Document the standard work or the procedure
Write down the best known way to do a task, with its steps, its key points and its photos, so everyone does it the same way.
The task in figures
- Gives you back
- It does not recur every month
- Elmira today
- Not covered
- Frequency
- Per project
- Who does it today
- Engineer
- Version
- Elmira Junior
What hurts today.
Each shift does the task its own way.
The written procedure does not look like what is done.
Nobody updates it after an improvement.
Without a standard there is no improvement: each shift does the task its own way, and nobody knows what to change. Documenting it means watching how the best person does it, writing its steps, its key points and why they matter, taking a photo of each step, validating it with the operators and with quality, and posting it at the workstation. It is written in Word or in the document system, and keeping it alive is hard.
Done today with
- In-person meeting
- On the floor
- Paper and whiteboard
- Slides
- Company system
Each step, today and with Elmira.
She does not: standards come with a later module of Obeyaka, after the launch.
| Step | Today | With Elmira |
|---|---|---|
| Watch how the best person does the task | On the floor | Your call |
| Write the steps, the key points and their reasons | Paper and whiteboard, Slides1 h – 3 h | Still by hand |
| Take a photo of each step | On the floor15 min – 45 min | Still by hand |
| Validate it with the operators and with quality | In-person meeting30 min – 1 h | Still by hand |
| Post it at the workstation and in the document system | Company system, Paper and whiteboard15 min – 30 min | Still by hand |
The conversation
No example conversation: the Obeyaka web app does it, or it comes later.
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More cases of processes and standards
- Audit compliance with the standard (layered audits)The results stay on paper nobody adds up.
- Run the 5S audits and follow up their findingsThe order lasts until the next audit.
- Map a process end to end (SIPOC)“The process” means something different to each person.