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Main presentation:
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Jeff Westeman has been the Director of
Technology and Business Services at Triumph Structures - Wichita, Inc. since
1991.
In this capacity, he is
responsible for various functions within the organization, including
Continuous Improvement (Lean/Six Sigma), Facility Management, Export
Compliance, and the Information Technology requirements.
In October 2004, he was
certified by Boeing IDS as an AIW Lean Leader, in June 2005, he was the
first person to be awarded a Supply Chain Management Lean Production
Coaching Certification from Boeing Commercial. He was certified as a Supply
Chain Professional by APICS in June 2008, and in December 2008, he received
his Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.
In the last 5 years, he has
coached hundreds of lean events throughout the supply chain, including
vendors and customers, and presented or provided training for organizations
such as APICS, INFOR, WMA, and Boeing.
Standard work (called Standardized Work at
Toyota) is one of the cornerstones in a Lean System: in order to achieve a
balanced work flow and high quality product, work must be standardized at
all operations for maximum consistency and efficiency.
Successful standardization of work
processes helps ensure high quality product, employee morale, customer
satisfaction, workplace safety, and minimize loss of experience from
employment changes.
The objective is to clearly communicate to
the operator exactly how a task should be performed. Variability is
eliminated through analysis of the operation: by eliminating "tweaking of
the process", searching for tools and parts, excess movements, and
double-handling.
Once you have a definition of the process,
continuous improvement actions can then further be implemented –removing
additional inefficiency. This presentation will focus on the four stages of
Standard Work, how to right size your standard work, how to test, and how to
move forward.
“Where there is no standard, there can be
no kaizen.” -Taiichi Ohno | 
