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Video: Work Instructions
for Product and Service Families

How to use your Work Instructions template for either:

A simple stand-alone process
A Product Family
Advanced features for reduced data entry, clearer instructions, and fewer mistakes
for products or services that are similar (but not identical) to others in a family.

Work Instructions Video

Topics in this Video

Overview — 0:00
Primary training page related to this video
Get started — 0:30
If you don't yet own a license, you can download your free trial

Find and open your Work Instructions template
Open a Blank sheet — 1:30
Do you want the advanced features for a Product or Service Family?
Benefits of Product Families — 2:00
Far less data entry

(all on one sheet)

Clearer Instructions

(separate sheets with unique instructions for each product or service)

Fewer mistakes

(fewer quality issues, fewer safety issues, lower costs...)
How to enter header data — 8:00
For Product Families, header fields with an asterisk (*) are entered in the ID Table on the DV sheet

For a simple standalone process, all header fields are entered on the same sheet
How to strip the advanced features — 10:00
to have a simpler template for simpler processes

and yet still have some advanced features still optionally available
Generate Report — 11:00
4 radio button choices to Generate WYSIWY Reports that are time-effective, mistake-proof, and professional