Standardization & Standard Work

What if you could transition from chaos to calm… and improve day after day, forever?

Standardization and the creation of standard work is the gateway to repeatable results across all business dimensions and the building of a continuous improvement culture.

Standardization and Standard Work makes an otherwise boring topic simple, valuable, and tremendously fun.

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By The End Of This Program,
You Will Have Mastered:

01

How to Make Improvements that Last

so that your continuous improvement efforts succeed rather than fizzle out.

02

Achieving Consistency and Repeatable Results

in terms of quality, safety, and productivity.

03

Engaging Every Team Member in Lean

because if team members participate in making standards, they’ll own them!

How Long It Takes…

6 Videos
35 Minutes
1 Final Quiz

Standardization Will Transform Your Business.
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Individual Access

$19

  • 1 user account
  • 30 day access
  • Certificate of completion
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Group Access

$149

  • 1 admin account
  • 100 user accounts
  • Basic progress reporting
  • 90 day access
  • Certificate of completion
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What’s Inside The Course

Introduction to Standardization

Learn the difference between a standard, standardization, and standard work.
Discover 9 reasons why standardization is critical to your success.
Realize how standardization is essential for kaizen to work properly.

Debunking Myths About Standardization

Myth #1: standardization limits creativity and individualism.
Myth #2: standard work is permanent.
Myth #3: standards are used to beat people up.
Myth #4: standard work is self-explaining.
Myth #5: standard operating procedures (SOPs) are sufficient.

Characteristics of Great Standards

Learn how to develop world-class standards by making them: safe, high quality, the best demonstrated, simple, visual, and physical.
Avoid common pitfalls when developing standards.

The Goal of Stability

Learn to avoid the trap of standardizing a process that is not yet stable.
Discover the 4M’s of man, machine, material, and method, and how they influence the stability of a process.

Standards Must Be Maintained

Discover why injecting some energy into maintaining standards is absolutely essential.
Learn to appreciate the importance of following up on standards on a regular basis.
Realize the importance of focussing on the process, not the person!

Standards Must Be Improved

Realize that every improvement must START and END with a standard.
Realize that in the absence of a standard, the first improvement is to create one!
Discover three consequences of failing to standardize an improvement.
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Standardization Will Transform Your Business.
Get Started Now Below!

Individual Access

$19

  • 1 user account
  • 30 day access
  • Certificate of completion
Buy Now

Group Access

$149

  • 1 admin account
  • 100 user accounts
  • Basic progress reporting
  • 90 day access
  • Certificate of completion
Buy Now

Or start a subscription at the Lean Smarts Academy