Shop floor management is a methodical approach to the management and supervision of all the activities that are related to the shop floor. That means organizing all the tasks assigned to the workers in the factory, coordinating their workflows and ensuring that production goes smoothly in the production chain.

Shopfloor Management refers to a method in the manufacturing industry in which operational production processes are systematically controlled and improved in order to increase efficiency, quality and flexibility.

Accordingly, shopfloor management is a strategy for optimizing management concepts in the manufacturing sector. Therefore, it is often referred to as an instrument for “leading at the point of value creation.” The aim is to continuously improve the cooperation between employees and managers to permanently optimize its effectiveness.

This includes many things like optimizing the shop floor layout and product routings, managing employee movements and payroll reporting practices, controlling the flow of goods to and from the shop floor, optimizing production processes, implementing automation systems, etc. Shop floor management includes both the initial planning phase of the shop floor as well as the day-to-day activities of the shop floor manager.