Continuous Improvement

What Is the Continuous Improvement Add-on?

The Continuous Improvement add-on is used for 2 main purposes: solving shop floor issues and approving work instructions. We will explore both functions

What Is a Ticket and an Issue?

Within Azumuta, an operator can report an issue at any moment. Reporting an issue can be done easily and quickly by creating a ticket. With this ticket, an

Create an improvement board and an improvement flow

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The Improvement Board Layout

You can adjust an improvement board's layout to suit your preferences.

Edit an improvement board

Learn how to edit an improvement board's name, permissions, columns, views, and triggers, or delete it, in Azumuta.

Edit or delete an improvement flow

Learn how to edit or delete an improvement flow in Azumuta, including the General, Flow Template, Advanced, Docx Reports, and Parameters tabs.

Restrict Improvement Flows and Boards per Tree Node

Choose which improvement boards and flows operators can pick when reporting from a specific Spot, Work Instruction, or Article Category, with selections that flow down the tree.

Add a checklist to a ticket

In Azumuta, a checklist is a work instruction that will automatically pop-up on an operator's screen once they've submitted a ticket. If activated, then an

Submit a ticket as an operator

When an operator sees any form of problem or irregularity on the shop floor, they can report it to their supervisor using a ticket. A ticket can include a

See the list of issues and open an issue in the app

View active issues in the Azumuta App, open an issue, and inspect a linked audit, checklist, or training recording as a read-only report.

Follow up on a submitted ticket

As an admin, it's your responsibility to follow up on issues (tickets that have been submitted by your operators). Here's what you can do:

Introduction to Docx Reporting for Tickets

A docx report is a user-made Word document (docx) where specific information regarding product orders, tickets, and audits can be extracted from Azumuta.

Tags to Use on a Docx Report (for Tickets)

A tag is a text-based command that will automatically transform into a specified data related to a ticket on a docx report. You can input the desired tags

Add a Docx report to an improvement flow

Adding a docx file to an improvement flow can be done in the following way:

Download a Docx report from a ticket

Once you've added a docx report to an improvement flow, you can download an automatically filled docx report in each ticket that falls under that improvement

Update a Docx report for a ticket

Have you uploaded a docx report to Azumuta in the past, but you would like to update it now?  Then you can either replace that docx report with a newer

Rename or delete a Docx report for tickets