Cover and Move is something we have taught the concept of in prior years, so our team was not completely foreign to the idea. Every once in a while, you can hear the term being mentioned walking through the plant or as an explanation or training to someone in a new area. Would our team take full understanding of it? In the past, it was understood more as running around and helping other areas. I felt the understanding was to have purposeful chaos. It is soooooo much more than just running up and helping a buddy.

The real core to cover and move is to understand the overall mission of which the team is engaged. That each move, whether in your own area or in another area is to move us closer to success. Right away, the initial understanding felt more what I felt before, purposeful chaos.

Then, in our Tuesday meeting, issues came up where folks had realized where in the past they thought they were “covering and moving” but took true ownership of what they had been really doing, making sure their silo was perfect first and then and only then worrying about another area. The idea of functional silos finally came to light. I think we made some progress here.