(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- Standardized work is one of the most powerful but least used lean tools. By documenting the current best practice, standardized work forms the baseline for kaizen or continuous improvement. As the standard is improved, the new standard becomes the baseline for further improvements. Join the Lean Enterprise Institute on April 6 at the Hyatt Regency, in San Antonio, Texas, for "The Foundation for Kaizen” and create a sound baseline for further improvements.

Basically, standardized work consists of three elements:

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