Implementing Standardized Work ─ Training and Auditing

This book, which is the fifth of series dedicated to Standardized Work, focuses on operator training and auditing. The whole process of deploying Standardized Work is a pure waste if it does not include operator training and auditing that allows to "check" that operators are actually doing the work as defined in the Standardized Work forms. Unfortunately Standardized Work without effective training and auditing is very common. In order to be successful training and auditing should be conducted in a certain way with certain tools. This book shows and illustrates the right tools and the right process to train and sustain Standardized Work. Numerous examples, charts and drawings are used to convey the knowledge effectively.

Alain Patchong is the co-founder and CEO of Mexence, an extension of the concept of his book series. Mexence is built around the simple idea that in today’s highly competitive environment, industry, which has already harvested low-hanging fruits, we cannot rely anymore on single-minded or one-size-fits-all tools. Mexence partners with companies to improve their processes, support their digital transformation and their automation process to deliver business excellence. Before co-founding Mexence, he was the assembly director and master expert in assembly processes at Faurecia Automotive Seating. He was previously the industrial engineering manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Goodyear in Luxembourg. In this position, he developed training materials and led a successful initiative for the deployment of Standardized Work in several Goodyear plants. Before joining Goodyear, he worked with PSA Peugeot Citroen for 12 years where he developed and implemented methods for manufacturing systems engineering and production line improvement. He also led Lean implementations within PSA weld factories. He teaches at Ecole Centrale Paris and Ecole Superieure d’Electricite, two French elite engineering schools. He was a finalist of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Edelman Competition in 2002 and a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2004. Dr. Patchong is the author of several articles published in renowned journals. His work has been used in engineering and business school courses around the world.