Video: Standard Work
Process Improvement

Standard Work Process Improvement

Topics in this Video

• Following the instructions for your Standard Work template, you should have already...

  1) Entered your Initial Data
  2) Entered your Time Observations
  3) Documented your Work Instructions
  4) Performed Work Load Balancing and Value Add Analysis
  5) Completed Shift or Batch Cycle Analysis
  6) Completed Run Cycle Analysis

• Now that you have analyzed your 'As Is' condition

  you should now be ready to improve your process

• Copy the workbook — 1:00

  Following our usual suggested
  document storage and naming conventions

  We do NOT recommend making several copies of the 'StdWk' sheet within a single workbook, but if you ignore our advice, then at least be sure to use the special Systems2win Copy Sheet utility that eliminates several known bugs with Microsoft's usual way to copy a worksheet.

• Pause, ponder, think, reflect — 3:00

  Pausing for some quality hansei reflection is the single most important part of any effort to improve any process

• Improve the process — 4:00

  See online training for the Improve phase of Standard Work Process Improvement.

  This is where you might use ANY of your 150+ tools and methods for continuous improvement

• Establish systems for YOUR lean culture — 4:45

  You need teachable, repeatable lean management systems to use the scientific method

  How to communicate with the document Author, and to use your Ideas text box

  Stabilize your process.

  Acid Test for Lean Flow.

• Re-Balance Operator Loads — 7:00

  for your revised, proposed Future State...

  using what you learned in the work load balancing video

• Don't insert rows !!!

  Instead, copy a similar blank row using Insert Copied Cells

  And move entire rows using Move Cut Cells

• Reduce Changeover Setup Times — 8:00

  Instructions for how to use this template for SMED Quick Changeover Setup Reduction

• Publish your results — 10:00

  Post your printed Work Instructions as near as possible to the place where the work gets performed.
  Ideally where the worker can easily refer to it while doing the work.

  Keep all related docs in sync - using your 'RevLog' sheet

  How to publish as PDF

  Learn more about Excel Print features

• Train your people to do things the new way — 10:30

  Perhaps using your Training Matrix template, TWI Training Within Industry methods, your Training Plan template, and/or your other Lean Training templates

• Perform Standard Work Audits

  using your Assessment templates for Standard Work Audit, 5S Audit, Lean Assessment Audit...

• Use your Lean Management Systems

  including Leader Standard Work, Team Boards, Stand Up Meetings, and other Lean Management Systems

• Socialize your results

  Why? How?