What is Standard Work?

The main objective of standard work is to increase efficiency, reduce quality issues and improve product quality by documenting the most efficient way to complete a task, ensuring all employees are on the same page.

Standard work supports ongoing optimization by allowing manufacturers to identify areas for improvement, reduce defects and achieve significant time savings through consistent and efficient processes.

Poka simplifies the creation, updating and sharing of standard work instructions, promoting effective communication and continuous improvement across production lines by providing digital solutions accessible to factory workers.

Collaboration among operators, lean leaders, and supervisors is crucial because it ensures buy-in and the development of effective standard work procedures, rather than imposing practices from management alone.

Standard work captures and shares years of experience from older staff members to new hires, providing an accelerated route to becoming productive employees and ensuring valuable knowledge is not lost.