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Lean Skipper Cap. Système. Maîtrise.
The 20-point checklist
Boatbuilding operating system

OS Lean Skipper demo

First the basic building block, the task, then the board that keeps the tasks moving.

Built block by block

The 360° ecosystem of a task

You can only manage a task once its ten dimensions are described. The task is the basic building block of the OS.

With what
Tools and tooling
Safety
PPE and safety rules
Duration
Cycle time, value added
Who
Skills, ILUO matrix
Standard task
E.g. bulkhead install, wiring
Bill of materials
BOM, supply and kitting
Quality
Rules and spec sheet
How
Visual work instruction
When and where
Lead time and location
Pacing
Takt, the customer's pace

Every ticket on the board below holds these ten dimensions: they're what lets the OS work out the bottleneck, the priorities and the causes, with no double entry.

Demo

The ticket board, live

What you're looking at. The ticket board for a team of seven builders, across three stations in the assembly shop, over one week. Each ticket is a standard task with a known duration, laid end to end on its operator's row. The yellow line marks the time at the customer's pace: anything to its left that isn't done yet is late.

There's also a wall version of this board, with cards, colored magnets and a string for the takt. Here you see the same thing on screen, without walking over to the wall. The right-hand column shows what the OS works out from what the builders report, with no double entry.

This is a demo mock-up with simulated data. You have nothing to install: the yard pays for a result. By Day 90, the board is in place, the team is trained and the team lead runs it.

Tap a ticket to open the operator view, report a missing part or a defect, then watch the stockroom and the panel update. Or let the day play out with the button.

Board time:

    Suppliers, upstream stations
    PFC and PTO2 shops, station CQ1
    Station CQ3
    The tracked station, boat 42
    Customer, downstream station
    Station CQ4, then launch

    Operator view

    Stockroom view