Standard Work Course

Workbook
Prerequisites
There are several prerequisites that must be in place before attempting Standard Work. If you miss these failure is
almost certain.

A workbook intended to accompany the Facilitator’s Guides for this course. This guide includes the Key Points from
the video, discussion items, quiz questions, and helpful tips. Using Gemba Academy’s online learning content, any
participant can use this workbook to facilitate learning in all courses.

July 2017
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Review

To Implement Standard Work

• Before you implement standard work, you must have a _______________ process.
• Remember the 4M: M__________, M__________, M_______________, and M__________.
Method stands for standard work after the other three are stabilized.
• Standard work should not be attempted until the first three M’s are stable and in control.

Four Leadership Prerequisites

1. _______________-free culture: ensure all associates are empowered to make
improvements to existing standards, without the fear of being blamed
2. Commitment to Continuously Improve Standards: all associates should be encouraged to
_______________ the status quo through relentless continuous improvement.
3. Go See & Visual Management: go see problems with our own eyes and leverage visual
management controls to identify _______________.
4. Install an Andon System: ensure a quick response andon system is in place, allowing
employees to “stop the line”. This means the entire assembly line could be put on hold while
you work to solve the problem.
• Note that the Andon system doesn’t just apply to production lines: the concept could be
applied to _______________ form of work.

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Quiz
1. A stable process is required in order to implement standard work.
True
False

2. Which is not one of the 4M mentioned in the module?

method
man
maintenance
machine
material

3. Prior to implementing Standard Work, organizations must adopt a _____ culture, ensuring all
associates are empowered to make improvements to existing standards.
restrictive
care-free
punishing
blame-free

4. An andon/response system only applies to companies producing automobiles.

True
False

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Reflection
Now that you know what prerequisites are necessary for Standard Work, how many does your
company already practice?
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What needs to be worked on?

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Where could you improve your existing practices?

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