Standard work

Standard work or standardized work is a lean manufacturing concept that aims for optimizing for best practices through the documentation of each work task, takt time, sequence of tasks, and resources to complete the task. ^[1] The purpose is to create a consistent, efficient, and repeatable process that can be utilized by anyone enabling workers to reduce waste, improve quality, and increase productivity. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Employees may be resistant to the deployment of standard work due resistance to change. ^{[6] [7]}

Creating standardized work involves the development of a process capacity sheet, standardized work combination table, standardized work chart, and job instruction sheet. ^[8]

References

1. McShane-Vaughn, Mary (11 January 2023). The ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook. Quality Press. ISBN   978-1-63694-024-3.
2. Voehl, Frank; Harrington, H. James; Mignosa, Chuck; Charron, Rich (9 July 2013). The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4665-5469-6.
3. Soliman, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed (13 March 2021). Toyota Standard Work: The Foundation of Kaizen. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman.
4. Allwood, John (4 June 2016). Standard Work Is a Verb: A Playbook for LEAN Manufacturing. Lean Leadership Institute Publications. ISBN   978-0-9975603-0-5.
5. Martin, Timothy D. (12 July 2017). The Standardized Work Field Guide. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4987-5203-9.
6. Munro, Roderick A.; Ramu, Govindarajan; Zrymiak, Daniel J. (13 May 2015). The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook, Second Edition. Quality Press. ISBN   978-0-87389-891-1 . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
7. Jackson, Thomas L. (27 July 2017). Standard Work for Lean Healthcare. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4665-0325-0.
8. Narusawa, Toshiko; Shook, John (2009). Kaizen Express: Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey. Lean Enterprise Institute. pp. 85–86. ISBN   978-1-934109-23-6 . Retrieved 9 February 2025.