{"product_id":"implementing-standardized-work-9781466563285","title":"Implementing Standardized Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, the first in \u003cem\u003eThe One-Day Expert\u003c\/em\u003e series dedicated to Standardized Work, is about operator performance measurement. \u003cstrong\u003eImplementing Standardized Work: Measuring Operators' Performance \u003c\/strong\u003eexplains how to measure the performance of operators quickly and simply without sacrificing accuracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetailing how to identify the most efficient operators and how to monitor their improvement over time, it describes a method that has been applied with success for years in the automotive industry. Grounded in one of the basic laws of factory physicsmastery of variabilitythis method can be automated very easily and thereby requires no labor consumption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this episode of \u003cem\u003eThe One-Day Expert\u003c\/em\u003e, Thomas, a plant director in an industrial group, is reassigned to another plant that is losing money. Morale in the plant is very low and the staff is pessimistic about the plant's future and is distrustful of senior management. Thomas' urgent mission is to tur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. A Strange Day in a New Plant: The \"Beheaded Chicken\". Variability Is the Enemy of Production. Training Day One: Introducing Standardized Work. The Hidden Cost of Human Variability. How to Measure Operator Performance? The Variability Index. A-Rank, B-Rank, C-Rank and D-Rank Operators. Initial Operator Performance Mapping (Opm). Detailed Standardized Work Deployment Steps. Epilogue: The Quest for Mode 80.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408669516119,"sku":"9781466563285","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/implementing-standardized-work-9781466563285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}