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Employee Idea Submission Form & Triage Workflow

An interactive idea capture form that records submissions, guides contributors, and supports a simple triage workflow and recognition plan so frontline suggestions are reviewed and acted on without creating frustrating backlogs.

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Employee Idea Submission

Share practical improvement ideas from the frontline

Use this short form to describe an idea that could improve safety, quality, cost, time, or customer experience. We value every submission — here’s how it works: the triage team will acknowledge and review your idea within 5 business days, apply simple evaluation criteria (impact, effort, feasibility, alignment, risk), and either assign the idea for pilot, schedule implementation, request more information, or provide a clear reason if it won’t move forward. If your idea is implemented, we’ll follow the recognition preference you choose.

Tip: Be concise and concrete. Include expected benefits and how much effort you think it will take. If you’re willing to lead or help, mark that — frontline leadership often accelerates good ideas.

A short, specific title (6–12 words) that summarizes the idea.
What is the change or improvement? Who is affected and where would it happen?
Select the primary benefits you expect.
Quantify where possible (e.g., time saved per week, expected reduction in defects, approximate annual cost savings).
Rough total person-hours to pilot or implement (best guess). Use 0.5 for half an hour, etc.
If there are obvious material costs, estimate them here. Leave blank if unknown.
How risky is the change operationally, legally, or for safety?
Use urgency to help triage when combined with impact.
1.0 10.0
We’ll use this to update you about triage outcomes.
Link to a photo, sketch, or document stored on your team drive (file uploads are handled separately).
If you said yes to recognition, choose how you’d like it.
Use this for regulatory, timing, or stakeholder notes.
Triagers: set a priority after initial review.
Triagers: choose the appropriate next step.
Record why the decision was made, expected owner, and next steps.
Use YYYY-MM-DD when possible.
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