Integrated Process Improvement Systems not only supply the data capture tools needed to support process improvement, saving you real world time and money, we can also supply short term or part time resource to assist and guide you in your efforts to Standardise.

Standardisation on Best Practise relies on a number of factors with the most important one being the 'desire' to improve .

The objective of Standardisation is consistency of output and process stabilisation, once these have been achieved, and the current process is fully understood, then planned improvement can take place.

The combination of process stabilisation and step change improvement on a repeating basis is known as Continuous Improvement.

Standardisation also requires standards. Such standards must first be determined and then defined, as in the case of Product Specification and Process Checks, if they are to be meaningful.

Once defined standards must be made readily visible and easily accessible to all who need them, and must be managed in such a fashion that they remain current. at all times (this being one of the key advantages of having a single point electronic knowledge repository .... i.e. changes only have to be made 'here' and users only need check 'here' to know that they have the latest information to hand).

Standard/Safe Operating Procedures (SOP's) are created by employees (operators, managers, engineers etc as appropriate) agreeing across shifts that this is the 'best (most efficient)' and safest way of completing a task and then documenting the same.

Integrating lean tools and techniques into these systems creates a self supporting thinking problem solving culture, the basis for world class excellence and continuous improvement.

Standardising on best practise SOP’s means that tasks can then be completed in the most efficient and effective manner possible by all employees. New employees can be trained properly and jobs can be readily covered during holidays and periods of sickness.  
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