The Monday Board is a one-page checklist of eight actions, one for each step a drifting process goes through. Each uses records you already have and finds a real gap if one exists. Print it, pin it up and tick them off.
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01 · The in-process inspection sheet
Look at this week's check sheets for readings moving one way, and add a call rule to any sheet without one.
Chapter 1: Spot the Drift02 · The red tag log and quality alert
Name the last good check for one process, and check every cell has red tags and a hold spot.
Chapter 2: Contain It03 · The gage and its calibration
Find the last Gage R&R on your key gage and check no gage in use is past its calibration date.
Chapter 3: Rule Out the Gage04 · The control chart
Pull one live control chart and check the limit lines are drawn and the last eight points are not all on one side.
Chapter 4: Read the Chart05 · The capability study
Work out Cp and Cpk from 25 pieces and write down the gap.
Chapter 5: Measure Capability06 · The cause, on three legs
Write down when your last drift started and list what changed within an hour of it.
Chapter 6: Find What Changed07 · The control plan and reaction plan
Read one reaction plan and rewrite it if it says only "notify supervisor."
Chapter 7: Lock It In08 · The proof and the LPA question
Find the proof your last drift fix held, and add one question about it to the layered process audit.
Chapter 8: Prove It Held
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Based on the made-up shaft SH-3306 on Lathe 3 in One Drifting Shaft. The Process Trail. The part, machine and numbers are made up. Use your own forms; every check works with whatever records you already keep.