physically
in-house.
Identify and follow schedule control points or whiteboards.
Reduce inventory by developing flexible catch-up plans.
Schedule all whiteboards on the floor at the same time.
3. Goals of the scheduling system using whiteboards:
Visibility and communication of the plan
Track performance to plan
Prioritize jobs
Recovery plan from problems
Improve work flow
Communications with upstream and downstream processes
Production associates assume responsibility to execute the plan
Using the tools of process and data flow diagrams, the team mem-
bers collectively produced the context diagram and the top-level data
flow diagram, as shown in Figure 1.7. The charts were helpful for

Figure 1.7 Process mapping example.