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Standardized Work And Standard Operating Procedures: A Solid Base For Continuous Improvement

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Learn how to create repeatable, reliable and capable processes and procedures and improve considerably the effectiveness and efficiency of your organization.

Written by a successful business improvement practitioner, who has worked on many Continuous Improvement projects in various industries, this no fluff e–book


Standard operations are a group of standards that completely define all aspects of a task, operation, or process. The main aspects of standard operations are the takt time, the standard completion time per unit, standard operations routine (SOR), and standard WIP. Examples included for each aspect.


Find out the five standard forms with images and where to use them.


The Simplified 4-Step Roadmap outlines how to incorporate SOPs in the organization.


One of the purposes of improvement is to lower costs, but companies find themselves spending a fortune on new or remodeled equipment, all in the name of making improvements. The following are a few examples of what means “operation improvements.”







Remember that standard operations are meaningless unless they are maintained. There are “ten principles” that have evolved over the years for preserving standard operations.
The place to discover needs for improvement is in the workshop. Just stand there and watch closely for five minutes. Odds are that the workshop will show you several things in need of improvement. You do not have to think them up - they just come naturally.


Learn more about the 6 conditions that you must have in place in order to succeed in developing and implementing SOPs.

Learn how to develop and apply Standard Operating Procedures forms , how to achieve agile, low - cost, high - quality manufacturing, and how to preserve and improve SOPs over time. Scroll up and grab your copy now.

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 22, 2015

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