Course Outline:

This course will be a "teach & do" format where you will learn in class how to create Standard Work through a combination of exercises, case studies and practice with Standard Work documents.  The three elements of Standard Work (Takt Time, Work Sequence, and Standard Work in Process) will be taught.  The course will cover:

• Standard Work Overview
• The difference between Standard Work, standardization and work standards
• The link between TWI, Job Instruction and Standard Work
• Takt time calculation
• How to perform direct process observation for measuring cycle times
• Defining work sequence
• Balancing to takt time
• Determining where and how much Standard Work in Process (SWIP) is needed
• Using the Table of Production Capacity by Process
• Assessing quality, method and equipment to determine whether the line is capable of Standard Work
• Creating Standard Work Combination Sheets (SWCS)
• Creating Standard Work Sheets (SWS)
• Visual Management and auditing and improving Standard Work
• Kaizen based on Standard Work

Learning Objectives:

Participants will, upon completion of this course, successfully demonstrate their ability to:

• Explain the difference between standardization and Standard Work (also Standardized Work)
• Explain the importance of Standard Work for a Lean manufacturing
• Create a Standard Work Combination Sheet
• Create a Standard Work Sheet
• Use a Table of Production Capacity by Process
• Use Standard Work documents for training
• Use Standard Work documents to find kaizen opportunities
• Use Standard Work for documenting and sustaining kaizen

Benefits:

This course will allow you to:

• Simplify training of new workers
• Document processes in order to reduce variability
• Reduce safety and quality problems
• Provide a foundation for continuous improvement
• Implement process level visual management

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and practice needed to begin using Standard Work as part of your Lean manufacturing or process improvement effort.  The target audience includes:

• Managers, engineers, supervisors, team leaders, operators
• Any industry with repeatable manual operations

Duration:

1 Day