Comments on: How to Establish a Qualification Matrix

By: Marcus Wejderot

Marcus Wejderot — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:00:05 +0000

Great summary of the benefits of skills management on the shop floor. Another dimension to add is employee presence. This is where digital Q-matrixes plays an important role. Then you can see exactly what skills are present on the line – in real time.

See example at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6985520953418002433

By: Jon Hunt

Jon Hunt — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 18:18:38 +0000

Great article. We developed a product called QualifiedFor.com to maintain matrixes alongside certificates for our clients.

By: Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:53:00 +0000

Hi Gregg, many thanks for the info, i did not know that. I have mentioned the Harvey balls in the article. Thanks 🙂

By: Gregg Stocker

Gregg Stocker — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:21:50 +0000

Nice post, Christoph. A fun fact for future reference, the “sort of PDCA circle” is referred to as a Harvey ball – which is generally credited to Harvey Poppel.

By: Florian Wehner

Florian Wehner — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:27:12 +0000

This is a good one!
We’ve been loosely thinking about having two matrices: One based on work instructions and the other based on skills.
The skill matrix comes in handy when you have someone working on mechanical assembly, but they have self-assessed skill in troubleshooting PCBs: Try to uncover your treasure chest of employee knowledge!

By: Zack Dickerson

Zack Dickerson — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:44:55 +0000

Christoph,
Great post and perfect timing for me, as my company is just starting to use Skill Matrices! We’re going to use the I L U O nomenclature (drawing four sides of a square, the letters don’t actually correspond to anything) for qualification levels to set the visual management apart from the familiar PDCA circles.