Implementing Standardized Work

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On Which Tasks Can Standardized Work Forms Be Written?

When the group returned from the break, Daniel thought that it would be good to re-pitch the simulation because half of the participants did not attend the first two days.^* Thereafter, he continued, “Let us share a few key data points that you will need later on.” He moved to the flipchart and wrote while explaining:

First, let us start with the customer need (Figure 4.1). Our customer is requesting 17,280 T-shirts per day. On the production side, we have four stations; we are producing in three shifts of 8 hours. One operator runs each station and is replaced during breaks. It means that we are producing continuously during 24 hours, which makes a total of 86,400 seconds per day. ...