A short, regular field walk catches drift earlier than a long checklist filled in rarely, because it looks at critical states instead of searching for paperwork. If every management level checks the same detail, ownership repeats: operators should see the daily state, managers the flow blockage, and process owners the recurring trend.
- Clean-dirty boundary
- Plate state and open containers
- Quarantine and logger preparation
- Waiting age and pending work
Each finding is recorded with a photo, container ID, action owner and closure date. The walk is meant to expose drift from the standard, not to catch staff unprepared; if the same finding returns, look at the system cause instead of another local fix.
