# Daily Tier 1 Huddle Meeting Template

> Source: https://netray.co/tools/daily-tier-1-huddle-meeting-template
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: Free Tools

## Short answer

Record the daily Tier 1 huddle: safety, quality, delivery, cost, problems and actions, with owners and due dates.

## Category

manufacturing

## Audience

- Production supervisor
- Lean practitioner
- Plant manager

## Tool

**Kind:** template

**Output:** document

**Fields:**

#### Company

**Key:** company

**Type:** text

**Default:** Northfield Precision Ltd

#### Area or cell

**Key:** area

**Type:** text

**Default:** Cell 3, Machining

#### Date

**Key:** date

**Type:** date

**Default:** 2026-10-20

#### Shift

**Key:** shift

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- Day
- Afternoon
- Night

**Default:** Day

#### Huddle leader

**Key:** leader

**Type:** text

**Default:** A. Singh, Cell supervisor

#### Safety: incidents, near misses, focus

**Key:** safety

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** No injuries. One near miss: coolant on floor at lathe 04, cleaned and drip tray fitted. Focus today: lockout during chip clearing.

#### Quality: defects and escapes

**Key:** quality

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Scrap 6 pieces yesterday on part PN-48213, bore undersize. First-pass yield 96 percent against 98 percent target.

#### Delivery: plan versus actual

**Key:** delivery

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Planned 420 pieces, produced 395. Shortfall due to 40 minutes of unplanned downtime on lathe 02. Today's plan: 420 pieces.

#### Cost: overtime, downtime, scrap cost

**Key:** cost

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Overtime 3.5 hours. Downtime 85 minutes. Scrap cost within weekly budget.

#### People: attendance and skills

**Key:** people

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** One absence. Cross-trained operator moved from cell 2. Training: setup of new fixture, two operators.

#### Problems needing help or escalation to Tier 2

**Key:** issues

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Recurring spindle fault on lathe 02, third time this month. Need maintenance root cause by Friday.

#### Actions agreed

**Key:** actions

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** 1. Maintenance to inspect lathe 02 spindle, owner: B. Okafor, due Thursday.
2. Fit drip tray on lathe 04, owner: setter, done.
3. Add chip clearing lockout reminder to board.

**Blocks:**

#### Tier 1 Daily Huddle: {{area}}

**Body:** Company: {{company}}
Date: {{date}}
Shift: {{shift}}
Leader: {{leader}}
Target duration: 10 to 15 minutes, standing at the board.

#### S - Safety

**Body:** {{safety}}

#### Q - Quality

**Body:** {{quality}}

#### D - Delivery

**Body:** {{delivery}}

#### C - Cost

**Body:** {{cost}}

#### P - People

**Body:** {{people}}

#### Problems and escalation

**Body:** {{issues}}

#### Action log

**Table:**

**Columns:**

- No.
- Action
- Owner
- Due date
- Status

**Rows:**

**0:** 1

**0:** 2

**0:** 3

**0:** 4

#### Actions agreed today

**Body:** {{actions}}

#### Sign off

**Signatures:**

- Huddle leader
- Area manager

**Notes:** Keep it short, standing and at the place of work. Update the results before the meeting. Anything the team cannot solve within a day or two goes to the Tier 2 meeting.

## Content

**Intro:** A Tier 1 huddle is the short daily meeting at the work area where the team reviews yesterday's results, today's plan and the problems blocking them. This template gives the meeting a repeatable agenda and a record.

**Sections:**

#### How to use the template

**Body:** Hold the huddle at the same time and place each shift, standing at the visual board. The supervisor updates the results beforehand so the meeting does not spend time collecting data. Walk through safety, quality, delivery, cost and people, then discuss problems and agree actions with an owner and date. Fill in the template, export it and save or print it. Escalate items that need help to the Tier 2 meeting rather than letting them sit.

**Bullets:**

- Start with safety every day
- Show results against target with red and green
- No problem solving in the huddle, assign it

#### What good looks like

**Body:** A good huddle lasts 10 to 15 minutes, people attend because it helps them, and open actions are closed quickly. The board shows trends and not just today's number. Leaders listen and remove barriers rather than ask for explanations. Track the percentage of actions closed on time and the number of escalations that were answered within a day. If actions pile up, the huddle will lose credibility.

#### Connecting it to systems

**Body:** The numbers on the board often come from your ERP or MES: pieces produced against schedule, scrap postings, downtime reasons and overtime hours. Where the data is manual today, start by agreeing on a definition for each measure, so Tier 1 and Tier 2 compare like with like. Automate the data later, once the habit is firm and the team trusts the measures.

**Cta:** Netray can help populate huddle boards from ERP and MES data, such as plan versus actual and scrap by cell, while keeping the data read-only.

**Faq:**

#### What is a Tier 1 meeting?

**Answer:** It is the first level of a tiered accountability or lean daily management system. The team that does the work meets at its own area daily. Problems the team cannot solve go to Tier 2, which is usually the area manager's meeting.

#### How long should a huddle last?

**Answer:** Ten to fifteen minutes. If it runs longer, items are being solved in the meeting instead of being assigned. Move discussion to a separate follow-up with the people involved.

#### What does SQDC stand for?

**Answer:** Safety, quality, delivery and cost, often with people added as SQDCP. The order puts safety first. Some plants use other letters such as inventory or morale, but the idea is the same: a small set of daily measures against target.

#### Do we need a physical board?

**Answer:** Many teams start with a whiteboard at the cell because it gets people together and visible. Digital boards help with multi-site reporting, but only after the meeting routine is working.

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