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What is Standardized Work?

Standardized work is one of the most powerful but least used lean tools.
By documenting the current best practice, standardized work forms the
baseline for kaizen or continuous improvement. As the standard is
improved, the new standard becomes the baseline for further
improvements, and so on. Improving standardized work is a never-ending
process.
(lean.org)

In my training about Standardized Work, SW means :
“Standardized
Work is a tool to make quality products, based on operator movement,
that is arranged with appropriate sequence without MUDA (non added
value)”
Standardized Work’s spirit is a TOOL Continue Reading