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Thriving with flexible standards

Thriving with flexible standards

From the course: Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to Continuous Improvement (Blinkist Summary)

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Thriving with flexible standards

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- Bullet number three. Flexible standards help companies thrive. Though many corporations strive for efficiency, few are as outstanding in their organization as nature's humble ant colony. So what's the secret behind these incredibly effective insects? Ants achieve order through a set of simple standard processes and we too can benefit from standards. Standards represent the best known way to do things at a given time. With firm's standards, everyone knows what to do and what's expected of them. This eliminates mistakes caused by the idiosyncrasies of individual workers in one clean sweep. Think about it. When you're new at a job, the first thing you look to are the workplace standards, so you can find your footing. Standards work best when they change and improve as your company grows. Whenever a worker in your company finds a viable solution for some problem, you can adapt your standards accordingly. All while…

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