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Time Team Members Team Leaders Group Leaders

• Training for TL • Stay within close • Notify TL if necessary to
role (set up by distance of work leave work area
GL) area • Attend daily Quality and
• Update production Production meeting
tracking charts • Support continuous
• Support continuous improvement activities
improvement • Process TM improvement
activities suggestions
Normal
• Prepare for Quality • Complete paperwork and
Production
Circles assignments
(No
• Verify stock of • Prepare information for
Problems)
consumable communication meeting
supplies (gloves, • Record any issues in GL
safety supplies etc.) shift-to-shift logbook
• Reorder supplies • Work on continuous
• Cross train TMs improvement activities
• Training for GL • Initiate contingency plan
role for major production
problems

• Breaks may be • Breaks may be • Respond to any
staggered if staggered if production problems
production production • 10 minute break period
problem problem • Follow up with TMs
• TM must finish • TL must attend to on any requests
current cycle any line problems
before break • 10 minute break
• 10 minute break period
period • Same activities as
• Some people TM
play cards, Ping-
Break
Pong or other
Time
activity
• May follow up
on improvement
suggestion
• May visit with
friends from
other areas
• Must return to
break area for
communication
meeting.

Table 10-1. (Continued)