Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Process Focus
Tracking charts show current actual vs. expected status for
all processes, in-cycle and out-of-cycle.
Production-tracking charts initialed by supervisors at least
twice daily.
Reasons for misses noted on tracking charts.
Process Improvement
Top 3 to 5 reasons for misses documented and visible at
cell/line, department, and value stream information boards.
Summary project plans (A-3s) for improvement posted and
current at department and value stream information boards.
Employee suggestion system shows recent suggestions,
current action on suggestions, and implemented
Suggestions with trend chart of
numbers submitted and implemented.
A visual daily task assignment and accountability process is
in use and current.
Leader Availability
Team leaders on the floor in their process area virtually aJf
the time and available to operators.
Supervisors on the floor in their process area.
Response system to summon supervisors, team leader,others
when needed.
Labor Planning (at team boards)
Rotation path and starting assignments displayed.
Expected attendance chart up to date, displayed.
Qualification matrix up to date, displayed (including qualified
out-of-zone operators).
Standard Work
Operators and leaders have and are following their respective
standardized work.
Standard work charts, complete with cycle times for in- and
out-cycle work, are posted and clearly visible from operator
workstations.
Leaders' standard work is displayed day by day for up to a
week.
Communication
Daily shift meeting agenda visible on the team info center.
Where applicable, info from other shifts is displayed in
cell/line or department info board.
Team leaders', supervisors', value stream daily meetings
occur.
Workplace Organization
Weekly 5S audit form and action items for the week are
current displayed at team info boards.
Cleaning routines and checklists visible, current.
TPM checklists current at each asset.
Clearly visible indicators of location and quantity for each
object in the area.
Signage or identified addresses for tools, WIPand raw
materials, reorder points and max quantities, kanban cards.
No clutter, dirt, or debris on floors, shelves, tops of cabinets,
under racks and convevors, etc.
All horizontal surfaces clean.
Cabinets, drawers labeled, contents match labels.
Working Buzzer to Buzzer
Work starts and stops on time.
What times are breaks in this area? Are people usually back
on time or are there usually stragglers?
Process Observed:
Overproduction
Inventory
Transportation
Waiting
Motion
Defects
Overprocess
Waste of
person