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Standard Work is a specific form of standardization.

Standard Work is documented on:

Standard Work has three basic elements:

  • Standard Work should be balanced to the takt time.
  • Standard Work should prescribe a specific sequence of operations to a single operator.
  • Standard Work should designate the quantity of Standard Work-in-Process.

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