Meeting is a word often cursed by many people. In one of my companies, seniors often complained that they had to attend many meetings. And some departments/persons are such that they need to be there in almost any meeting. In humor, one of them called himself as 'Aloo' (Potato), which needs to be put in any 'Sabji'(curry). Be it any meeting, he needed to be there. The meeting is cursed by some people, because often it comes as an hindrance to day to day activity. If you are giving 50 % of your working time for meeting, then it is difficult to do actual work.
The daily meeting though is very essential. The daily meeting in the morning normally covers all the activities that happened yesterday, while discussing the production activities, the problem areas and the solution to fix them up. The plan for production and the availability of raw material, readiness of machines, etc. is also discussed in them. What daily meeting does is that it gives a direction for work. If we do work without any guidance, it will be difficult. It all starts with communication that is done through the meeting. Since all the departments represent during the meeting, it is a common platform to come to the solutions. The chairperson decides all the responsibilities and others need to bide by it. If any problems, they need to be discussed.
However, these meetings should be short in nature. For the meeting to be short and meaningful, all of those coming to the meeting need to be clear about the agenda of the meeting. All the figures, problems need to be seen and identified, so that right data comes up in the meeting. The responsibility should be given to some particular person to propagate the agenda for the meeting. Similarly, what is discussed in the meeting should also be followed up with individuals. If decisions are done and not followed up, the desired results may not be achieved.
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