Layout Diagram

also known as Spaghetti Diagram or Standard Work Chart

The Spaghetti Diagram template can be used for simple floor planning purposes,
but it really shines as a Lean process improvement tool for creating a spaghetti map
to visually illustrate how a process flows through a work space.

 

 

Since your people already own and know how to use Microsoft Excel, your people have a much higher probability of actually using this powerful standardized work chart.

You start out by drawing a spaghetti diagram of your current "as is" process,
and then copy your "as is" process to serve as a starting point for your "to be" process.

Layout Diagram with Standard Work

The greatest power of your layout diagram is when you print it out and post it on the shop floor along with printed Standard Work Instructions.

Each circled Opearation Number on the standard work chart usually corresponds with a Work Element on the Standard Work Sheet.

You can either draw your Layout Diagram right on the same page with your Standard Work Instructions,
or you can draw it in the more professional drawing space on the Layout sheet, and then copy a picture of the entire drawing, which has several advantages:

1. Shapes don't get distorted when you delete, add, move, or resize rows of work instructions
2. You can temporarily make the picture larger - so that you can see more details - and then shrink it back down so that it takes less space
3. The Layout sheet is a more professional drawing space - with grid lines and a ruler - allowing you to draw to a much more accurate scale

Your Standard Work Instructions (often with floorplan map) get printed and taped up right in front of each worker at their work station - to remind people of the right way to do each job - thereby eliminating costly quality mistakes.

See the Standard Work training videos to learn more.

The spaghetti diagram is even more effective when used with the rest of the lean, kaizen, and continuous process improvement templates. Just think of how different your continuous improvement program results might be if your leaders could spend more time actually improving processes - rather than holing up in their office "inventing a template for that".

And once your people learn how to use any one of the Excel drawing templates,
then they are fully trained to use every one of the other powerful drawing tools -
like Swim Lane Flow Chart, the Value Stream Map, and the A3 Stick Figure Illustrator.

So why spend thousands of dollars for expensive drawing software?
When all that your people probably need is a little training for how to use the software thay already own - Microsoft Excel.

And why ask your valuable people to waste their time trying to learn proprietary drawing software?
When they could be learning to truly master the tool they already own and know something about.

Excel has far more drawing capabilities than most people realize.
Check out our training videos, and see for yourself...

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Layout Diagram Training & Demo Videos Layout Diagram Video Layout Diagram training videos Layout Diagram training video (7 mins) How to use Excel as a drawing tool (training videos) Additional training relevant to this template The Sample and Help worksheets of every template always contain training relevant to THAT template Standard Work videos Stick Figure Illustrations Quick Start Initial Training What every user should know to use any Systems2win template Support & Training home page Language Translations Every Systems2win Excel template is available in ANY language Translations available for immediate delivery include: Spanish: Diagrama de disposición Portuguese: Diagrama de Disposição Chinese: 布局图   Also see the rest of the Lean tools that come bundled with your Standard Work Chart template     Download your free trial of the Standard Work template - which includes the Layout Diagram - so you can try them yourself

Make sure your sound is on Video Help Layout Diagram video   How to use Excel as a drawing tool Also see more videos for how to use Excel as a drawing tool   Standard Work video See more standard work videos

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