A red mark on the communal ironworks shift board now separates the assigned hours from the time reserved to cool the line, return shared tools and inspect the intake. Scheduler Reth Varn said the added space was adopted after workers asked why change requests recorded the production hours but not the reset work between them.
The review began with East Seam crews showing how a reading could be counted while its direction disappeared from the digest. In the foundry, the problem was different but familiar: the posted schedule showed who was assigned, not how long the line needed before the next crew could safely take over.
The new mark does not guarantee a shorter shift. It makes the expected reset visible before an order is accepted, and gives workers a place to record when the line ran beyond it. Varn said the board will be compared with signed change requests after the next large order.
The East Face remains governed by its own survey and entry protocol. The foundry change applies to the communal ironworks; it is not a substitute for a reading at the mine. Its value is that the schedule now shows the inspection time production previously treated as spare.
