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Just Do It (JDI) card template
A Just Do It, or JDI, is a small improvement that the person who spots a problem can make straight away: no project, no analysis and no approval beyond a word with the supervisor. Moving a bin closer, labeling a shelf or adding a hook for a tool are typical. A JDI card records it in a few lines so the fix is seen, copied by other shifts and counted. Page 1 of this template has six cards to cut out, each with the area, date, before, what was done, after, who did it, the time and the cost. Page 2 sets out what counts as a JDI, with a blank for your own cost limit, and a log of every card.
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When to use it
When to use a Just Do It card
- When the fix is obvious, small and in the team's own hands, so a kaizen or an A3 would be too much.
- To record quick fixes found on a gemba walk, a 5S round or in a daily huddle.
- To get more people making small improvements, and to show the fixes on the team board.
- Not for anything that changes a safety device, a customer requirement or a controlled standard: that needs its owner.
How to fill it in
- 1
Agree the limits
Write your cost limit on page 2 and agree what needs the owner's say. Post the rules next to the cards.
- 2
Check with the supervisor
A quick word before starting avoids clashes with other work and with the standards.
- 3
Fill in the before
Write what was wrong in a line or two, or take a photo, before you change anything.
- 4
Make the fix
Do it, then write what was done and the result, with the time it took and any cost.
- 5
Post and log it
Put the card on the team board and add it to the log. Tick standard updated if a work instruction or a label changed.
- 6
Look at the log each month
Count the JDIs and who made them. A fix that keeps coming back points to a cause worth a quick kaizen.
A filled-in example
Illustrative, not a benchmarkAn example: a machining cell tried JDI cards for a month, with a cost limit of $200 set by the area manager.
- 22 cards from 9 of the 14 people in the cell.
- Typical fixes: outlines on the shadow board for the deburring tools, a second hook for air guns, a label on each coolant tap and a bin moved to the point of use.
- Total spend $340, most of it on hooks, labels and a small shelf.
- Three cards were the same fix on different machines, so the team copied it to the other two cells.
The cards stayed on the board for a week before going into the file, and the log gave the team a simple count of improvements to review at the monthly meeting.
Common mistakes
No limits
Without an agreed cost and scope, JDIs either stall waiting for approval or turn into changes nobody signed off. Set the limits first.
Fixing the same thing every week
If the same JDI keeps coming back, the cause is still there. Move it to a quick kaizen or a 5 Whys.
Skipping the before
Without a note or a photo of the before, nobody can see what changed. Write it first.
Cards that vanish
A card in a drawer does nothing. Post it where the team and the other shifts will see it.
Changing a standard quietly
If a JDI changes how the job is done, update the work instruction or the label and tell every shift.
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