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.
You start out by drawing a spaghetti diagram of your current
"as is" process,
and then copy it to serve as a starting point
for your "to be" process.
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.
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 number on the standard work chart corresponds with the operation sequence number on the Standard Work Sheet. And you can easily paste your Layout Diagramm right on the same page with your Standard Work Combination Sheet - which then gets 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.
The spaghetti diagram is even more effective when used with the rest of the lean, kaizen, and business 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 the Swim Lane Flow Chart and the Value Stream Map.
So why spend thousands of dollars for
expensive drawing software?
When you can learn to get more value from the software you 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...
Layout Diagram Training
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