Manufacturing
Performance Management for Manufacturing
Goals, reviews and ratings that hold up in a conversation.
What this looks like in manufacturing
The parts of performance management that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Production-Linked Performance
Measures the shop floor recognises as fair.
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Production-Linked Performance
Measures the shop floor recognises as fair.
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- Attendance
- Output against plan
- Quality rejections
- Rework
- Machine downtime
- Safety observance
- Workplace organisation standards
- Skill progression
Supervisor and staff
- Shift output
- Staffing adherence
- Overtime control
- Rejection rate
- Downtime response
- Training completion of team
- Incident count
- Housekeeping
We then build the cycle around them:
- Goal setting
- KRAs and KPIs
- Monthly reviews
- Annual appraisal
- Performance ratings
- Improvement plans
- Increment and promotion recommendations
The general method — what performance management covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the performance management process page. What is above is the part that differs for manufacturing.
Other HR topics for manufacturing
HR Strategy and Workforce PlanningOrganisation DesignRecruitment and Talent AcquisitionEmployee AdministrationCompensation, Payroll and BenefitsLearning and DevelopmentHealth, Safety and WellbeingRetention and Attrition ManagementHR Technology and AutomationHR Analytics and Management ReportingHR Operations and Governance
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.