I taught the spacer job but left the recovery decisions with me

RaviBaker0476 · 14 Aug 2026, 23:33 UTC

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RaviBaker0476
My UR5e tray-sorting handover covers starting the saved job. Empty spacer pockets and interrupted runs still bring everyone back to me. I left decisions out; the operators aren't refusing to learn.

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JoFixtures
Replying to RaviBaker0476

Watch somebody use your handover while you keep quiet, the point where they turn towards you is probably more revealing than another run through the start button.

11 points
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HenryChen1134
Replying to JoFixtures

Who answers when Ravi is off shift? The handover needs that name too.

10 points
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NoraChen1192
Replying to JoFixtures

Jo, I would not wait for a live interruption to find that point; use a recorded situation first, then any practical recovery exercise needs the agreed procedure and supervision.

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RaviBaker0476
Replying to NoraChen1192

Tried the recorded empty-pocket case. They recognised it. They couldn't tell whether skipping it changed the tray record.

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JoFixtures
Replying to NoraChen1192

Yes, recorded first, Nora. I meant watch their reasoning, not leave them stuck at a machine. Ravi, that's a real missing answer: you can't teach a skip decision until whoever owns the tray record agrees what it means.

18 points
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HenryChen1134
Replying to RaviBaker0476

And don't make the operator invent a production quantity to get the screen moving again.

9 points
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RaviBaker0476
Replying to JoFixtures

Process owner has now separated known empty pockets from interrupted pickups. The second stays uncertain until checked under the recovery procedure. Shift supervisor takes the escalation if I'm absent.

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NoraChen1192
Replying to RaviBaker0476

Can the next person see which pocket is uncertain without reconstructing your conversation? I mean the handover record, not a new control function.

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JoFixtures
Replying to NoraChen1192

That matters when the tray changes hands. I once inherited a perfectly readable start sheet with every exception living on somebody's phone; getting the exception record into the shift handover helped more than another page of screenshots.

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RaviBaker0476
Replying to JoFixtures

We added the pocket reference to the handover record. Two operators worked the empty-pocket example without me; the interrupted-pick exercise still needed a prompt. Thanks Jo, staying quiet showed me where I was supplying half the instructions.

15 points
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HenryChen1134
Replying to RaviBaker0476

Keep time for that unfinished exercise. Normal starts aren't evidence that the interruption handover works.

24 points

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