Creating a Lean Culture, 3rd Edition

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When Implementing Leader Standard Work First Can Be Effective

I have seen the occasional situation where starting a Lean management

implementation with leader standard work can be effective, in each case

in process industry operations or highly automated discrete manufacturing

environments. The distinguishing characteristic is the relative lack of repeti-

tive hand labor in the manufacturing process.

Leader Standard Work in Automated Production

Environments and Process Industries

In highly automated operations, relatively few operators tend multiple, often

widely separated, pieces of high-volume automated production equipment.

Those who are on the floor typically move from asset to asset, whether ...