Chapter 4Standardized Work/Standards
Why does Lean fail in our processes? Why does it seem so hard to train people up to make a product without defects? Why do we see production areas not performing well when new people are introduced to the process? Why do we see shift performance so different from shift to shift? Why do we see plants building like products performing differently? Why do leaders say they can’t miss work without their team performance dropping?
Standardized Work
Standards are key to many of our issues, or the lack of standardized work is more like it. I have been to many locations and found out they do not have standardized work for their processes. I ask them what do you train with? The response ...
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