Creating a Lean Culture, 3rd Edition

220 ◾ Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions

current pad of paper to signal the reorder point. But perhaps the clearest

and most persuasive example of this involves standardized work for leaders

(seeChapter 3). Part of this is simply leading by example. Operators will

often complain about having to follow standardized work when it is first

introduced. When a team leader, supervisor, value stream manager, or

plant manager can pull out his or her standardized work for that day and

compare notes, it makes a powerful statement. “I use this so I don’t forget to

cover each of the departmental boards each day, just like standard work in

a workstation can prevent assemblers from missing a step that might send

aflawed product to ...