How to build a Spaghetti Chart

and facilitate waste reduction

Created by Tom Curtis 2011Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.comPresentations: on www.slideshare.net/onimproving Email: ideamerchants@gmail.comTwitter: @onimproving

If you connected the steps of your

process would it look like this?

The How To

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Doing Spaghetti Charts are like doing dot-to-dots.

it is.

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Mark where your process starts.

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Mark the next activity spot and connect.

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Continue through the process.

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The Review

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Are there any steps that can be removed?

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X

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Are there any steps that can be reordered?

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Are there any steps that can be physically moved?

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X2

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Renumber steps and document the new process.

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Compare Before and After

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