Paul Ducey
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Orchestration Sustaining Visual Management

Sustain System Builder

Improvement events change the process. The sustain system keeps it changed. Visual management design → layered process audit schedule → escalation protocol → 30/60/90-day review plan. No more gains that fade by next quarter.

$29 one-time · ordered by email · licensed for your own use, not for resale or redistribution
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Standard Work
standard-work
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Visual Controls
floor display design
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Audit Schedule
layered process audits
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Escalation Path
response protocol
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Review Calendar
30/60/90-day checkpoints

What You Get

Four deliverables from one session

The sustain system is only as strong as its weakest link. Visual management without audits drifts, audits without escalation stall, and escalation without a review calendar loses momentum. This skill builds all four layers together so they reinforce each other.

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Visual Management Plan
Which metrics are displayed where, in what format, updated how often. It's the floor display that makes abnormalities visible without data entry.
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Layered Process Audit Schedule
Who audits what, at what frequency, using which checklist: Tier 1 daily, Tier 2 weekly, Tier 3 monthly.
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Escalation Protocol
When a deviation is found, what is the response: who is notified, what is the timeline for a corrective action, and what constitutes "closed."
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30/60/90-Day Review Plan
Structured milestones to verify the gain is holding, with trend data, audit scores, and a recommendation for whether the control plan can step down.

Why It Matters

The system that protects the work

"Without a plan to hold them, gains fade"
Without a sustaining plan, the process reverts as operators adapt their own methods. The work of the event disappears in the noise of the daily routine.
"Visual management is the first line of defense"
When abnormalities are visible to everyone on the floor, they get fixed before they compound. A deviation that no one sees is a defect waiting to happen.
"The audit is the system"
A process with no audit has no mechanism for catching drift before it becomes a defect. The audit schedule is the operating discipline that keeps the standard alive.

How It Works

Describe the process and the gain to protect. The skill builds the system.

The Sustain System Builder is a single SKILL.md file with a built-in orchestration layer. You describe what was changed and what the target condition is, and the skill builds the full sustaining stack as an integrated plan rather than four separate documents: visual board design, audit tiers, escalation path, and review milestones.

Draft-first throughout

Say "just draft it" at any point and the skill produces the complete sustaining plan immediately with [NEEDS GEMBA] placeholders for items that require floor observation. Then you iterate as you confirm the details.

Other Premium Skills

More orchestration layers

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Improvement Sprint
$29 · full improvement cycle in one session
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Floor Intelligence
$29 · OEE + VSM → ranked backlog
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Training System Builder
$29 · standard-work → twi-jbs → plan
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Process Health Report
$29 · oee → vsm → RCA → A3 exec report
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Launch Readiness
$29 · design → tooling → supply → quality gate