Standard Work

Step-by-step descriptions, written out by employees working within a process, that detail the best known method for completing a task or activity.

The three elements of Standard work are:

  1. Takt Time
  2. Work Sequence
  3. Standard Work-In-Process (SWIP).

 

Standard Work should always be evolving to become more efficient and less wasteful. This then becomes the baseline for future work and the way that everyone working on that process performs the work.