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Motivation for crafts to complete their work on time!

Motivation for crafts to complete their work on time!

Motivation for crafts to complete their work on time!

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Of course getting the manager to take some action when the crafts don't complete their work on time is always the best solution, but not always the complete solution.

There is another way to deal with this problem.
When jobs are not completed on time, the work becomes known as backlog. The true defintion of backlog is when "the actual complete date exceeds (or has the potential to exceed) the target complete date.
 
Senerio 1.) If the target comp date is in the future, and the actual comp date is still null,  then it has the potential of being late.
Senerio 2.) If the target comp date is null and the actual comp date is null,  then it has the potential of being late.

By acknowloging the existence of potential backlog, you can put more emphasis on what's going to be backlog, rather than what is already backlog. From a crafts perpective, what's going to be backlog give them a heads up before it's due, while pointing out when it's already overdue is like a slap in the face unless it's someone elses fault.

I'm trying to emphasize how important a forecasted backlog really is to get the crafts motivated to complete their work on time.
The "forecasted backlog" is a great place to start. yes I know, it sounds like an "oxymoron".

NOW THE TRUE STORY->
I was cleaning up backlog every week right before our weekly meeting with the managers, (of couse working my tail off). Sometimes the job paperwork wasn't turned in but the work was complete, sometimes the paperwork was lost and sometimes... well you get the picture. Even though I got the job completed before the meeting and showed no backlog, what the managers didn't know was that about an hour before the meeting I had over 30 jobs in backlog. Finally I thought of a way to turn the backlog into a helpful tool for the crafts by showing the difference between todays date and the due date.
Here is an example of what I mean->

WO#      Description.                Days past

10100    Repair hose leaks            3
10030    Change bulbs                    2
20004    Rebuild pump                   -1 due tomorrow
20094    Clean hallway                   -6 due the next day
10260    Purchase and install cables -7 and the next...

Question: Which of the above jobs we most likely have a chance to get done on time?
Answer: The minus 6 and minus 7 days.
Why? (well Not the obvious reason- they are two of the five jobs that not already considered backlog)
The real reason is because you have approximately 6 days to get anything resolved that might become a roadblock (purchases, access, kits, etc.)
Crafts love this tool. They now ask for this report daily and I haven't had a problem with getting them motivated to get their jobs in on time since May 06.
Here is a presentation on this at->http://www.datapaste.com/pub/controlling-maximo-backlog.htm

Here is the forecasted backlog query->
http://www.datapaste.com/pub/maximo-backlog-queries.htm

Stop by and see the SQL query tool at-> http://www.datapaste.com/pub/software.htm

Hope you enjoyed the "THEORY"
tav1035

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