Exit and Alumni Management for Manufacturing
Resignation to relieving letter, in a defined order.
What this looks like in manufacturing
The parts of exit and alumni management that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Shop Floor Exit and Skill Gap
A resignation is a hole in the shift roster before it is anything else.
What this coversHide
Shop Floor Exit and Skill Gap
A resignation is a hole in the shift roster before it is anything else.
What this coversHideOn a production line an exit is felt immediately by the shift it leaves short, so the first question is not paperwork but coverage.
- Shift backfill confirmed before the last working day
- Skill matrix updated so the gap is visible, not discovered
- Machine-specific competency and authorisation closed
- Tools, gauges, PPE and locker returned against issue record
- Safety and statutory training record filed
- Contractor-supplied workers released through the contractor
- Full and final settlement on the stated timeline
- Rehire eligibility recorded by the shift in-charge
The skill matrix is what turns an exit from an event into information. Where one operator was the only person authorised on a machine, that should be visible the day the notice arrives rather than the first time the line stops.
The general method — what exit and alumni management covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the exit and offboarding process page. What is above is the part that differs for manufacturing.
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Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.