Stuff to Help You Make Things Better

Please feel free to use the following tools and helps. If there is something specific you'd like to see, let us know using the contact page.

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Standard Work Forms & Tools

Common Standard Work Forms

Creating standard work requires time where the work happens and good documentation. Please take advantage of the work we've done to create a collection of useful forms to document work through time (Work Combination Sheet), work through space (Standard Work  Sheet) and detailed work descriptions for training (Job or Work Instructions).  Click the image to link to a Google Slides presentation with many handy forms.


If you have no idea what this template is for, give us a shout and we'll talk about how standard work can help your organization.


Work Combination Sheet - 175 sec Max

Creating standard work across a number of different cycle times is often a challenge. Please take advantage of the work we've done to create a few different time ranges.  Click the image to download an .XLSX file


If you have no idea what this template is for, give us a shout and we'll talk about how standard work can help your organization.


Work Combination Sheet - 9 min Max

Creating standard work across a number of different cycle times is often a challenge. Please take advantage of the work we've done to create a few different time ranges.  Click the image to download an .XLSX file


If you have no idea what this template is for, give us a shout and we'll talk about how standard work can help your organization.


Work Combination Sheet - 14 min Max

Creating standard work across a number of different cycle times is often a challenge. Please take advantage of the work we've done to create a few different time ranges.  Click the image to download an .XLSX file


If you have no idea what this template is for, give us a shout and we'll talk about how standard work can help your organization.


Work Combination Sheet - 35 min Max

Creating standard work across a number of different cycle times is often a challenge. Please take advantage of the work we've done to create a few different time ranges.  Click the image to download an .XLSX file


If you have no idea what this template is for, give us a shout and we'll talk about how standard work can help your organization.


Strategy Development & Deployment

Hoshin Planning X-Matrix and A3 Problem-Solving Templates

While templates can be a bad thing, we've certainly done our share of looking for them just to get our head around a tool. This set of Google Slides will help you get started using these powerful tools for strategic planning, prioritization and general good thinking.

You can create a copy to use in Google Slides or download as a .PPT file.  Enjoy!


If you have no idea how you might use these templates to create alignment and clear prioritization in your organization, give us a holler and we can explain things.


Tools to Help Improve Work

Improvement Idea Form

This Google Slide form will help you document the team's improvement ideas whether the improvement happens during daily improvement or as a part of a dedicated improvement event. You can create a copy to use in Google Slides or download as a .PPTX file.  Enjoy!


If you have no idea how you might use these templates to create alignment and clear prioritization in your organization, give us a holler and we can explain things.