standard work

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Standard work or standardized work is a lean manufacturing concept that aims for optimizing for best practices through the documentation of each work task, takt time, sequence of tasks, and resources to complete the task.{{cite book |last1=McShane-Vaughn |first1=Mary |title=The ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook |date=11 January 2023 |publisher=Quality Press |isbn=978-1-63694-024-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eCoEAAAQBAJ |language=en}} The purpose is to create a consistent, efficient, and repeatable process that can be utilized by anyone enabling workers to reduce waste, improve quality, and increase productivity.{{cite book |last1=Voehl |first1=Frank |last2=Harrington |first2=H. James |last3=Mignosa |first3=Chuck |last4=Charron |first4=Rich |title=The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration |date=9 July 2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4665-5469-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1sLMBQAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Soliman |first1=Mohammed Hamed Ahmed |title=Toyota Standard Work: The Foundation of Kaizen |date=13 March 2021 |publisher=Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PLUEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Allwood |first1=John |title=Standard Work Is a Verb: A Playbook for LEAN Manufacturing |date=4 June 2016 |publisher=Lean Leadership Institute Publications |isbn=978-0-9975603-0-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uqv7jwEACAAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Timothy D. |title=The Standardized Work Field Guide |date=12 July 2017 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4987-5203-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBpjDAAAQBAJ&q=%22standardized+work%22 |language=en}}

Employees may be resistant to the deployment of standard work due resistance to change.{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1=Roderick A. |last2=Ramu |first2=Govindarajan |last3=Zrymiak |first3=Daniel J. |title=The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook, Second Edition |date=13 May 2015 |publisher=Quality Press |isbn=978-0-87389-891-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lw1ACQAAQBAJ&q=%22 |access-date=9 February 2025 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Thomas L. |title=Standard Work for Lean Healthcare |date=27 July 2017 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4665-0325-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jk3OBQAAQBAJ |language=en}}

Creating standardized work involves the development of a process capacity sheet, standardized work combination table, standardized work chart, and job instruction sheet.{{cite book |last1=Narusawa |first1=Toshiko |last2=Shook |first2=John |title=Kaizen Express: Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey |date=2009 |publisher=Lean Enterprise Institute |isbn=978-1-934109-23-6 |pages=85–86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PjDWLqyF3noC&q=% |access-date=9 February 2025 |language=en}}