If you’ve been focusing on performance and process control but find that your standards are still inconsistent or difficult to maintain, it’s time to look at actively improving them. In this video, we discuss the final step in the Cycle of Control: improving your standards. This step is crucial for ensuring that your processes are stable and sustainable over time. It’s not just about creating standards but about continuously refining them to make your systems more effective and resilient, leading to better overall performance.
The process of improving standards involves evaluating their quality across key factors like machine settings, materials, methods, and even measurement systems. By assessing each standard on its clarity, ease of setting, and stability, you can identify areas for improvement. For example, machine settings should not only be easy to set, but they should also stay stable during production. If you’re regularly adjusting them or encountering issues, it’s a sign that improvement is needed. The goal is to make your standards easier to follow and more reliable, ensuring consistent quality in your outputs.
This improvement process can be applied to any critical standard in your organisation, but it’s important to focus on the most impactful ones first. By improving the most critical input standards, such as work instructions or machine settings, you’ll stabilise your processes and enhance overall performance. Over time, this continuous improvement will have a significant impact on your organisation’s ability to meet its objectives and maintain high standards across the board.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0kIVnvdmic
Chapter Titles
00:00 Evaluating the Quality of Your Standards
03:00 Improving Machine Settings and Work Instructions
05:00 Making Standards Easier to Maintain
07:00 Applying Standards Improvement to Key Areas
09:00 The Link Between Standard Improvement and Process Stability
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