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Build a checklist with proof

Turn a paper or spreadsheet checklist into one that is done at the station, with photos and timestamps, and decide what happens when a step fails.

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A signature proves someone signed. A photo with a timestamp proves the check was done. KnowOps checklists ask for the proof you choose and act when a step fails.
1

Start from what you have

Bring in your current checklist from paper, a spreadsheet or your SOP. Keep the steps your team already knows.

2

Choose the proof per step

For each step, decide what counts as done: a tap, a photo, a reading within a range or a second person's sign-off. Only ask for proof where it matters.

3

Set the cadence and the station

Choose when the checklist appears (per shift, per changeover, per batch, hourly) and where (a line, a station or a piece of equipment).

4

Decide what a failed step does

Choose whether a failed step proposes a work order for KnowMaintain, a nonconformance for KnowQuality, or just a note for the handover. A person approves before anything is opened.

5

Decide who hears about skipped steps

Set who is told when a step is skipped or a checklist is not started, and how quickly. The agent does the follow-up.

Run tomorrow's handover through it.

Bring one line's checklists and last week's handover notes, and we will show you what the agent compiles, flags and carries forward.

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