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Daxing Road, Dalingshan Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Important Key For Factory : Zone Leader Board
Zone Leader Board — What it is ?
- The ZL Board is a visual system that displays the performance of the business and used as a tool to communicate information. It organizes the information the ZL is responsible to utilize in Running and Improving the Business all in one location.
- The ZL Board is broken into 4 categories: People, Quality, Cost and Speed. Information should include, Daily and Monthly trend data, Detailed Reasons supporting performance (Pareto), Corrective Action activities, SVM with training plan, Suggestion Cards and implemented ideas, communications, etc.
- The ZL Board helps a ZL “run and improve” their business by showing its performance, problems within the cell, and what action is being done to improve the business.

Zone Leader Board — How it Works ?
- According to the broken into 4 categories: People, Quality, Cost and Speed. It’s very important that per parts .
- Performance Trends : Daily trend chart & Monthly (Same measure)
- Reasons / Causes : Pareto Charts to show top & issues effecting the process
- Actions : 8 Step Problem Solving , worksheets, corresponding , to top issues on Pareto charts etc…

Zone Leader Board — People (Safety Related)
- Safety Cross: Mark it green if there were ,no injuries or near-misses,the prior day. Otherwise, Red. Record monthly injury totals.
- Options :
- 1)Daily Dose
- 2) Environmental & Safety
- 3)Startup Meeting Agenda
- 4)Rotation Schedule
- 5)Hackett’s Huddle
- 6)Other forms of Communication
- 7)Employee Participation (Sugg.)
Zone Leader Board — Quality
FPY
–FPY is the quality measure that the team can control the most (in most areas*) **Is required in all Trim areas
Daily Measure
- Behind the monthly, in the same display window, with white space at the bottom
- Trend Line with clear noticeable marker
Monthly measure
Average of the prior month’s daily results
- Pareto chart with data from repair or hospital log.
- 8 Step Problem Solving, corresponding to top issues on pareto.
Sum Up for Zone Leader Board :
•The ZL Board is a visual system that shows the performance of the business, problems in the business, and what has been done to improve the business.
•The board is broken into 4 main elements: People, Quality, Cost, Speed
•The board supports the Problem Solving Cycle- “Connecting the Dots”: Pitch tracking, Pareto the reasons for miss, 8-Step Problem Solving, Check for improvement in Performance
•The board assists the ZL in the Startup meeting by discussing the teams performance, problems, improvement activities, setting goals, and communication.
•The Zone Leader owns the responsibility to keep the board up to date and to share information with the team.
