Toyota Way Fieldbook : A Practical Guide for Implementing Toyota's 4Ps

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Able to verify

adherence to

Standard

Make Standard

Visible

Discover

Deviation

Correct

Deviation

Standard

Report

Deviation

Clear and

Understandable

Figure 6-11. Visual standards support adherence to correct methods

Reflect and Learn from the Process

As always, begin these exercises by “walking the flow” with your

current state map in hand. If you’ve begun implementing improve-

ments and have established some defined connections, you have

created standards as well. Begin to envision the future state and

to draw the defined connections on a future state map.

1. Has customer demand been determined and takt time cal-

culated?

a. Identify the method currently used to monitor achieve-

ment of the takt rate at each operation.

b. Is it possible to see and understand this standard? If not,

identify a corrective action necessary to create a visual stan-

dard of takt time and add these items to your action plan.

c. Is performance to the takt-rate standard being measured

and recorded? If not, add this item to your action plan.