An essential part of lean. At Toyota, the three aims of Standard Operations are 1) to use the minimum manpower for production by using the Standard Operations Routine, 2) to achieve Line Balancing, and 3) to control inventory at the minimum.
Standard Operations is the most effective combination of manpower, materials and machinery, for all tasks in the workplace. Standard Operations will result in low defects and high safety. For transactional processes, we can consider Standard Operations as the most effective combination of people, plant (equipment/places), policies and procedures. By “effective” we mean the lowest cost, highest quality, and shortest time. Detailed documentation of standard working will be visible in the workplace.
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