I — Datum
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAYBOOKS
Step-by-step guides for running CI methodologies. Each playbook covers preparation, execution, follow-up, and the tools you need at each stage. Written for facilitators and practitioners.
Ref: Protzman · Rother · Shingo · Imai · ISO 9001:2015
II — Operations Manual Index
| # | Playbook | Domain | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB-001 | ISO 9001 Internal Audit Playbook | QMS · Audit | Audit program planning, clause-by-clause checklists, opening and closing meetings, nonconformity grading, corrective action tracking, and management review reporting. Covers surveillance and recertification cycles. | In preparation |
| PB-002 | 5S Implementation Playbook | Lean · Workplace | Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain. Area selection, red tag events, shadow boards, audit scorecards, and the sustainment cadence that prevents backsliding. Includes floor layout templates. | In preparation |
| PB-003 | Kaizen Event Facilitation Guide | Lean · Events | Three-week preparation, five-day execution, 30-day follow-up. Team selection, scope charter, data collection plan, daily report-outs, newspaper action items, and sustainment verification. | In preparation |
| PB-004 | Value Stream Mapping: Current to Future State | Lean · VSM | Product family selection, current state walk, process box data collection, lead time ladder, information flow mapping. Future state design with supermarket pulls, FIFO lanes, pacemaker process, and pitch intervals. | In preparation |
| PB-005 | Keeping a Vandrebok | Hoshin · Harada | Hoshin kanri’s cascade and review discipline applied to one person’s own book, in the spirit of the Harada method: chartering an improvement from a kaizen burst, tying it to one measurable rather than an estimated saving, running the action items, reading the before and after off the map, and what to carry with you when you change employers. | In preparation |
| PB-006 | MDI (Managing for Daily Improvement) Playbook | Lean · MDI | Tier 1 through Tier 4 board design. Hour-by-hour tracking, escalation protocols, gemba walk routes, leader standard work integration, and the daily accountability cycle that connects the floor to strategy. | In preparation |
| PB-007 | Leader Standard Work | Lean · LSW | Structured daily routines for supervisors, managers, and directors. Gemba checklists, process confirmation schedules, coaching kata integration, and the discipline of making abnormality visible at every level. | In preparation |
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