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Standard Work

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Taiichi OhnoToyota Production System, 1978

The current best-known method — takt time, work sequence and standard inventory documented by those who do the work — as the baseline all improvement is measured against.

Masaaki ImaiGemba Kaizen, 1997

There can be no kaizen without standards: improvement means raising the standard, then holding it until it is raised again.

The EclipseFrontiers® LensStandards aren't cages. They're the floor you climb from.
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