Production Management

Shift Handover Report

Communicate production status, problems, and priorities between outgoing and incoming shifts.

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About This Template

The Shift Handover Report is critical for maintaining production continuity across shift changes in 24/7 manufacturing operations. This template ensures that important information about production status, equipment issues, quality problems, safety concerns, and upcoming priorities is effectively communicated from the outgoing to incoming shift. Poor shift handovers lead to repeated problems, safety incidents, and lost production time. The structured handover format prevents information loss and ensures the incoming shift can hit the ground running with full awareness of the current situation, ongoing issues, and priorities.

Key Features

Production status and quantities achieved vs. target
Equipment status and ongoing maintenance or problems
Quality issues and customer priority jobs
Safety incidents or concerns requiring attention
Material status and upcoming changeovers
Action items and priorities for incoming shift

How to Use This Template

  • Complete report during final hour of shift
  • Summarize production performance vs. plan
  • Document all equipment problems and temporary fixes
  • Highlight quality issues requiring monitoring or investigation
  • Communicate priorities and critical jobs for next shift
  • Review report face-to-face during shift change overlap

Ideal For

Production supervisors managing 24/7 operations
Shift leaders ensuring production continuity
Operations managers improving shift communication
Plant managers reducing information loss between shifts

Common Use Cases

Daily shift changes in continuous manufacturing
Weekend to weekday production transitions
Communicating equipment issues requiring follow-up
Ensuring customer hot jobs are communicated to all shifts

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