The Lean Office for Knowledge, Admin, and Service Work
Applying Lean principles in your office.
How can it help in my office?
Add Stability
Reduced variation in day-to-day activities, and better planning for strategic work
Improve Quality
Standard work is well-documented, and fewer distractions means more focus on the work at hand
Save Time
Free up your team’s time to focus on more value-added work
The Challenge of a “Lean Office”
Organizations often struggle to implement Lean in their office environments. The biggest difficulty is that the work being done is hidden behind a computer screen and it’s assumed that you can’t standardize, measure, and improve this work like you would the work being done on a shop floor. This assumption is not true and we have seen tremendous value come to organizations who apply Lean principles in an office setting. A few applications:
- Create, maintain, and schedule standard work for each employee in the office
- Drive immediate improvement with daily accountability and live visuals of the work being done
- Ensure action items from meetings are captured and complete
- Simplify project management and problem solving across all departments
- Integrate with your calendar for better weekly scheduling of meetings, planned work, and action items
Standard Work
- Easy to create, audit, and update your work flows
- Create and manage project-based standard work with Projects module
- Quickly add pictures and call-outs
- Integrates with Outlook and gmail calendars
- Accessible from any location or device
Visual Management
- See your team’s real-time status
- Designed to be displayed in the office
- Check in using smart phone or tablet
- Group accountability with full visibility to other’s action items