{"id":2544,"date":"2010-06-13T04:28:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T11:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2014-10-10T07:41:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T12:41:42","slug":"visual-management-principle-there-must-be-a-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/visual-management-principle-there-must-be-a-standard\/2544\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Management Principle: No Standard No Kaizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>No Standard No Kaizen is a\u00a0common saying in lean and process improvement circles.<\/p>\n<p>The principles of Visual Management are related to each other, with the over-arching goal of the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visual Management Makes Problems Visible<\/li>\n<li>Visual Management helps to immediately distinguish &#8220;normal&#8221; versus &#8220;abnormal&#8221; conditions<\/li>\n<li>Visual Management helps us to respond immediately<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But, for us to know &#8220;normal versus &#8220;abnormal&#8221; conditions, there must be a standard.<\/p>\n<h2>A Basis for Comparison<\/h2>\n<p>A standard can be described the picture below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2036 aligncenter\" title=\"shmula-standard-work-kaizen\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/shmula-standard-work-kaizen.jpg\" alt=\"no standard no kaizen\" width=\"479\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/shmula-standard-work-kaizen.jpg 684w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/shmula-standard-work-kaizen-600x483.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/shmula-standard-work-kaizen-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image above shows a hill, a wedge, and a ball.\u00a0 Each element represents the following concepts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hill represents Improvement<\/li>\n<li>Wedge represents Standard Work<\/li>\n<li>Ball represents the thing we&#8217;re trying to improve &#8211; product, process, service &#8211; whatever<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Once we improved the process, service,or product with Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA), then the newly-improved process is standardized via the wedge, or standard work.\u00a0 Then, we continually improve via PDCA.\u00a0 And whenever we do, we standardize the new process.<\/p>\n<p>A Standard allows us to have a basis for comparison and allows us to see what is &#8220;normal&#8221; versus &#8220;abnormal&#8221; conditions.\u00a0 Without a standard, we don&#8217;t know and cannot tell what condition our process, service, or product is in.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Standard No Kaizen is a\u00a0common saying in lean and process improvement circles. 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