SWCTStandardized Work Combination Table
Welcome to the SWCT Builder
The Standardized Work Combination Table (SWCT) visualizes manual work, machine time, walking, and waiting for each process element. It helps identify waste and balance work to takt time.
What is a Standardized Work Combination Table?
The Standardized Work Combination Table (SWCT) — also known as Form 2 of the three core standardized work documents — visualizes how manual work, machine (auto) time, walking, and waiting interact within a single process cycle. Each work element is plotted against a takt time timeline so you can see at a glance where the operator is idle, where auto time overlaps with manual work, and where the cycle exceeds takt.
Teams use the SWCT to balance work content across operators, identify waiting waste, and determine whether auto time can run concurrently with manual tasks. It is the bridge between the raw data captured on the Time Observation Sheet and the spatial layout documented on the Standardized Work Chart.
When to use this tool
Use the SWCT whenever you need to document a new standard, rebalance a line after a takt time change, or investigate why an operator cannot keep pace. It is especially valuable during kaizen events, new model launches, and any time the Process Capacity Sheet reveals a bottleneck that requires work redistribution.
Related tools
- Process Capacity Sheet — Form 1: calculate machine capacity and find bottlenecks
- Standardized Work Chart — Form 3: map the work area layout and operator walking path
- Time Observation Sheet — capture the raw cycle time data that feeds the SWCT
- Takt Time Calculator — calculate the takt time used as the SWCT baseline